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SPECIAL MEETINGS ABOUT HOW TO COPE WITH THE COST OF LIVING:
Links to the information provided at the huge meeting we had about ‘Keeping Warm for Less’ on February 28 are now on the ‘links’ section of this web site.
Here is some advice on healthy and affordable food from our event at the Moselle Club, Broadwater Farm, on March 28. See the Whittington Health web site on https://www.whittington.nhs.uk/default.asp?c=46667 and click on the material there from the British Dietetic Association and the British Nutrition Foundation. Thanks to Charlie Boscoe fromWhittington Health for a very interesting talk, to Alison Davy from Northumberland Park Community Cookup for encouraging us to help food banks, to Nurys from Bridge Renewal Trust for a great cookery demonstration, and to Nicolette and team from Wheely Tots for letting us share the delicious Moselle Club lunch.
We just had the third meeting in our Cost of Living series on April 22. This one was about benefits. Thanks to the several organisations that gave advice and helped us put this on. There will be a report in the next newsletter in May.
The last meeting in our Cost of living series will be on Thursday May 29, at Hornsey Vale Community Centre, Mayfield Road, 60 Mayfield Road, N8 9LP:- How going online can save you money and time; 11.30 to 2.30
NEXT MONTHLY MEETING
Thursday May 22 at the Winkfield Resource Centre, Winkfield Road, 2 to 4pm.
Topic to be announced. Probably a bit of a social this time.
If you missed our March/April newsletter, it’s still on the newsletter page. There will be another newsletter out in mid May
Click on top right of screen to pay your membership for 2025.
Cinema club
Hope to see you at an upcoming film at the Finsbury Park Picture House or the Crouch End Picture House. They are now both on a Thursday; at Finsbury Park it’s the first Thursday in each month, and at Crouch End the third Thursday each month. You need to e-mail or text the Forum (info@ho50s.org.uk or 07915 477009) to be put on a list of people who will be informed about what films are coming up and the start time. We send out an e-mail a few days in advance, as soon as the cinema tells us. It’s a sociable occasion; we meet in the coffee bar or members’ area for a chat about the film afterwards. The first time you go you need an age-proof ID like your Freedom Pass to show the box office you are over 60, then it just takes a few minutes to sign you up to the free Silver Screen club which the cinema chain runs across all its venues. You can then buy a discount ticket – currently just over £7 – and it comes with a free cuppa and biscuits. You have to join the cinema’s club, but you don’t necessarily have to join ours to attend. So bring a friend.
Whatsapp group
Chat channel for members – e-mail info@ho50s.org.uk or phone 07815 477009 to ask to join. Or join by using this link: https://chat.whatsapp.com/IXwugWAZqEX5vuPOo2h8Zk
Want to join the Forum? Text or voicemail 07915 477009 with your name and address and we’ll send you a joining form. Just £8 per year!
Existing members, please renew a.s.a.p. if you haven’t already – and thanks to those who have. Just £8 per year. Pay in cash at a meeting. Or cheques please to Haringey over 50s Forum, c/o Public Voice, Tottenham Town Hall, N15 4RX. Bank transfers to Haringey over 50s Forum, sort code 08 92 99, account no. 65525931. Standing orders are great; please make sure it’s going to Haringey over 50s Forum not to Haringey Forum for Older People, which won’t get anywhere since we changed the account name.
Read our newsletter or ask for a copy on 07915 477009. To find the latest, if you can’t see the way to the page, click the horizontal bars on the top right of your screen.
What else is coming up?
Haringey Supported Housing Lounge Activities – open to all A selection of activities is often mentioned in our newsletter. If you would like to attend them. Naomi Ellyn, 07794 257914, can give you their up to date details. (There are several different leaders or tutors for different sessions. )
Generation Exchange are hosting a Pop-Up Lunch Club
Every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month 1.30pm – 3.00pm
Venue: The Antwerp Arms Community Pub, 168-170 Church Lane N17 8AS
Booking required – phone 07968 727278
Seniors Coffee Morning
Lordship Community Hub, taking place every Thursday from 11.00 – 1.00pm
Lordship Hub, Lordship Rec – Off Higham Road, Tottenham, London, N17 6NU
Go along to meet new people in this lively group, have a chat and enjoy some free refreshments together.
All welcome – just drop in!
How to get there: The building is accessible by foot through nearby park entrances (nearest one Higham Road N17 6NU; the W4 stops on Higham Road close to the entrance to the park). You can also take any bus along Lordship Lane (123,243) and get off at Walthoef Avenue and follow the path through the park, over the river and you will see the Hub beyond the trees.
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Call for Committee Members!
Would you like to get more involved in the Forum and in shaping our activities?
Do you have design/IT/admin skills that you’d like to put to use?
Or would you like to learn these skills ‘on the job’?
Would you like to be part of a telephone tree keeping other members up-to-date?
Can you write for our newsletter? Staff a stall at events? Find interesting speakers?
All help, however little time you can spare, is appreciated – get in touch and tell us what you can do.
Our Annual General Meeting will be held in November so let us know if you would like to be part of our Committee and share your talents, skills and experience with us for the next year. The more help we have the more we can do to champion older voices and make Haringey an Age Friendly Borough!
‘Loos for Haringey’ campaign update
As members will know, our co-Secretary James has been very involved in this campaign to raise awareness about the lack of decent public toilet provision in our borough. As a result of the campaign the Council recognises that the provision of toilets is an important public health issue that can impact on our wellbeing and ability to feel comfortable getting out and about. The campaign is going well now and Haringey is committed to developing a Toilet Strategy. Let’s hold them to that!
Digital Skills Classes
Coffee & Computers free digital sessions are open to anyone wanting help with using smartphones, tablets or computers and accessing online services. Please register on the links below if you would like to participate.
New session programme coming for 2024 – see the Coffee and Computers web site,
https://coffeecomputers.org/ or send an email to info@coffeecomputers.org. Or call/WhatsApp message Coffee and Computers on 07999 042497′
Paying your sub:-
You can pay in cash at any meeting. Or via our bank account Or send a cheque to Haringey over 50s Forum, c/o Public Voice, Tottenham Town Hall, N15 4RX. It’s £8 for the whole year. If you had a letter in the New Year to say you have paid for some months of 2023 already, you’re due less.
Bank details: Coop Bank, account name: Haringey over 50s Forum (use full name). Sort code: 08 92 99. Account number: 65525931
Any difficulties or queries – tell us by text or phone to 07915 477009.
If you meet anyone who says ‘why no newsletter’ please gently ask them if they paid their sub! We are now stopping newsletters to those who haven’t paid, though we may send them e-mails (which obviously don’t cost) to encourage them to re-join if they want.
Forum web site
Do have a look and see if you have any more feedback to offer our web volunteers. Is it clear? Does it have the right things on it that you would like to see? What about the arrangement of items on different pages? We have made lots of changes lately with Peter’s help – it’s more up to date and has been simplified. The more we can use our web site to tell you things, the more we can provide up to date information. So your ideas please!
See Diary page for more events – you may need a computer for this, until we can fix the bug that prevents you seeing it on Android. Apologies – leave us a message on 07915 477009 if you need more information. We hope you can get to the Diary page by clicking the horizontal bars on the top right of the screen.