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Life Is For Living Returns
Life is 4 Living is an exercise class for older adults. Led by a fully qualified coach, Emma, the sessions can be chair based if needed. Participants need to wear loose comfortable clothes, there’s no need for special clothing, and bring a drink for during the session. Sessions are held at Fulmerston Family Church at 10:30am every Friday morning. Organiser June Lewis said, “We are delighted to be back after covid forced us to stop. We’ve put everything in place to make the session safe, and all covid guidelines and recommendations are being followed.” Many of the group find that they benefit from the exercise and the social aspect, pre covid the group also went on outings a couple of times each year and enjoyed lunches together. June is hoping to restart this element once it’s fully safe to do so. “You can just come and enjoy Emma’s sessions, or you can join in with extra activities when we have them, there’s no pressure,” June continued, “we’re a friendly bunch and Emma is superb. If you feel that you would benefit from some gentle exercise, please do get in touch. You can also enjoy a cup of tea or coffee and a chat at the end of the session”.
Attendees at a recent Life Is 4 Living session in their new venue, Fulmerston Church
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Life is 4 Living is a self funded group, open to anyone over 50 years who feels that they would benefit from taking part and had advice from their Doctor to take some exercise. June says that as a group we are moving forward slowly and carefully to get back into old routines, we are aware that for some going back to activities might be too soon, but we’re here to help if we can.”
Life is 4 Living,10.30am every Friday morning, Fulmerston Family Church, IP24 3LF For more information contact June on 07771637821
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Thetford Dementia Support Group has two very important announcements this month. Firstly, we are having a brief change of venue - for Friday October 8th and Friday October 15th we will be holding our Friday morning group meetings at the Methodist Church Hall in the centre of town, this is due to our usual venue being closed for repair work. We will still be meeting at 10am until12 midday as normal and the usual tea/coffee and cake will be available. From October 22nd we will be back at Cloverfields.
Our second announcement is that we are holding our memorial service and tree dedication for all the lovely souls TADDS has lost, not just in 2020 but since our group started. The memorial service will be on Saturday 2nd October at 10:30am and we invite any previous carers who would like to come along, to the service. We hope you would like to come along and if you want to book your place, please either ring us on 07542 866 519, or send us an email to taddsgroup@hotmail.com so we can include you in our celebrations.
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Craft Fairs are back at Barnham Village Hall on Sunday 7th November and Sunday 5th December Local crafters will be selling a variety of handmade items and the December Craft Fair will have a Christmas theme! Hot and cold refreshments will be available. Admission is at 11am until 3pm. The setting up for stallholders only is from 10am. Table hire is £7 for a small table (3’ x 2’3”) and £12 for a large table, (6’ x 2’3”). In conjunction with the craft stalls there will be a ‘nearly new’ stall run by the Barnham Village Hall committee, donated items will be sold to raise funds for the hall. Items must be in good condition (no clothing, shoes, or electrical goods please). To book a table(s) for either or both Craft Fairs (no bric-a-brac or car boot stalls), or if you have suitable items to donate for the ‘nearly new’ stall please contact Jane on 01842 890718 or email:
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Retirement Plans Derailed By The Pandemic?
People approaching retirement age were amongst those who lost jobs as a result of the pandemic. Some were self-isolating for long periods due to vulnerabilities, and some are now not able or wanting to return to their previous occupations or full time work.
As furlough ends, some organisations are looking to make redundancies and people may not have the same jobs to return to. Extra funding is being made available to get younger people into work, which may affect employers’ decisions about who they need to retain. State pension age has risen in the past few years, with the current retirement age being 66, rising to 67 by 2028. For women, whom the state retirement age was originally 60, there was limited time to start preparing for such a change much earlier in life. Some women have very poor entitlement to state pension, having little contribution records of their own and/or having invested in their partners’ pensions. People need to be aware that they have to apply for state retirement pension, it is not granted automatically and Citizens Advice can help people with claims.
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