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Matching the music Link the questions to the right answers!

10 fun ways to stay active this Spring

Tips for ageing well Find the words in our wordsearch

Plus even more fun puzzles!

Get in touch: 01903 731800 [email protected] In this issue: Spring has Page 2 Spring sudoku Page 3 Word maker Sprung! Page 4 Knit a little hat Page 5 Matching the music The nights are getting lighter, the Page 6 Tasty crossword flowers are blossoming and we’ve got Page 7  Song scramble a new activity pack to keep you busy Page 8 Spring cupcakes recipe during this last stretch of lockdown. Page 9 Ageing well wordsearch I don’t know about you, but there’s something about Page 10 Make a simple face mask Spring that makes me feel uplifted, even in these tough Page 11 Stay active this spring times. With the successful vaccination programme Page 12 Spot the pair ongoing and the route out of lockdown mapped out, Page 13 Puzzle answers I think many people are feeling more hopeful now than they have in some time. Over the last year Age UK West , & Hove If you need support: has been working tirelessly to help older people. Our meal and grocery deliveries, Help at Home services If you are practicing social and befriending calls have been in high demand and distancing or self-isolation and we’ll continue to be there for as long as we’re needed. need support, or you are worried about a family member or friend But let’s hold on to the fact that brighter days are coming! We can’t wait to welcome you back to AUKWSBH are here to help. our cafés and activity groups when we can. In the meantime, I hope the activity pack can fill some Contact us: empty hours. Until we meet again, 01903 731800 [email protected] Helen x Helen Rice www.ageukwsbh.org.uk CEO Age UK , Brighton & Hove @ageukwsbh Age UK West Sussex, Brighton & Hove Age UK West Sussex, Brighton & Hove Sign up for our magazine... Our monthly Connect magazine Love later life is full of information, advice Read online and great stories to help You can view this activity pack, along with people across West Sussex, the latest edition of Connect Magazine on Brighton & Hove to live well, our website. independently. Published by You can read Connect online, or alternatively, you can Age UK West Sussex, Brighton & Hove stay connected by subscribing and we’ll send you our Head Office: Suite 2, Anchor Springs, latest edition. Register your interest by visiting our , West Sussex, BN17 6BP website or by calling us: Registered charity number: 1086323 Company number: 4146487 www.ageukwsbh.org.uk 01903 731800 Hello Spring!

Colour in this poster and stick it in your window! Spring Can you solve these 6 sudokutricky sudoku puzzles?

9 6 7 4 1 5 8 6 3 9 4 5 8 6 2 7 9 3 6 2 5 7 8 7 5 2 3 9 2 5 8 7 1 3 6 4 8 7 9 3 5 9 7 3 6 2 1 2 7 5 6 8 9 3 7 2 5 6 4 9 5 4 8 6 2 1 9 3 1. BEGINNER 1. 2. BEGINNER 5 9 7 3 6 5 4 7 9 3 6 8 4 6 5 2 7 6 9 3 5 7 2 3 2 4 8 3 7 6 1 9 5

6 7 8 2 9 5 9 4 2 5 1 1 6 5 7 8 1 5 9 8 8 7 1 6 2 4 8 1 9 5 7 9 8 2 4 7 9 5 6 2 4 7 8 9 2 8 6 7 9 5 8 3. ADVANCED 3. 4. ADVANCED 2 6 5 8 8 3 2 9 4 9 6 5 8 3 7 1 5 4 2 3 5 7 6 1 4 1 6

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5. EXPERT 5. 9 2 3 7 9 8 3 6 6. FIENDISH 1 9 8 7 8 6 5 9 2 7 8 5 4 9 8 3 2 9 7 5 4

2 Word Can you make any wordsmaker from these letters? springtime

Clue: There are 495 words in total!

3 Knit a For our Big Knit campaignlittle with hat... innocent

Blue bobble hat Simple crochet hat Beginner pattern Advanced crochet pattern Yarn: Blue and white DK Yarn: Green and red Needles: 4mm Crochet hook: 3.5mm Hat Hat • Cast on 31 sts in white • Using the magic loop technique make 6dcs • Row 1: k1, *p1, k1 repeat from *to end of row into the ring. Join with a ss Row 2: p1, *k1, p1 repeat from *to end of row Round 1: ch1 make 2dc in each dc from the •  • previous round. Join with ss (12sts) Change to blue and beginning with a knit row • work 12 rows in st st Round 2: ch1 , *1 dc, 2dc in next dc, repeat  • from * to end of the round. Join with ss • Next row: k2tog to last st, k1 (16sts) (18sts) • Next row: purl • Round 3: ch1 *1 dc in next 2 dcs, 2dc in next Next row: k2tog to end (8sts) dc, repeat from * to the end of the round. • Join with ss (24sts) • Cut the yarn leaving approx 10cm length. Thread this through a sewing needle and • Round 4: ch1, 1 dc, in each dc to the end of bring through stitches and pull up to tighten the round. Join with ss Making up • Repeat round 4, 4 more times • Use a sewing needle to join side seams • Fasten off and sew in ends • Make a pompom in blue and sew • Make a red pompom and sew to the top securely to top of the hat (Both patterns designed by Juliet Bernard on behalf of Innocent)

Abbreviations: st(s) – stitch(es) st st – stocking stitch k2tog – knit two together ch – chain dc – double crochet ss – slip stitch Further information: Why not take a look at the other Big Knit patterns online at: www.thebigknit.co.uk/knitting-patterns For more details call us on 01903 731 800 or email [email protected]

4 Matching the Can you link the answers to musicthe questions?

1. Reginald Kenneth Dwight is better known by which name? Shirley Bassey

2. Who owns the record for the highest selling single of all time – worldwide?

3. Who was the lead singer of the 1960s band, The Monkees? Pete Best

4. Who sang with the Wailers? Elvis Presley

5. Which singer has had the most UK number one singles ever? Davy Jones

6. was not the original drummer for – who was? Bob Marley

7. Which musician has been awarded the Nobel prize for literature? Elton John

8. Who is the singer to have ever performed more than one James Bond theme song? Bing Crosby

5 Tasty Use the clues tocrossword complete the puzzle!

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ACROSS DOWN 3. What is a love apple another 1. What type of bean is used to make name for? (6) baked beans? (7) 8. What type of food is pumpernickel? (5) 2. Which bread ingredient causes bread 9. What is the British name for a to rise? (5) zucchini? (9) 4. From what type of flower does a 10. From which sea-creature is vanilla pod come? (6) ‘tomalley’ obtained? (7) 5. What is the most expensive spice 11. What is pancetta? (5) in the world by weight? (7) 12. Which nut is used in marzipan? (6) 6. Which vegetable is sometimes referred 14. What ingredient is included in food to as ‘Italian asparagus’? (8) in a Florentine style? (7) 7. Meyer, Eureka, and Lisbon are varieties 16. Which pungent plant has its own of which fruit? (5) festival held on the Isle of Wight 11. Lady Finger is a variety of which fruit? (6) every year? (6) 13. What is the main ingredient of Tarka Dal? (7) 17. Deer meat is better known by 15. What type of pastry are profiteroles what name? (7) made from? (5)

6 Song Unscramble these scramble weather themed songs...

1. SEUHO FO HET GISRNI SNU BY THE ANIMALS

2. LUBEIATFU DYA BY U2

3.  RSEMMU WNID BY FRANK SINATRA

4.  RM EUBL KYS BY ELO 5.  ODGO ADY SNEUINSH BY THE BEATLES 6.  HMEREOEWS EOVR ETH ARIOBNW BY JUDY GARLAND 7.  WNAGWLKI ON SUHSIENN BY KATRINA AND THE WAVES

8.  RESDRI NO TEH RTSOM BY THE DOORS 9.  T’ANI NO SHNISNEU HNEW S’EHS NGOE BY BILL WITHERS

10. HUENSNIS FO YUOR LEOV BY CREAM 11. DONAISRPR KPEE FLINGLA NO MY EADH BY BJ THOMAS 12. USN IS GNISINH BY BOB MARLEY

13. DONDT’ ETL HTE USN OG WDNO ON ME BY ELTON JOHN

14. EPRUPL INRA BY PRINCE

15. NISG’IN NI EHT NIAR BY GENE KELLY

7 Spring cupcakes Make some delicious raspberry swirlrecipe cupcakes

For the raspberry How to make the cupcakes: swirl cupcakes: 1. Preheat the oven to 190C/375F/Gas Mark 5 and line 125g unsalted butter, a 12-hole muffin with paper muffin cases. • softened 3. Whisk the butter, sugar and vanilla seeds together using an • 175g caster sugar electric hand whisk or beat with a wooden spoon until pale • 3 eggs and creamy. Add the eggs, flours and buttermilk and whisk 1 vanilla pod, cut in half until combined and fluffy. • and seeds scraped out 3. Meanwhile, mash 100g of fresh raspberries in a bowl until 1tbsp vanilla extract  you have a rough puree. Fold through the purée into the • 125g self-raising flour  fluffy mixture until it’s just mixed and slightly marbled. • 50g '00' grade • flour, sieved 4. Divide the mixture equally between the paper cases, • Zest of 1 large lemon filling them about two-thirds full, and bake in the oven • 75ml buttermilk for 18-20 minutes until golden and risen. • 100g fresh raspberries 5. Leave to cool in the tin for 5 minutes, then transfer to a For the lemon wire rack to go cold. buttercream: How to make the lemon buttercream: • 125g unsalted butter, 6. Whisk the butter in a bowl until fluffy and gradually add softened the icing sugar and whisk until it comes together 250g icing sugar,  7. Add the lemon juice and whisk until light and fluffy and • sieved add as required. • Juice of 1 large lemon To decorate: To decorate: Icing sugar, for dusting 1. Reserve 2 tablespoons of the buttercream and colour it • Blue food colouring with a few drops of blue food colouring, beating with a • 125 g (41/2 oz) spatula until light blue. • ready-to-roll white 2. Spread the blue buttercream over the tops of the fondant icing cupcakes using a small palette knife. • Edible silver balls 3. Lightly dust a clean work surface with icing sugar and roll You will also need: the fondant icing out until about 3−4 mm (1/8−1/4 inch) • Flower cutters thick. Then, using a selection of flower cutters, stamp out • Disposable piping bag lots of flowers until the icing has been used up. • Writing nozzle 4. Arrange a few different sized flowers on top of each • 12-hole muffin tin cupcake, spacing them so they look like spring blossom. 5. Put the reserved buttercream into a piping bag with a plain writing nozzle and pipe flower stems joining some of the flowers together and coming from the side of each cake. 6. Skewer a hole in the centre of any large flowers and finish with a silver ball in the centre of each flower.

Source: www.goodto.com/recipes/spring-cupcakes 8 Ageing well Find these 15 top tipswordsearch on how to age well...

H E O E B X K O B N V K F S S V T G T M G C L Y M K N Q S N S K T C O O E N E Z E L U I I T U Y I I H A X V R G E I I X T R D O M Q G Z V D Y P A F T C F K D B A F R M T S T Y X A V J F B O U R O D R V F N A B N T X C C X M D N U Y U M E H I Y S K O C I T Y X I X N P T X O S C P T K V O O B I Y I Q E E N E Y Z Y P N I A W T J G V D X A M C N E Y O Z F U A X M H A V E A R O U T I N E X U F O E L I I O R R T S X E W E S L K E R F E V A V N Y U I G T A I W N E K G J S G R I B P B W P U A S T A W K A A S K L C A G D F O V E J B H T N F U L X H D E X C I A H O C N O A P S E D S H P I G E S E C G S S E F G H M H E B U Z N M X P E K U U S T Y E Q D N E I R F A E N O H P A H D X N U R R A V L Q L F B D W H A L T A A G K H T E E T R U O Y R E T F A K O O L M B A J U L F A E V A H X W U H U U Y J K

Words to find: Balanced diet Have a flu jab Smile Connect with Age UK Have a routine Sort out your sleep Fresh air Laugh Stay active Get a vitamin boost Look after your teeth Stay in touch Give up smoking Phone a friend Take care of your feet

9 Make a simple With these easy to followface instructions... mask

You will need: Two 25cm x 25cm Two 20cm pieces of elastic squares of cotton (or you could use string or Needle and thread fabric cloth strips) Scissors or sewing machine Step 1 Step 2 Cut out two 25cm x 25cm squares On one side fold over 0.75cm of fabric of cotton fabric. Place the squares and hem, then repeat on the opposite on top of one another. Additionally, side. Make a channel on the two remaining cut two 20cm pieces of elastic for the sides by folding the double layer of fabric ear loops over 1.5cm and stitch down. 25cm

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20cm 1.5cm 1.5cm length 0.75cm

Fold over the top and Fold over the bottom and hem sides and hem (0.75cm) (1.5cm)

Step 3 Step 4 Thread a 20cm length of elastic Pull gently on the elastic so that the knots (string or cloth strip) through the wider are tucked inside the hem. Gather and hem on each side of the face covering. ruche the sides and adjust the covering These will be the ear loops. Use a large so it fits your face. Then stitch the elastic needle to help thread it through. into place to keep it from slipping. Make sure you tie the ends tightly. The elastic loops fit over the ears.

Completed face Threading covering, knots the ear loops, tucked in, cloth sewing into place slightly gathered

This is not PPE or a medical grade face covering. It does not provide protection against coronavirus (COVID-19) but it may help reduce the risk of transmission to others in some circumstances if you are carrying coronavirus (COVID-19). Please refer to Government guidelines on the use of non-medical grade face coverings.

10 Stay active 10 ways to staythis active at homespring

2 Walk around while on the phone with 3 loved ones. Do some leg raises 1 while you watch TV – Try to take regular walks this is a great thing outside, if safe to do so, and to do whilst waiting weather permits – why not go for the adverts the see all the spring flowers to finish. that are appearing in your neighbourhood. 4 Make a rule to walk once around the house every time you do a certain activity, such as make a hot drink. 5 6 Stand up when Perform heel raises folding your (stand on tip toes) laundry. while washing the dishes. 7 Sneak in a few simple exercises/stretches in the kitchen as you wait 10 for your food to cook or Turn on the radio or the kettle to boil. put on your favourite record and dance! You could even listen to some of 8 the songs in the puzzle Clean your home – on page 7! vacuuming, sweeping, 9 and dusting are all Begin and end physical activities. your day with some simple stretches.

11 Spot the Can you spot the two identicalpair pictures?

12 Puzzle How many didanswers you get right?

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9 6 2 7 4 3 1 5 8 7 4 6 5 1 3 8 2 9 ACROSS 4 5 3 8 6 1 2 7 9 8 1 3 9 6 2 5 4 7 3.  8. Bread 9. Courgette 8 7 1 5 9 2 6 4 3 9 2 5 4 8 7 1 6 3 10. Lobster 11. Bacon 12. Almond 6 4 8 2 7 9 3 1 5 4 9 8 7 3 6 2 5 1 14. Spinach 16. 17. Venison 2 1 7 3 5 6 8 9 4 3 7 1 8 2 5 6 9 4 DOWN 3 9 5 4 1 8 7 6 2 6 5 2 1 9 4 7 3 8 1. Haricot 2. Yeast 4. Orchid 5 2 9 1 8 7 4 3 6 5 8 4 2 7 9 3 1 6 5. Saffron 6. Broccoli 7. Lemon 1 8 4 6 3 5 9 2 7 1 6 9 3 5 8 4 7 2 11. Banana 13. Lentils 15. Choux 7 3 6 9 2 4 5 8 1 2 3 7 6 4 1 9 8 5 1. BEGINNER 2. BEGINNER Page 7 3 6 7 4 8 2 9 5 1 9 8 6 4 3 2 5 1 7 1.  House of the Rising Sun 1 9 4 6 3 5 7 2 8 7 3 1 5 9 6 8 4 2 2.  Beautiful Day 5 2 8 7 1 9 4 6 3 2 4 5 8 1 7 3 6 9 3.  Summer Wind 6 5 3 1 7 4 8 9 2 6 1 8 9 2 3 7 5 4 8 7 9 2 5 3 1 4 6 5 2 4 1 7 8 9 3 6 4.  Mr Blue Sky 2 4 1 8 9 6 3 7 5 3 9 7 6 4 5 1 2 8 5.  Good Day Sunshine 7 3 2 9 6 1 5 8 4 8 6 3 2 5 9 4 7 1 6.  Somewhere Over the Rainbow 9 1 6 5 4 8 2 3 7 1 5 9 7 6 4 2 8 3 7.  Walking on Sunshine 4 8 5 3 2 7 6 1 9 4 7 2 3 8 1 6 9 5 8.  Riders on the Storm 9.  Ain’t No Sunshine When She’s Gone 3. ADVANCED 4. ADVANCED 10.  Sunshine of Your Love 11.  Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head 5 1 3 7 4 2 8 9 6 5 2 9 1 4 8 3 7 6 12.  Sun is Shining 6 7 8 9 3 5 4 1 2 4 6 1 3 7 2 8 5 9 9 2 4 6 1 8 3 5 7 3 7 8 6 5 9 2 1 4 13.  Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me 7 5 1 8 9 4 2 6 3 6 3 7 8 2 1 4 9 5 14.  Purple Rain 3 8 6 5 2 1 9 7 4 1 5 2 9 6 4 7 8 3 15.  Singin’ In The Rain 4 9 2 3 6 7 5 8 1 9 8 4 7 3 5 1 6 2 1 6 9 2 8 3 7 4 5 8 4 6 5 1 3 9 2 7 2 4 5 1 7 9 6 3 8 2 1 5 4 9 7 6 3 8 Page 9 8 3 7 4 5 6 1 2 9 7 9 3 2 8 6 5 4 1 H E O E B X K O B N V K F S S V T G T M G C L Y M K N Q S N S K T C O O E N E Z 5. EXPERT 6. FIENDISH E L U I I T U Y I I H A X V R G E I I X T R D O M Q G Z V D Y P A F T C F K D B Page 5 A F R M T S T Y X A V J F B O U R O D R V F N A B N T X C C X M D N U Y U M E H 1.  Elton John 5.  Elvis Presley I Y S K O C I T Y X I X N P T X O S C P 2.  Bing Crosby 6.  Pete Best T K V O O B I Y I Q E E N E Y Z Y P N I 3.  Davy Jones 7.  Bob Dylan A W T J G V D X A M C N E Y O Z F U A X 4.  Bob Marley 8.  Shirley Bassey M H A V E A R O U T I N E X U F O E L I I O R R T S X E W E S L K E R F E V A V N Y U I G T A I W N E K G J S G R I B P B W P U A S T A W K A A S K L C A G D F Page 12 O V E J B H T N F U L X H D E X C I A H 6 + 7 are matching O C N O A P S E D S H P I G E S E C G S S E F G H M H E B U Z N M X P E K U U S T Y E Q D N E I R F A E N O H P A H D X N U R R A V L Q L F B D W H A L T A A G K H T E E T R U O Y R E T F A K O O L M B A J U L F A E V A H X W U H U U Y J K

13 1. Follow us on social media 2. Join our online Art Club!

Age UK West Sussex Brighton & Hove recently Art projects are emailed to you every other merged with Age UK Horsham and so we week along with a video providing instructions now have a new home on Facebook, Twitter and inspiration. Designed for anyone to join and Instagram – please like and follow us in and have fun! Email us for more details, @ageukwsbh to keep up with all our local news! to sign up, or to receive your FREE art pack! [email protected]

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3. Help us with the Big Knit 4. Keep fit with

To help you keep active and healthy why not take a look at the videos on our YouTube channel? We’ve got everything covered from seated exercises, to line dancing! Watch the videos by searching on YouTube for ‘Age UK West Sussex, Brighton & Hove’

Could you help us make a difference by knitting some mini hats for the next Big Knit campaign? The little hats will appear on Innocent drinks bottles and for every little hat we submit, Innocent drinks will donate 25p to Age UK. If you’d like to get involved, please get in touch or read more on page 4!

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