Older People

Fitness for the over-45s: Silver Fridays in Broomfield Park, starting this week

22 June 2015

Many people run, swim or cycle to raise money for charity, a few people do two out of three of these things and even fewer combine all three, but one grandmother who does is 72-year-old Eddie Brocklesby, Britain's oldest competing "Ironman" triathlete. And she only took up sport when she was over 50! Eddie, who recently was listed in the Independent on Sunday’s 100 Happy List 2015, said: "I only started running when I was 50, and competing in triathlons when I was sixty-two. You're never.......

A Practical Guide to Healthy Ageing

23 January 2015

Healthwatch Enfield are recommending A Practical Guide to Healthy Ageing, which has just been published jointly by NHS England and Age UK. According to the introduction, "the advice in this booklet will help improve the health and general fitness of people of any age, but it is written to be particularly relevant for people who are about 70 years or older. "People of this age, and sometimes younger, begin a ‘slowing-down’ process related to the effects of ageing on their body. This is a.......

Council scheme to help people in long-term care lease out their home

30 November 2014

Keeping House' is Enfield Council's innovative scheme for property owners living in long term residential care. For people moving into long-term care the cost, time and effort needed to maintain an empty property can prove challenging. Properties often remain unoccupied for lengthy periods of time, falling into disrepair and can attract anti-social behaviour. Under this scheme homes can be leased to the Council for a fixed period of time (five years) and provide guaranteed rental income to.......

Aged over 60 or between 16 and 23? Fancy being in a play?

16 November 2014

Are you over 60? Are you 16-23? If so, join us for exciting FREE performance workshops leading to a 15 minute performance event at Bernie Grant Arts Centre. The workshops are linked to the only Tottenham performance of a new play, The Honey Man by Tyrone Huggins, touring from Birmingham REP. No previous performance necessary – workshops will be fun and based around the lives and stories of the participants. All welcome. First introductory workshop No obligation but if you want to.......

Stepping out from lockdown - Age UK Enfield's falls stop service

14 May 2021

A year or more of lockdown has resulted in some people doing less walking than usual. They may have lost confidence in walking longer distances, which increases the risk of falls. Age UK Enfield's Falls Stop Service has devised a Stepping out from Lockdown Falls Programme and will be resuming in-person sessions from this month.

New courses starting as Ruth Winston Centre celebrates another birthday

07 March 2023

The Ruth Winston Community Centre celebrated its 62nd birthday this week. Various new activities and classes will be starting soon.

Renowned theatre company coming to PG to run storytelling workshops for women 65+

15 September 2023

The internationally renowned theatre company Complicité are coming to Palmers Green to run a series of theatrical storytelling workshops for women aged 65 or over, and are encouraging people with no previous experience in the performing arts to join. They're running a taster session at the Ruth Winston Centre on Tuesday 26th September ahead of the three workshops in October, also on Tuesday afternoons at Ruth Winston.

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