Category: Session Blogs

Today’s session was led by Richard who was ably supported by Keren, Melissa, Raj & Kevin. It was a bumper turnout despite the wet weather, with 32 in attendance in total. The quiz today was “name that song” where the DCUK team read (or even sung) a few words from a well-known song and the…

It was wonderful to welcome our members to today’s session at Friend In Need which was run by Faz. Acrostic poem themed colouring sheets were distributed today, an acrostic poem is a poem in which certain letters of each line combine to spell out a word when read out vertically. The word used today was…

Today’s session at Barnet Copthall Leisure Centre was full of fun and games, Faz the session leader had laid out a variety of games for our members to play including Connect Four, Scrabble and playing cards. It was great to see everyone engaged and enjoying playing with one another. Whilst we were enjoying drinks and…

A really hot day today and the session was full as usual. Lisa welcomed everyone and gave a few updates about the launch on the 27th September with the dental services and also the Christmas party on the 11th December. There were also 3 birthdays to celebrate today. It was Gareth’s birthday, James’s birthday and…

Our thanks go to Jeanette and her volunteers who took today’s session. Well the weather was very warm but with a cool hall, we managed well on Tuesday at Eversfield. Back in time we went with a quiz about people and things in the 1950s…… Remember Jimmy Clitheroe, Pontins and TIM the speaking clock? And…

Our thanks to Stephen who took today’s session with his volunteers. Our members were served tea, coffee, delicious biscuits, and beautiful homemade cupcakes (courtesy of Caroline) at the start of our session and were happy chatting to each other. Because our usual exercise guru Jane was not well, we had the very energetic Eon who…

It was fantastic to welcome 37 members and carers on this warm and sunny day to our fun and friendly session at Friend In Need today which was run by Faz. Singing sheets were distributed and we started the session by singing our hearts out to some of our firm favourites including ‘Que Sera Sera’…

Today we welcomed 31 members at our first session at the Hendon Golf Club which was very successful. Thank you especially to Gary – the Food and Beverage Manager and his staff for looking after all the members. This was especially appreciated. The tables were beautifully prepared with a plate of delicious cakes and biscuits…

On this beautiful sunny hot afternoon, Lisa was happy to welcome the Bollywood dancers from the Edgware Dance group. It was full house with members waiting in anticipation to see this fabulous performance. Lisa introduced Varsha the lead performer who was accompanied with Jayshree, Hema and Liz who was the lead for the Line dancing.…

Faz led today’s Barnet Copthall session; it was great to welcome back our dearly missed members Chrystalla and Helen and kick off with a delightful sing along to ‘Que Sera Sera’. The rain was pouring today and it was very wet outside, but this synced in very well with Faz’s water based theme which was…