Opening Doors London September Listings 2017 (please see note about Sunday film club)

LISTINGS SEPTEMBER 2017

FUTURE EVENTS FOR YOUR DIARY: September 2017 Listings

Make new friends and try new activities with members of the older Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans* community.

ODL membership is free and is aimed at all who identify as LGBT*, and are over 50. We have members from across London, and beyond.

As well as our events, we also offer: •

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A befriending service Policy, campaigning and training

For information about groups and activities please contact us on: • 020 7239 0400 or • Info@openingdoorslondon.org.uk • www.openingdoorslondon.org.uk • twitter.com/OpeningDoorsLdn • facebook.com/openingdoorslondon

Opening Doors London is a charity (1167919) and a company limited by guarantee (10123607) Opening Doors London is supported by:

Register for Sunday Lunch and Film Club on the 1st of October: https://october2017odlsundaylunch.eventbrite.co.uk SAVE THE DATE(S)!

When: 8th and 15th September (pm) BISHOPSGATE INSTITUTE, Liverpool Street What’s it all about?: Bishopsgate Institute is a beautiful Victorian Library and community building which houses an amazingly extensive LGBTQ archive and we have been offered two opportunities to see some of their treasures.

They hold the Lesbian and Gay Newsmedia Archive (LAGNA), a national collection of over 300,000 press cuttings, a dedicated LGBTQ Library of books and journals, the Stonewall archive, Switchboard’s log books and campaign material, Gay News archive, Rose’s Repartee, OutRage archive material, the Feminist Library pamphlet, poster and ephemera collection, memorabilia from Pride marches down the years and much much more! So much that Stefan Dickers, the archivist, is offering two visits. Watch this space for more details as to what will be the focus of each visit, but it’s a walk down memory lane that you won’t want to miss!

First Rainbow Memory Cafe.

Monday October 9th 2-4pm at Tavis House Open to LGBT people living with dementia or LGBT people caring for someone withdementia. We will be offering an informal safe space for people to support each other as well as gain information and enjoy tea, cake and some fun. Our hope is to find a gay venue in future or a more informal environment, but this first meeting will explore some ideas for what group members might want.

This event is not for LGBT professionals with an interest in dementia but we would be happy to hear from those who might want to offer support. For example we might invite LGBT speakers on dementia related topics.

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The government has launched a national survey to understand the experiences of LGBT* people in the UK. It is really important that the voice of older LGBT* people is heard.

This is an anonymous survey.You have until 15th Oct. https://smartsurvey.co.uk/s/govuk-lgbt-survey/

FAREWELLS FROM JEFFREY WEEKS

Kate Hancock For the past five years or so Kate has been one of the most prominent faces of ODL, present at innumerable meetings across London, and bustling away in the office to build up ODL as one of our development officers. When she joined there were a handful of groups. Today more than forty ODL activities a month take place. Kate has played a major part in this massive expansion, most recently with the development of a stronger ODL presence in the City and in South London. Now she has decided to move on, and to seek new opportunities in Margate where she lives. We will miss her kindness and empathy, her huge range of contacts, the ease with which she speaks to and for our members, her close working with our volunteers, and her commitment to making life better for older LGBT* people. Thank you Kate and good luck for the future.

David Mitchell We are sad to announce that David has decided to retire as a trustee of ODL. He has been a stalwart of ODL since its beginning, as a member, a volunteer, an ambassador and for the past year as a trustee. He has spoken frequently and eloquently on behalf of ODL and has been tireless in his work for us. He was a founder member of the new board of trustees when we became a separate charity last year. His was always the voice of calm and reason, with a strong commitment to the community roots of ODL. He has now decided to ease off from some of his commitments. We all very much regret his leaving, but are delighted that he will continue as a member, and as a trustee of Age UK Camden and Ageing Better in Camden, with whom we still have very close links. Thank you David for all your services to ODL.You will be very much missed.

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Staff team: September brings more change to the team. After 5 years of supporting members and developing new social activities across London Kate Hancock – the best networked lesbian in town - has decided to step away from working for us. I would like to take this opportunity to thank her for all that she has done in expanding ODL so that we now provide members with social activities in more than 20 boroughs across the capital!

I am delighted to welcome Juliet Chard and Adrian Beaumont to the team as our new Member Services Coordinators. They will be responsible for supporting our team of fabulous volunteers and sessional workers who provide such an amazing range of activities and events each month. Ali Nagyal will also be joining us to provide administration support to the training and consultancy team.

Governance: ODL also has three new trustees! We are sad to say goodbye to David Mitchell: we will miss his warmth, kindness and gentle wit.

I am delighted to welcome Marika Freris, Tony Jackson and Jacqui Gavin. All three will add to the wealth of experience and expertise of the ODL Board, and help us further develop ODL.

Service developments:

We have had some success over the summer, which means that we can develop our training offer. I hope you will join us over the coming months as we role out a series of borough-based events to support mainstream providers to better understand the needs and experience of older LGBT* people. Look out for updates on our website. If, in the meantime, you would like to join our lovely team of volunteer Ambassadors please get in contact!

Last month we updated you about the work we are doing to support members of our community around memory loss. Our Rainbow Memory Café will be starting in October at a venue in Camden. If you know someone who might benefit from coming along to this new venture – please let them know and get them to sign up.

Happy birthday to us!

Thank you to all of you who joined us at NBC Universal’s Skyline venue to celebrate our First Birthday!

Not only did we have some amazing entertainment – but we also raised £8,000!

And a big shout out to those who took part in the Media Event before the party. This has generated a lot of interest in ODL – and raised our profile hugely both in the gay and mainstream

press. We hope that this will encourage more people to join ODL and to support us financially. If you haven’t yet become a Friend of ODL – please do and contribute whatever you can afford so that we can ensure that membership – and most of our activities remains free. All you need to do is fill out the form on the back of the Listings – or go to our website and click the donate button.

Thank you!

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FRIDAY 1ST SEPTEMBER Friday Coffee and Cake Club Café, Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Square, 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.

Every Friday 10am – 12pm

SUNDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER Sunday Lunch & Film Club Henderson Court Resource Centre 102 Fitzjohn’s Ave, NW3 6NS (entrance on Prince Arthur Road) Join us for a lovely home cooked lunch before we watch the film: The Good Companions (1957) A touring variety troupe, the “Dinky Doos” are in financial trouble. An encounter with three strangers - Inigo Jollifant (a romantic, song-writing ex-schoolmaster), Miss Trant (a philanthropic spinster in search of adventure), and Jess Oakroyd (a down to earth, practical man recently made redundant from his job) leads to a change of fortune.

Re-launched with Miss Trant’s money, they tour England, at first with little success. Inigo falls in love with the troupe’s talented and pretty young girl singer, Susie Dean. The troupe is threatened with disharmony, but, due to Inigo’s intervention, and the marriage of the principal dancer (Jerry Jerningham) to Lady Parlitt (whose family “own a chain of theatres”), all turns out well for Susie by the end, when she triumphs in a lavish London revue, with the other members of “The Good Companions” in the audience, cheering her triumph.

Cost £5.

Booking for lunch essential. RSVP before Wednesday via: https://august2017odlsundaylunch. eventbrite.co.uk or calling 020 7239 0400.

Social: 12pm Lunch: 1pm Film starts: 2pm

MONDAY 4TH SEPTEMBER Peer led coffee and tea social at The Breakfast Club in Battersea Rise 5-9 Battersea Rise, 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 line underground station 1.1 miles away and stop outside the café at the “Eccles Road” bus stop.

4 – 6pm

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Bridge and Scrabble Club Lumen Café, 88 Tavistock Place, WC1H 9RS Every 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.

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

Do you have access requirements?

If there’s an event you’d like to attend but you’re not sure if you’ll be able to make it due to your access requirements, please contact us so we can help make sure you get the most out of being part of Opening Doors London.

Contact us on 020 7239 0400 or Info@openingdoorslondon.org.uk

TUESDAY 5TH SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER Peer led Creative Writing Group Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock Square, WC1H 9NA ODL member Pat would like to invite other ODL members to join a non-taught Creative Writing Group for people who would like to come together to write.

3pm – 5pm

Havering LGBT over-50s Social Group Tapestry Stanton Gate, Mawney Road, Romford RM7 7HL Transport: 0.7 miles walk from Romford station with connections to Upminster, Stratford and Liverpool Street.

Havering LGBT+ Forum is proud to present a new social group for LGBT* older people in the east London/ Essex area. This is a great opportunity to meet up with old friends and make new ones from in and around the Havering area in east London/ Essex. So if you are age 50 or over and would like to experience some smashing social company within a safe and welcoming space, please get in touch and come along.

Free nibbles and drinks on offer, plus a great team of dedicated volunteers who will warmly greet you and introduce you to like-minded people who also identify as LGBT. To register an interest or for more information, please contact ODL on 020 7239 0400 or info@ openingdoorslondon.org.uk.

3pm – 5pm

WEDNESDAY 6TH SEPTEMBER Anchor Housing/ ODL Art Group Chigwell Court, 99 Balance Road, 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

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Men’s Pimlico Social Pimlico Room, back of St. Saviour’s Church, St George’s Square, SW1V 3QW Friendly drop-in coffee evening.

6pm – 9pm

THURSDAY 7TH SEPTEMBER ‘Rainbow Surfers’ older LGBT* computer drop-in Computer Suite, Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Square, WC1H 9NA Our Age UK Camden LGBT* friendly dropin 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

South London Coffee Morning Social group drop-in for older LGBT* people to meet in a lovely LGBT* friendly café bar in the heart of Lewisham. Regular cup of Tea 80p or Coffee £1.50. Little Nans Broadway Theatre Saloon Broadway Theatre, Catford Rd, SE6 4RU. Fully accessible. Opposite Catford Town Hall.

10.30am – 12.30

50+ LGBT Coffee Morning in Wandsworth The Furzedown Project 50+ Coffee Morning in Wandsworth, at the Furzedown project for older people. The Wandsworth LGBT forum hosts this coffee morning with Vito from ODL. Every Thursday 10 – 12. A fee of £2 after your initial visit which pays for room hire and drinks/ We hope you may become members and join in some of the activities on offer. We sometimes have intresting speakers, visits from local councilers/ MPs/community workers etc. But if yiu jut want to chat and have coffee that’s fine too. Nearest tube : Tooting bec or Broadway on the Northern Line.

Every Thursday 10am – 12pm

FRIDAY 8TH SEPTEMBER Friday Coffee and Cake Club Café Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Square, 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.

Every Friday 10am – 12pm

Out and About at the Barbican Barbican Centre, Silk Street, EC2Y 8DS Join us for a new group at the Barbican Centre for afternoon tea and activities.

Meet at the Block Space on the ground floor of Barbican Centre (opposite the Terrace) No need to book.

Underground: Barbican, Moorgate 2pm – 4pm

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Mixed ODL East Dinner Club: Positive East, 159 Mile End Road, London E1 4AQ. East London Dinner Club is back! £6 for delicious meal. Bring a bottle to share if you want to have a drink with friends beforehand.

Pre-booking is essential, please email info@ openingdoorslondon.org.uk or 020 7239 0400

by Monday 4th.

6.30pm – 9:30pm SUNDAY 10

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Women’s Film Night Committee Room 2, Camden Town Hall We will be showing : WE ARE THE BEST! Moodysson’s adaptation of Coco’s graphic novel about three young misfits growing up in early ‘80s Stockholm. Pixieish, mohawk-sporting Klara and her best friend Bobo are 13-year-old rebels looking for a cause. Despite having no instruments-or discernible musical talent-the two put all their energy into forming an all-girl punk band, recruiting their shy, classical guitar-playing schoolmate Hedvig as the third wheel. With tender affection for his young characters and the period in which his film is set, Moodysson paints an ebullient and sharply observant portrait of DIY spirit and growing up different. Social: 6pm; Film: 7pm

MONDAY 11TH SEPTEMBER Bridge and Scrabble Club Lumen Café, 88 Tavistock Place, WC1H 9RS Every 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.

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 Dance in Tavis House Café 1-6 Tavistock Square, WC1H 9NA Join us for the second of our tea dances whether you are an experienced dancer, a beginner or have never danced before – there is room for all!

This time Peter will instruct and lead us in Line Dancing. Drinks and snacks will be provided but please feel free to bring your own to share. We are hoping to have tea dances throughout so please bring your ideas along with your dancing shoes.

5:30pm-7:30pm

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TUESDAY 12TH SEPTEMBER Men’s Speakers Night: Richard Cotton Henderson Court Resource Centre On Wednesday 17 May 2017 Councillor Richard Cotton was appointed Mayor of Camden at a special inauguration ceremony which saw Councillor Cotton succeed Councillor Nadia Shah as Mayor of Camden for 2017/18.

Mens’ Group Walk Tuesday 12th September 2017 at 1415 for 1430 start As a late summer treat we explore and discover a remarkable green walking route from the north bank of the Thames, through the Inns of Court, and right into the heart of Bloomsbury and Fitzrovia.

Prepare to be astonished just how many tranquil and often secret green spaces can be skillfully linked to make a walk that will intrigue, fascinate and delight you.

We meet at Temple Underground Station and end close to Warren Street Station. If you would like to join the walk you can either: Text or leave a message on the walking group mobile number which is 07804 329 416 but you will need to wait for a reply before you can be sure that a place has been booked for you, or better still

Richard was born within the sound of Bow Bells in 1952 and is proud to call himself a Londoner.

He has never lived more than five miles from his birthplace, including over 28 years in Camden, and is proud of Camden’s history of welcoming diverse cultures. “Ours is a community with roots in every corner of the world – We are of all faiths and none, we are many, we are one”.

He worked in local government for almost 40 years (starting in Camden) including 24 years advising four successive Leaders of Brent Council.

Social: 6pm Talk: from 7pm (After the talk some members also head to a local pub for a drink.)

Book a free ticket upon Eventbrite (using password “tranquil “), which will instantly guarantee you a place: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/mensseptember-walking-group-the-long-green-walk-fromtemple-to-bloomsbury-tickets-37187811746 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 on the waiting list.

WEDNESDAY 13TH SEPTEMBER London Friend tea & biscuits older LGBT* drop-in London Friend, 86 Caledonian Road, N1 9DN In partnership with London Friend, this social group is a place to meet friends for a coffee, chat and optional board games!

12.30pm – 2.30pm

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THURSDAY 14TH SEPTEMBER ‘Rainbow Surfers’ older LGBT* computer drop-in Computer Suite, Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Square, WC1H 9NA Our Age UK Camden LGBT* friendly dropin 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

50+ LGBT Coffee Morning in Wandsworth The Furzedown Project

FRIDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER

See 1st Thursday of the month for more information.

Every Thursday 10am – 12pm Friday Coffee and Cake Club Café, Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Square, WC1H 9NA NEW GROUP: Cinema, Chats & Coffee Club East Dulwich Picture House Join us for a new group in South London at the lovely East Dulwich Picture House. We meet in the lobby at 11 for a morning chat (bring your own lunch) in the conservatory (which we have all to ourselves) and then go see a new film (if you feel like it) with Picture House Silver Screen (offering discounted tickets at £5.00 for all ODL members!) and free coffee or tea during the screening. It will be a laid back coffee-filled morning.

For more info, email Lin linnea.frank@ openingdoorslondon.org.uk or call 020 7239 0400.

The venue is fully accessible and induction loop systems are fitted in each of the four auditoria.

Social is open to all, no sign up needed.

Second Thursday of the Month Social: 11:00 AM with film following

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.

Every Friday 10am – 12pm Feel free to share events, exhibitions and happenings with one another by including them in the Anternative Doors listings. Email: alternativedoors@ openingdoorslondon.org.uk

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MONDAY 18TH SEPTEMBER Bridge and Scrabble Club Lumen Café, 88 Tavistock Place,WC1H 9RS See first Monday of the month for details.

2pm – 4pm

Women’s Breakfast at the Albany The Albany, Deptford Start your day at the Albany community café meeting other women for a chat/discussion. Have a cuppa or breakfast. As the venue is near the Thames, we also have the option to go for a walk along the Thames occasionally.

10am – 12pm

TUESDAY 19TH SEPTEMBER Peer led Creative Writing Group Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock Square, WC1H 9NA. See the 5th for more information.

3pm – 5pm

WEDNESDAY 20TH SEPTEMBER Anchor Housing/ ODL Art Group Chigwell Court, 99 Balance Road, 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

THURSDAY 21TH SEPTEMBER ‘Rainbow Surfers’ older LGBT* computer drop-in See the first Thursday of the month for more info.

Every Thursday 10am – 1pm

50+ LGBT Coffee Morning in Wandsworth The Furzedown Project See 1st Thursday of the month for more info.

Every Thursday 10am – 12pm

NEW GROUP: Opening Doors London Pub Club Ye Old Rose & Crown, 1 Crooms Hill, SE10 8ER Please join Danny West the new sessional worker for ODL in Greenwich south London for a drink and an opportunity to meet new friends and contacts courtesy of Peter Clark, the landlord at ‘Ye Old Rose & Crown’.

This will be the first of several events across south London and we are particularly keen to hear member’s ideas about new potential events and initiatives in south London.

Please note that the toilets for men are down one flight of stairs and the toilets for women are up one flight of stairs, for people using wheelchairs there are toilets just across the road at the Ibis Hotel.

Social group drop-in for older LGBT* people to meet in a lovely LGBT* pub in the heart of Greenwich Village.

(3mins walk for the Greenwich overground and DLR and Greenwich by Cutty Sark DLR) 7pm to late

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FRIDAY 22ND SEPTEMBER Friday Coffee and Cake Club See first Friday of the month for more details.

10am – 12pm

Informal Art Group Tavis House Join Allan 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. Contact Kate for more information.

12:30 for a 1pm start

MONDAY 25TH SEPTEMBER Bridge and Scrabble Club Lumen Café, 88 Tavistock Place, WC1H 9RS See first Monday of the month for details.

2pm – 4pm

Bi The Way Group Tavis House Friendly get-together for bisexual people and allies.

All welcome. Light refreshments available.

6pm - 8pm

Mixed Tea Dance in Tavis House Café 1-6 Tavistock Square, WC1H 9NA See the 11th for more information 5:30pm-7:30pm

TUESDAY 26TH SEPTEMBER Men’s gentle exercise class Henderson Court Resource Centre, 102 Fitzjohn’s Ave, 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: The Parade Henderson Court Resource Centre The Parade (Serbian: Парада / Parada) is a 2011 Serbian comedy-drama film, written and directed by Srdan Dragojević and released on 31 October 2011. The film, which deals with LGBT rights issues in Serbia, features footage of the 2010 Belgrade gay pride parade. (112 min)

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RADMILO (35) and MIRKO (30) are young and successful gay couple, and they would be a happy couple anywhere else except in - Serbia. They try to live discreetly but still, every day they are abused by the homophobic majority.

Plus, Mirko is a gay rights activist, and his dream is to organize the first successful PRIDE event in Belgrade. But this is almost a “mission impossible”; in 2001, an attempt to hold PRIDE in Belgrade ended up in bloodshed. One decade later, the situation is not much better - nationalist and neoNazi organizations prepare another massacre in case of holding the gay parade, while the police refuse to provide protection for the participants. .

THE PARADE, in a tragicomic way, tells the story about ongoing battle between two worlds in contemporary post-war Serbian society - the traditional, oppressive, homophobic majority and a liberal, modern and open-minded minority.

Social: 6pm Film starts: 7pm (After the talk some members also head to a local pub for a drink.)

WEDNESDAY 27TH SEPTEMBER Islington Older LGBT* Drop-in London Friend, 86 Caledonian Road, N1 9DN. In partnership with London Friend, this social group is a place to meet friends for a coffee, chat and optional board games!

2pm – 4pm

THURSDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER ‘Rainbow Surfers’ older LGBT* computer drop-in See the first Thursday of the month for more details.

Every Thursday 10am – 1pm

50+ LGBT Coffee Morning in Wandsworth The Furzedown Project See 1st Thursday of the month for more information.

Every Thursday 10am – 12pm

FRIDAY 29TH SEPTEMBER Friday Coffee and Cake Club See first Friday of the month for more details.

10am – 12pm

Kew Gardens Celebration Of Kate’s Time At ODL Meet 1pm at Victoria Gate, we have free entry but limited spaces. Please book before the 22nd by calling 020 7239 0400 or emailing info@openingdoorslondon.org.uk 1 pm Victoria Gate

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Do you have access requirements?

If there’s an event you’d like to attend but you’re not sure if you’ll be able to make it due to your access requirements, please contact us so we can help make sure you get the most out of being part of Opening Doors London.

Contact us on 020 7239 0400 or info@openingdoorslondon.org.uk

Chat group for gay and bisexual men affected by prostate cancer Prostate Cancer UK are the leading charity in the UK tackling prostate cancer through research, campaigning and providing information and support. With support from Changing Doors London, Prostate Cancer UK will be trialling an online chat group for gay and bisexual men and MSM who have been affected by prostate cancer.

Ann Innes, Support Group Development Manager for Prostate Cancer UK explains: We know that people find a great deal of help and support in dealing with prostate cancer from being able to talk with others about shared experiences and problems. Although there are many prostate cancer support groups around the UK, we know that some gay and bisexual men may not feel comfortable about discussing some of their concerns or asking certain types of questions in these groups. There are a few great prostate cancer groups which are specifically aimed at gay and bisexual men and MSM but they may be too far away for some people to travel to. So we wanted to offer an alternative for people who would like to speak to others with similar experiences but who for whatever reason could not or do not want to utilise a face to face group.

We will be trialling a “virtual” group chat which will take place once a month. Participants can choose to join the chat using video via webcam or camera on their phone or tablet or they can just join by audio/phone if they prefer not to be seen on screen.

The groups will be starting in late September or early October.

To register interest or ask for more information about the groups please contact Ann Innes by emailing ann.innes@prostatecanceruk.org

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VENUES & HOW TO GET THERE

The Albany Douglas Way, Deptford, London SE8 4AG; Trains: New Cross and Deptford; DLR: Deptford Bridge; Buses: 47, 53, 177, 188, 199, 225, 453 Barbican Centre Silk Street, London EC2Y 8DS; Underground: Barbican, Moorgate The Breakfast Club in Battersea Rise The Breakfast Club, 5-9 Battersea Rise, London SW11 1HG; 0.5 miles walk from Clapham Junction Railway Station. Buses 35 and 37 pass Clapham Common Northern line underground station 1.1 miles away and stop outside the café at the “Eccles Road” bus stop.

Camden Town Hall Judd Street, London WC1H 9JE - Committee Room 2 – first floor Chelsea Theatre 7 Worlds End Place, Kings Road, London, SW10 0DR. Chigwell House Anchor Housing/ Art Group Community Room Chigwell Court, 99 Balance Road London E9 5SQ. East Dulwich Picture House. (Fully Accessible) 116A Lordship Lane, London, SE22 8HD Transport: East Dulwich Station (10 min. walk) ; Busses: 37, 40, 176, 185, 484 and P13 The Furzedown Project http://www.furzedownproject.org/ 91/93 Moyser Road, London SW16 6SL 020 8677 4283

Havering LGBT Tapestry Stanton Gate, Mawney Road, Romford RM7 7HL Transport: 0.7 miles walk from Romford station with connections to Upminster, Stratford and Liverpool Street.

Henderson Court Resource Centre 102 Fitzjohn’s Avenue, London NW3 6NS. (Entrance on Prince Arthur Road) Mary Ward Centre Room 13, First Floor, 42 Queen Square, London WC1N 3AQ; Nearest Station is Russel Sq. London Friend 86 Caledonian Road, N1 9DN Little Nans Broadway Theatre Saloon Broadway Theatre, Catford Rd, SE6 4RU. Fully accessible; Central Catford opposite the Town Hall, near Catford mainline & bus routes Lumen Café 88 Tavistock Place, London WC1H 9RS. 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.

Pimlico Room Back of St. Saviour’s Church, St George’s Square, London SW1V 3QW. Tavis House 1-6 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9NA. Rose & Crown 1 Crooms Hill, London SE10 8ER

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