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2016 Opening Doors London July groups and activities Exciting Times / Challenging Times As ODL edges closer to becoming a charity in its own right on the 1st of July, we have been working hard to ensure a smooth transfer from ODL the project to ODL the organisation. Exciting times! I have now been in post since the start of May and been on a rollercoaster ride of getting to know the ODL team; meeting members, Ambassadors, volunteers and Trustees; and getting all the things which need to be in place for ODL to transfer into a new charity – in place. We hope that this change will not only make ODL even more responsive to the needs of older LGBT* people – but also help our fundraising endeavours. These are challenging times for charities – and so, more than ever, we need all members to help us raise funds. This month’s fundraising focus is to encourage all members to sponsor the GLEE/ PwC team to take part in the Pride Run on 13th August to raise funds for ODL. Last year they raised £3k … let’s help them double that here: https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/gleepride10k2016 We have a fabulous new Board of 7 under the leadership of our new Chair: Professor Jeffrey Weeks. They have now met twice and are balancing getting to know each other with learning more about the business of running ODL as a subsidiary charity - and are really enthusiastic about ODL and ensuring that we continue champion and meet the needs of the older LGBT* community. Alice Wallace, Manager, Opening Doors London
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Opening Doors London: full listings and activities. Would you like to help curate our new South London lecture series in association with University of Greenwich? Mark Anderson from the LGBT staff network of the University of Greenwich and Nic Humberstone from Opening doors are planning an exciting new venture!!! We will organize a series of discussions around people's phds and research topics, to be held in the lovely rooms at University of Greenwich, and would like to hear your ideas for topics so that we can ensure interest. These sessions will be engaging and fun. We want your ideas! This will be informal and accessible, and a chance to share ideas and chat after hearing speakers’ talk about their work. They will be monthly in the afternoon and there will be refreshments. We plan to start in September. Please contact Kate with suggestions for topics: Kate.Hancock@openingdoorsl ondon.org.uk Friday 1st July Mixed Friday Coffee and Cake Club Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9NA. Come in for a chat at this peer led social group. Hot drinks can be purchased in the café. Please feel free to bring your own cakes and biscuits.
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Every Friday 10am – 12pm Monday 4th July Outings in Art: Special Outing to LGBT Pride Art exhibition, Canary Wharf Clifford Chance, 10 Upper Bank Street, London E14 5JJ Clifford Chance have kindly invited a limited number of ODL members to an afternoon reception and viewing of “Arcus Annual Art Pride” exhibition being held at their Head Office in Canary Wharf. “Arcus” is Clifford Chance’s LGBT and allied employees networks in London and New York. Time: 2pm – 4pm Meeting point: Clifford Chance Reception Refreshments: Afternoon tea provided Booking essential: by texting Chris on 07958 257 541. Tube: 5 mins walk from Canary Wharf on the Jubilee Line Peer led coffee and tea social at The Breakfast Club in Battersea Rise The Breakfast Club, 5-9 Battersea Rise, London SW11 1HG The team from The Breakfast Club are providing free tea and coffee for ODL members at this peer led monthly social. Just turn up to meet other ODL members. Sometimes The Breakfast Club team will be able to pop in to say hello too. Travel: 0.5 miles walk from Clapham Junction Railway Station. Buses 35 and 37 pass Clapham Common Northern
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line underground station 1.1 miles away and stop outside the café at the “Eccles Road” bus stop. 4 – 6pm Mixed East London ODL Dropin An ODL event held at Positive East, 159 Mile End Rd, London E1 4AQ. Come and join our friendly East London afternoon social. We will include ‘A Voice for Older People’ as a regular slot in the last half hour of our drop-ins. This is an opportunity to give your views on services in East London, whether you live, work, or socialise there This will be fed back to the Older People’s Reference Group. Please Note that from August the time of the drop in will change to the third Monday of each month and at the slightly later time of 4:30 to 6:30pm Drop in any time between 4pm – 6pm Tuesday 5th July Mixed Exercise Walk Thames Estuary Exercise & Discovery Walk
Join Clive for the for the second stage of the Thames estuary walk. We will again assemble at Woolwich Arsenal Beresford Square by the Page 2
Opening Doors London: full listings and activities. gateway. The square is accessible by bus, main line train and DLR. (Please make use of toilet facilities on the square as these may be a problem later. You may also want to get a snack or coffee before we set of as the Thames Path is remote). We will continue our journey to where we left off in May taking the 177 bus to Nickleby Close, which is on the Green Chain Link. Among a great variety of varied landscape and features along the Thames Path are industry, housing, wildlife and facilities for dealing with waste. It should be less than five miles. We return to Woolwich to enjoy a cheap steak by rail or bus, by about 2.45. Meeting point: Assemble at Woolwich Arsenal Beresford Square by the gateway. Walk start time: 11.30am Walk end time: 2.45 pm at Woolwich. Miles: 5 Booking: No booking necessary Wednesday 6th July Anchor Housing/ ODL Mixed Art Group Chigwell Court, 99 Balance Road London E9 5SQ. The art group will be held in the communal room. Basic materials will be provided for the informal drop-in session. Volunteer artists on hand. 2pm – 4pm
New Event: Women's Wednesdays G24 Common Room, UCL Foster Court, Malet Place, (off Torrington Place), London WC1E 7JG
A new women's social will be held at UCL on the first Wednesday of the month. Come along for a chat and meet some new people. We will be watching the TV show Orange is the New Black. Members are invited to bring nibbles to share with the group. No RSVP required. Any questions please contact Fiona fiona.addison@ageukcamden. org.uk HOW TO GET THERE: Come into UCL from the entrance opposite Waterstones on Torrington Place. Foster Court is on the right and half way along there is an archway also on the right, with a set of automatic double doors on the right - the Common Room is through those doors and up 3 stairs but also has step-free access. Social: 5.30pm TV show starts: 7pm Men’s Pimlico Social Pimlico Room, back of St. Saviour’s Church, St George’s Square, London SW1V 3QW. Friendly drop-in coffee evening. 6pm – 9pm Thursday 7th July
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‘Rainbow Surfers’ older LGBT* computer drop-in Computer Suite, Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9NA. Our LGBT* friendly drop-in session provides you with an opportunity to receive IT assistance and guidance from knowledgeable volunteers and staff. For more information please contact Tony on 020 7239 0400. Every Thursday 10am – 1pm Friday 8th July Rainbow Surfers Gadget Clinic Would you like help learning how to use your phone, tablet or laptop? Why not come along to this fun and supportive session Age UK Camden is running with volunteers from the Wellcome Trust. To book a place, or to find out more – please contact Tony on 0207 239 0400 or email tony.brown@ageukcamden.o rg.uk Times: either morning session or afternoon session available Mixed Friday Coffee and Cake Club See first Friday of the month for more details. Every Friday 10am – 12pm Mixed ODL East Dinner Club An ODL event held at Positive East, 159 Mile End Road, London E1 4AQ. £6 for a delicious meal and great company. Please RSVP by 5pm on Wednesday to Page 3
Opening Doors London: full listings and activities. Fiona: Fiona.addison@ageukcamden. org.uk or text/call leaving a message: 07435 356 951 Start: 6pm Dinner: from 7pm Ends: 9pm
Peter will instruct and lead us in Line Dancing. Please bring LGBT* friends of any age. 5.30pm – 7.30pm Tuesday 12th July Men’s Walking Group
Sunday 10th July CANCELLED THIS MONTH: Mixed 'Second Sundays' Social Group Monday 11th July Bridge and Scrabble Club Lumen Café, 88 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9RS On the second and fourth Monday of the month the wonderful Black Olive Cooks at the lovely Lumen Café will provide space for ODL members to play Bridge and Scrabble. Beginners welcome! Scrabble boards will be provided. Lumen Café are offering ODL members discounted tea for 50p and filter coffee for 80p. Beginners welcome. Transport: 0.3 miles from Russell Square underground station or 0.4 miles from King's Cross St. Pancras London station. No need to book. 2pm – 4pm Mixed Tea Line Dance Tavis House Café, Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Square, WC1H 9NA. Join us for our tea dances whether you are an experienced dancer, a beginner or have never danced before – there is room for all!
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We are delighted to have Camden Tour Guides' top graduate and City of London Guide, Amanda McKerracher, leading us upon an exploration of a truly intriguing area away from the tourist trail The Gray’s Inn Road and some of the byways and backstreets that lie around it. Hear remarkable stories in an area where every building seems to have a tale to tell and where past events have shaped the way we live now. A place where seemingly ordinary streets have witnessed extraordinary scenes. We will hear of a lost river and a forgotten underground railway; literary giants, unsung heroes and a very tubby cat. We will find a ground-breaking hospital with a surprisingly explosive neighbour. An old pub which harbours more than one dark secret. And a garden where the peaceful mood is disturbed by the occasional dentist’s drill! It is workaday London, and all human life is here. If you would like more info or to join the walk you can either:
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Text or leave a message on: 07804 329 416. Email: odwalksgroup@gmail.com We need your full name and the name of any other Opening Doors member coming with you. Alan will then confirm meeting point details. There is room for up to 24 people. These walks are proving popular so if you find yourself unable to come along, having booked, kindly let us know so that your place can be offered to someone else. Arrive: 2.15pm for 2.30pm Walk from: 2.30pm – 4.30pm Men’s Speakers Night Henderson Court Resource Centre, 102 Fitzjohn’s Avenue, London NW3 6NS. (Entrance on Prince Arthur Road)
Simon Faulkner from Metro will be in to talk about the peer support group that meets monthly in Greenwich offering an opportunity for men to meet to share information about prostate cancer and discuss about their experiences and concerns. Social: 6pm Talk: from 7pm (After the talk some members also head to a local pub for a drink.) Wednesday 13th July Mixed Islington Older LGBT* Drop-in London Friend, 86 Caledonian Road, N1 9DN. Page 4
Opening Doors London: full listings and activities. In partnership with London Friend, this social group is a place to meet friends for a coffee, chat and optional board games! 2pm – 4pm Intergenerational Green-Man Drop Green Man (Phoenix Community Housing) 355 Bromley Road, Catford, London SE6 2RP This is a social drop-in where we meet and chat and share information for LGBT* people about what’s happening in and around Lewisham and across London. ODL will be there supporting older LGBT* people and looking for new ideas and suggestions! We look forward to meeting old members and new. 6pm – 8pm Feminist Reading Group Tavis House Café, Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Square, WC1H 9NA. We are setting up a monthly reading group. The first title will be ‘Headscarves & Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution’ by Mona Eltahawy. We are reading first chapters 4 to 6 for the next meeting. Please let Kate know if you are interested kate.hancock@ageukcamden.or g.uk or 020 7239 0400 6pm – 8pm Thursday 14th July ‘Rainbow Surfers’ older LGBT* computer drop-in See the first Thursday of the month for more details. Every Thursday 10am – 1pm
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Friday 15 July Mixed Friday Coffee and Cake Club See first Friday of the month for more details. Every Friday 10am – 12pm
Tuesday 19th July Mixed Exercise Walk: Parkland Walk in North London mixed exercise walk Follow a green pathway from Alexandra Palace to Highgate Woods. See panoramic views of north London. Enjoy the tranquillity of Highgate Woods!
Meeting point: Outside Wood Green tube station, Piccadilly Line, by 11am Start time: 11am End time: 2pm approx. Finishing point: Muswell Hill Broadway, which has very good bus connections to central and north London. Bus connections also to Northern and Piccadilly lines. Walk length: 4 miles approx. The walk includes a few gentle climbs. Lunch: In a cafe or pub in Muswell Hill from 2pm. We will also have a coffee stop in Alexandra Park. Walk leader: Gerry Wednesday 20th July
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Mixed West London Group (Ealing): THIS GROUP WILL MEET ON 27TH JULY Anchor Housing/ ODL Mixed Art Group Chigwell Court, 99 Balance Road London E9 5SQ. The art group will be held in the communal room. Basic materials will be provided for the informal drop-in session. Volunteer artists on hand. Women’s Walking & Herstory Group. Meet at Albert Memorial at 11 a.m (opposite Albert Hall). Serpentine Pavilion & Summer Houses, and if the weather permits a walk to and around Kensington Gardens (Peter Pan & Elfin Oak and Serpentine). There are coffee kiosks around, but food can be expensive, so members are advised to bring their own. 2pm – 4pm Mixed Pub Club: Greenwich Ye Olde Rose & Crown 1 Crooms Hill, London SE10 8ER. (Ten minutes’ walk from Greenwich station.) Social group to meet in a lovely pub in the heart of Greenwich village. Ask the bar staff to point you in the direction of the ODL table when you arrive. 7pm – 9pm or later Thursday 21st July ‘Rainbow Surfers’ older LGBT* computer drop-in See the first Thursday of the month for more details. Every Thursday 10am – 1pm Page 5
Opening Doors London: full listings and activities. Women’s Film Night G24 Common Room, UCL Foster Court, Malet Place, (off Torrington Place), London WC1E 7JG We will be showing ‘Carol’ Carol is a 2015 BritishAmerican drama directed by Todd Haynes. The screenplay written by Phyllis Nagy is based on the groundbreaking novel The Price of Salt (also known as Carol) by Patricia Highsmith. The film stars Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson, Jake Lacy and Kyle Chandler. Set in New York City during the early 1950s, Carol tells the story of a forbidden love affair between a young aspiring photographer and an older woman going through a difficult divorce. HOW TO GET THERE: Come into UCL from the entrance opposite Waterstones on Torrington Place. Foster Court is on the right and half way along there is an archway also on the right, with a set of automatic double doors on the right - the Common Room is through those doors and up 3 stairs but also has step-free access. Social: 5.30pm Film: 7pm Friday 22nd July Mixed Friday Coffee and Cake Club See first Friday of the month for more details. Every Friday 10am – 12pm Informal Art Group: Tavis
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House 1-6 Tavistock Square, WC1H 9NA Join Angie for an informal art group for all abilities - come and do your own creative thing, or improve and expand your drawing skills with gentle guidance from an experienced volunteer teacher. Whether you are a traditional sketcher or an outrageous avant-gardist this group will supply encouragement, support, plenty of dialogue....and maybe an exhibition. Basic materials provided, but feel free to bring your own sketchbooks and non-messy kit. 12.30pm – 3pm Sunday 24th July Sunday Lunch & Film Club Henderson Court Resource Centre, 102 Fitzjohn’s Ave, London NW3 6NS (entrance on Prince Arthur Road).
The Lady in the Van (2015) 1h 44min “A man forms an unexpected bond with a transient woman living in her van that's parked in his driveway.” Director: Nicholas Hytner Writer: Alan Bennett Stars: Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings, Jim Broadbent Join us for a lovely home cooked lunch. Cost £5. Film: The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Booking for lunch essential,
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NB- please advise when ordering if you would like the meat or vegetarian option and if you have any food allergies. Please note the new RSVP arrangements: RSVP by Friday by texting or leaving a voicemail message on 07398 992 128. Social: 12pm Lunch: 1pm Film starts: 2pm Monday 25th July Bridge and Scrabble Club Lumen Café, 88 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9RS See second Monday of the month for details. 2pm – 4pm NOTE CHANGE OF DATE Bi The Way Group: Special Event! Coffee, Cake & Kisses 54 Warren Street, W1T. The group usually meets on the third Monday of the month but is a week later in July, for this month only. Join us for a meal and the usual great company and conversation, at Coffee Cake & Kisses cafe this month. Help to cook or relax and chat. All bi people and allies of any age and orientation welcome. Vegans catered for. This event is FREE but please reserve your place in advance by emailing kate.hancock@ageukcamden. org.uk. 6pm -8pm
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Tuesday 26 July Picnic at Horniman Gardens
ODL member Tony Smith has organised a picnic in Horniman Gardens; come and join him and other ODL members, for an enjoyable afternoon out, hopefully in the sun. Location: Picnic area at Horniman Gardens, 100 London Road, Forest Hill, London, SE23 3PQ How to get there: Forest Hill station, exit via platform 1, follow signs, 600 yards (uphill, maybe get a bus from stop D). Buses 176, 185, 197, P4; alight at stop 'Horniman Museum'. In the gardens, follow signs to 'Bandstand Terrace' (about 300 yards). Toilets: There are toilets in the gardens. What to bring: Food and drink to share, picnic plates, cups and cutlery as needed, a cushion to sit on, and your pet dog. (Drinking water available nearby) In case of rain: We will adjourn to the Dutch Barn, adjacent to the picnic area. Information and map of gardens: http://www.horniman.ac.uk/h ome Attractions: The view over central London, Animal Walk,
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Formal Gardens, Sound Garden, Victorian Conservatory, the Museum (mostly free). Time: 2pm - 4pm (or later) Men’s gentle exercise class Henderson Court Resource Centre, 102 Fitzjohn’s Ave, London NW3 6NS. (Entrance on Prince Arthur Road). Exercise is free medicine! Come and join a class to stretch, energise and have fun. You don’t need to bring any kit, just come along and give it a go. Suitable for all abilities and levels of fitness. Free to attend. 6.30pm – 7pm Men's Film Night Henderson Court resource centre, 102 Fitzjohns Avenue, London NW3 6NS (Entrance on Prince Arthur Road).
Magic Mike (2012) 1h 50min “A male stripper teaches a younger performer how to party, pick up women, and make easy money.” Director: Steven Soderbergh Stars: Channing Tatum, Alex Pettyfer, Olivia Munn Social: 6pm Film starts: 7pm Wednesday 27th July Mixed Islington Older LGBT
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Drop In: London Friend, 86 Caledonian Rd, N1 9DN. Mixed older LGBT space provided jointly by Opening Doors and London Friend. Come and meet friends for a coffee and chat. 2pm – 4pm Mixed West London Group (Ealing) run in partnership with Age UK Ealing and Outwest ECIL (Ealing Centre for Independent Living Management Centre), 1 Bayham Road, West Ealing, London W13 0TQ
Nasty Baby (2015) 1h 41min A close-knit trio navigates the idea of creating life, while at the same time being confronted with a brutal scenario that causes them to take a life. Director: Sebastián Silva Stars: Sebastián Silva, Tunde Adebimpe, Kristen Wiig Refreshments and a chance to meet old and new friends. All welcome. For more details please contact: Derek.Freeman@ageukcamden. org.uk 2.30pm – 4.30pm
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Mixed Friday Coffee and Cake Club See first Friday of the month for more details. Every Friday 10am – 12pm
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Would you like to sponsor the GLEE@PwC runners team as they raise money for ODL in the London Frontrunners 10km Pride Run this August? Nick from the team said “After the success of last year's race where GLEE@PwC runners raised £3,000 for Opening Doors London, we'll be running again in August and trying to beat that fundraising total. Despite not all of us being seasoned runners (or any sort of runners) we all made it across the finish line and had a great day out, knowing we were running to support such a great charity kept us going. We can't wait for the run again this year to raise more money for ODL. Thanks to anybody who is able to sponsor us!” To sponsor the team please see their fundraising page on: https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/gleepride10k2016
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