Tweet your pics using #LBBDOPW #LBBDOPW Young at Heart Young at Heart 3 9 74 Older People’s Week 2019 Monday 30 September to Friday 4 October MC8700 SEP19 London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Barking and Dagenham Council along with partners from across the borough are hosting a week of events for Older People’s Week running from 30 September to 4 October to celebrate our older residents and the contribution they make to our community. This year, we are celebrating the theme ‘The Journey to Age Equality’ and all the events have Older People’s Week 2019 been designed to encourage people of all ages to get together, have fun and age well. Date Activity Venue Time Event contact Monday Movie Showcase – Come along for a fun film screening of ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’. Pick a seat and enjoy! Barking Learning Centre Conference 4.30pm to 7pm Pennu Charity 07825 637097 30 September Centre, Barking, IG11 7NB Tuesday Dementia Friends Training Sessions – Training sessions for professionals including health and care providers. Learn more about Dementia by becoming BLC Conference Centre, Barking, 2 sessions – 12pm to 1pm Alzheimers Society - 020 8227 2828 1 October a Dementia Friend. Booking required. IG11 7NB and 1pm to 2pm [email protected] Close Encounters’ – Enjoy a Heritage exhibition at Valence House Museum where you will be able to touch and handle the artefacts of the borough. Valence House, Dagenham, RM8 3HT 2pm to 4pm LBBD Heritage Service - 020 8227 2034 [email protected] Young at Heart – Join us at Kingsley Hall for a celebration with a showcase of activities, groups and classes available for residents in the borough. Kingsley Hall, Parsloes Avenue, 10am to 2pm LBBD Adults’ Commissioning Team Dagenham, RM9 5NB 020 8227 2828 Wednesday Enjoy light refreshments, dancing and try some of the taster classes including Ageing Well Salsa dancing. [email protected] 2 October Memory Café – Come along and find out about the Memory Cafe. The Cafe provides support to adults with progressive memory decline, along with Broad Street Centre, Dagenham, 2pm to 4pm North East London Foundation Trust information and advice on diagnosis and treatment. Open to all residents. RM10 9HU 020 8596 4400 We Can Do It Club – Come and join us for a seated and standing exercise class, improving strength and balance. You can enjoy refreshment and social Fanshawe Community Centre, 4.30pm to 6pm Whole Body Therapy chat too. Dagenham, RM9 5DX [email protected] Thursday Let’s Get Together – A chance for residents to come together to socialise over a cup of tea, try something new, have a sing along, a game of bingo and Dagenham & Redbridge FC, 11am to 3pm Barking & Dagenham Volunteer Bureau 3 October do some seated exercise with Whole Body Therapy. Everyone welcome! RM10 7XL [email protected] Friday Young at Heart Park Walk – Get your walking boots on and get out and about, socialise and enjoy the outdoors with the Rangers at Eastbrookend Eastbrookend Country Park, 2pm to 3pm LBBD Ranger Service - 020 8227 2914 4 October Country Park Young at Heart Walk. Find out more by searching on Eventbrite. RM10 7BD Search ‘Young at Heart Walk’ at www.eventbrite.co.uk [email protected] And don’t miss... Twilight Tea Party – Join us for a special Twilight Tea Party at the Broadway Theatre in Barking. The Guild of Experience is an ambitious programme of Broadway Theatre, Broadway, Barking, 6pm to 8pm Studio 3 Arts - 0208 594 7136 Wednesday arts, festivals and creative activity for adults aged 55 and over. There’ll be performances, music, nibbles, cake and cocktails. Find out more about the IG11 7LS [email protected] 15 October project, meet new people and have a fun night out. Tickets are FREE. RSVP by Monday 23 September to book your place and please contact us if you require support with transport, call 020 8594 7136. The Ageing Well Programme is designed for people over the age of 60, to improve their physical and mental wellbeing. Ageing Well Programme 2019 All sessions are FREE during Older People’s Week so please come along and try something new! Monday 30 September Tuesday 1 October Wednesday 2 October Thursday 3 October Friday 3 October Zumba Gold – 10am to 10.45am Line Dancing – 9.30am to 11.15am Supple Strength – 9.30am to 10.30am Short Mat Bowls – 10am to 2pm Line Dancing – 10.30am to 12 noon Park Centre, Rectory Road, Dagenham, RM10 9SA Chadwell Heath Community Centre, High Rd, Dagenham, RM6 6AS Park Centre, Rectory Road, Dagenham, RM10 9SA Ripple Centre, Ripple Road, Barking, IG11 7FN Chadwell Heath Community Centre, High Road, Yoga – 10.30am to 12 noon Boccia – 10.30am to 11.30am Yoga – 10am to 11.30am Zumba Gold – 10.45am to 11.30am Dagenham, RM6 6AS Abbey Leisure Centre, Bobby Moore Way, Barking, IG11 7LX Chadwell Heath Community Centre, High Rd, Dagenham, RM6 6AS Hedgecock Community Centre, 28 Stephen Jewers May & Baker, Dagenham Road, Dagenham, RM7 0QX Zumba Gold – 12.15pm to 1pm Tai Chi – 11am to 12 noon Yoga – 10.30am to 11.30am Gardens, Barking, IG11 9FA Chair Based – 11.30am to 12.30pm Chadwell Heath Community Centre, High Road, Park Centre, Rectory Road, Dagenham, RM10 9SA Valence House, Dagenham, RM8 3HT Arts & Crafts – 10am to 12 noon Park Centre, Rectory Road, Dagenham, RM10 9SA Dagenham, RM6 6AS Tai Chi – 11.30am to 12.30pm Boccia – 10.30am to 12 noon Chadwell Heath Community Centre, High Rd, Dagenham, Line Dancing – 11.30am to 1.30pm Tai Chi – 12.30pm to 1.30pm Barking Learning Centre, Barking, IG11 7NB Park Centre, Rectory Road, Dagenham, RM10 9SA RM6 6AS Valence House, Dagenham, RM8 3HT Becontree Heath Leisure Centre, Althorne Way, Bingo – 12 noon to 2pm Cards – 10.30am to 12 noon Knit & Natter – 10.30am to 11.30am Yoga – 11.45am to 12.45pm Dagenham, RM10 7FH Wantz Hall, Rainham Road North, Dagenham, RM10 7DX Chadwell Heath Community Centre, High Rd, Dagenham, RM6 6AS Park Centre, Rectory Road, Dagenham, RM10 9SA May & Baker, Dagenham Road, Dagenham, RM7 0QX Bingo – 12.45pm to 3.15pm Darts – 12 noon to 4pm Short Mat Bowls – 12 noon to 2pm Self Defence – 10.30am to 12 noon Bingo – 12.30pm to 3.15pm Chadwell Heath Community Centre, High Road, Wantz Hall, Rainham Road North, Dagenham, RM10 7DX Wantz Hall, Rainham Road North, Dagenham, RM10 7DX Valence House, Dagenham, RM8 3HT Park Centre, Rectory Road, Dagenham, RM10 9SA Dagenham, RM6 6AS Snooker – 12 noon to 4pm Darts – 12 noon to 4pm Walking Football – 11.30am to 12.30pm Bingo – 12.30pm to 3.30pm Ballroom Dancing – 1.30pm to 2.30pm Wantz Hall, Rainham Road North, Dagenham, RM10 7DX Wantz Hall, Rainham Road North, Dagenham, RM10 7DX Becontree Heath Leisure Centre, Althorne Way, Barking Learning Centre, Barking, IG11 7NB Abbey Leisure Centre, Bobby Moore Way, Barking, Zumba Gold – 12.15pm to 1pm Snooker – 12 noon to 4pm Dagenham, RM10 7FH Supple Strength – 12.45pm to 1.45pm IG11 7LX Valence House, Dagenham, RM8 3HT Wantz Hall, Rainham Road North, Dagenham, RM10 7DX Yoga – 12 noon to 1pm May & Baker, Dagenham Road, Dagenham, RM7 0QX Bingo – 12.30pm to 3.30pm Cards – 12.30pm to 3.15pm Fanshawe Community Centre, Barnmead Rd, Dagenham, MultiSports – 1pm to 2.30pm Barking Learning Centre, Barking, IG11 7NB Park Centre, Rectory Road, Dagenham, RM10 9SA RM9 5DX Becontree Heath Leisure Centre, Althorne Way, Barn/Line Dancing – 1pm to 3pm Line Dancing – 12.30pm to 2pm Salsa – 12.15pm to 1.15pm Dagenham, RM10 7FH Park Centre, Rectory Road, Dagenham, RM10 9SA Valence House, Dagenham, RM8 3HT Valence House, Dagenham, RM8 3HT Tai Chi – 1.30pm to 2.30pm Darts – 12.30pm to 3.15pm Bingo – 12.30pm to 3.15pm Valence House, Dagenham, RM8 3HT Park Centre, Rectory Road, Dagenham, RM10 9SA Park Centre, Rectory Road, Dagenham, RM10 9SA Short Mat Bowls – 2pm to 4pm Bingo – 12.45pm to 3.15pm Salsa – 1.30pm to 2.30pm Wantz Hall, Rainham Road North, Dagenham, RM10 7DX Chadwell Heath Community Centre, High Rd, Dagenham, RM6 6AS Valence House, Dagenham, RM8 3HT Arts & Crafts – 1.30pm to 3.30pm Cards – 1.30pm to 3.30pm Young at Heart Barking Learning Centre, Barking, IG11 7NB Barking Learning Centre, Barking, IG11 7NB Darts – 1.30pm to 3.30pm Take a look at the Ageing Well Programme and Barking Learning Centre, Barking, IG11 7NB details of all the sessions and membership costs: Tea Dance – 2pm to 4pm Wantz Hall, Rainham Road North, Dagenham, RM10 7DX https://newme.london/ageing-well/ Yoga – 2.40pm to 4.10pm Dagenham Library, 1 Church Elm Lane, Dagenham, RM10 9QS.