Category: Blog
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New 2019 Programme
The programme for 2018 – 2019 has just been published this can be downloaded as a PDF from our site.
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Hendon Town Hall – Thursday 25th October
After yesterday’s session at Finchley Memorial Hospital with Elvis, today’s session was not very busy. We had 2 visitors from Barnet Copthall – Jalpa Assani and Annalisa Cellini. Lisa started the session with True and False quiz questions and then followed with some poetry reading about what makes people happy. Lisa then encouraged members to…
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Elvis at Finchley Memorial Hospital – 24th October 2018
It was full house today as members were excited to see Elvis. Lisa started off with quiz questions about Elvis to get members prepared for the Show. Pete Webb who acts as Elvis then walked into the room in his light Blue Elvis glittering suit. The excitement from that moment to the end was electrifying.…
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Sha’arei Tsedek Synagogue – 22nd October 2018
Today’s report is from Justine who led the session at Sha’arei Tsedek Synagogue in Whetstone: “Our members were served tea, coffee and lovely biscuits & cake at the start of our session and were happy chatting to each other. Justine Khedoory then did a short quiz which everyone participated in. After a short while, a…
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Finchley Memorial Hospital – 17th October 2018
Today’s session was led by Eleanor with the help of Dr Angela and Melissa. We had a good turn out and plenty of chat and laughter. We started with a picture quiz about well-known people. This proved to be a popular team activity which everyone could participate in. The most challenging picture was a photo…
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Allum Manor – 15th October
Today’s session was run by Mark as Lisa had to attend a meeting in London. There were only a few members today but it was still a very enjoyable session. Mark started with a few true or false quiz questions which always gets members to chat. Jane then arrived and members enjoyed some exercises. The…
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Finchley Memorial Hospital – 10th October 2018
As usual we had so many members today, we had 4 new members. It was a beautiful sunny and warm day. Lisa welcomed everyone and gave everyone a quiz to start with which all enjoyed. We then celebrated 2 birthdays. Miltis’s birthday on 15th October will be 84 years old and Ruth’s birthday which was…
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Stephens House 8th October
This was a very busy session. Everyone enjoys coming to Stephens House. The mood amongst members today was lots of chatting. Lisa welcomed everyone and gave you updates about coming events. Lisa then gave out the songs sheets and a couple of songs were sung but the mood was not for singing today. Lisa played…
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James’s Speech at the Whittington
James one of the carers was invited by the Whittington Hospital on the 27th September to give a speech to clinicians. His speech was very moving talking about his dear wife Mollie, the challenges of dealing with dementia and a few tips for carers. James has allowed us to re-print here. James’s speech to the…
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Finchley Memorial Hospital – 3rd October 2018
Today was a very busy session and although Lisa had to set up the session by herself, she was delighted to be joined later by Eleanor and Dr Angela. As usual carers always also step up to help with teas and coffees. Lisa welcomed everyone and informed them about the good news with the BBC…