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Development Coordinators 020 7239 0446/0447 odl.men@ageukcamden.org.uk odl.women@ageukcamden.org.uk Befriending Coordinators 020 7239 0400 (recepCon) odl.befriending@ageukcamden.org.uk ODL SignposCng and InformaCon Leave a message on 07961 937 621 odlsignposCng@ageukcamden.org.uk
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Thursday 1st Rainbow Surfers: cancelled due to bank holiday. Next meeCng 8th January Mixed Newham Dinner Club: cancelled due to bank holiday. Next meeCng 5th February 6:00pm – 9:00pm at StraUord Circus. Details will be in February lisCngs. Older, Gay & PosiAve: cancelled due to bank holiday. Next meeCng 5th February 6:00pm – 8:00pm at Tavis House. Details will be in the February lisCngs. Friday 2nd Mixed Friday coffee & cake club: Tavis House, 1-‐6 Tavistock Sq, WC1H 9NA. Please note this is a peer led social group. Hot drinks can be purchased in the café. Please feel free to bring your own cakes. Every Friday 10am – 12 noon Monday 5th Mixed Tower Hamlets ODL East Drop in: PosiCve East, 159 Mile End, Rd, E1 4AQ. Come and join our friendly east London adernoon social. Jasna Magic, researcher at Broken Rainbow UK will agend to talk about her consultaCon to engage with LGBT individuals living, working or socialising in Newham who would like to contribute to beger services for lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans* vicCms /
survivors of domesCc and sexual violence (DSV). ParCcipants in the research do not need to have experience of DSV to take part. Call Nic Humberstone on 07538 392 104 or email Nicola.Humberstone@ageukca mden.org.uk 4:00 – 6:00pm
Mixed Group Barnet Diners’ Club and Games meeAng in partnership with Age UK Barnet: The Queens Arms Public House, Great North Rd. EN5 1AB. (Close to High Barnet Tube staCon beside Odeon cinema). Meet for a drink with friends or have a meal from the very delicious value 2-‐4-‐1 menu (about £5 per person). Darts and pool available. For more informaCon please ring 020 7239 0400 or Amanda Radonich at Age UK Barnet on 020 8432 1415. 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Tuesday 6th ODL Quarterly Group MeeAng: Tavis House, 1-‐6 Tavistock Sq, WC1H 9NA. Open to all interested in contribuCng to the ODL Quarterly Newsleger. Contact: 020 7239 0400 or e-‐mail odl.quarterly@ageukcamden.o rg.uk 6:00pm – 8:00pm Wednesday 7th Anchor Housing/ODL Mixed 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
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the informal drop-‐in session. Volunteer arCsts on hand. Contact Kate for more details kate.hancock@ageukcamden.o rg.uk or 020 7239 0447 2:00 -‐4:00pm Men’s Pimlico Social: PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF ADDRESS Pimlico Room (back of Church), St Saviour’s Church, St George’s Square, SW1V 3QW. Friendly drop-‐in coffee evening. For more info phone 020 7239 0400. 6:00pm – 9:00pm Thursday 8th “Rainbow Surfers” older LGBT computer drop in: Computer Suite, Tavis House, 1-‐6 Tavistock Square, 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 informaCon please contact Tony or Kamye on 0207 239 0400. Every Thursday 10am – 1pm Women’s Walking & Herstory Group: Saint Sepulchre-‐ Without-‐Newgate Church, Holborn Viaduct, London EC1A 2DQ to listen to the Gresham College free one hour lecture ‘The Guitar and the RomanAc Vision of the Medieval World’ by Christopher Page. Between 1750 & 1850 in poetry and the new serialised ficCon of the age, the guitar was oden associated with a vanished past and idyllic images of Page !1
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minstrels. This ran counter to nineteenth century industrialism & the encroachment of the ciCes into the countryside. We will then take a walk around Holborn and find somewhere warm for tea & cake. Lecture 1:00pm – 2:00pm then walk for about an hour to a suitable warm café. Contact Kate for more details kate.hancock@ageukcamden.o rg.uk or 020 7239 0447 Meet at St. Paul’s tube staAon at 12:30pm Men’s “Older, Gay & PosiAve” Group: Tavis House, 1-‐6 Tavistock Square, WC1H 9NA. Tavis A&B meeCng rooms. Support and social group for gay and bi men aged 50 and over who are living with HIV. For tonight’s meeCng, first of all we have Aoife Kinsella, who is a dieCcian from the Food Chain, who will be talking about the fantasCc meal, shopping and food preparaCon services available from the project, followed by a “discussion space” for what’s going on in your life. For more details contact 020 7239 0400 6:00pm – 8:00pm Friday 9th Mixed Friday coffee & cake club: Tavis House, 1-‐6 Tavistock Sq, WC1H 9NA. Please note this is a peer led social group. Hot drinks can be purchased in the café. Please feel free to bring your own cakes. Every Friday 10am – 12 noon
Mixed ODL East Dinner Club: PosiCve East, 159 Mile End, Road, London, E1 4AQ. £6 for delicious meal. Pre-‐booking is essenCal, please email Nicola.Humberstone@ageukca mden.org.uk or call/ text Nic on 07538 392 104 staCng your name and contact number by Monday 5th. 6.30pm – 9:30pm Sunday 11th Mixed “Second Sundays” social group: Chelsea Theatre, 7 Worlds End Place, Kings Road, SW10 ODR. Come and join our friendly bunch for a delicious hot lunch, £4 per person. Please RSVP to Fiona by Thursday 8th fiona.addison@ageukcamden. org.uk or call 07435 356 951 12:30pm – 3:30pm Monday 12th Mixed Tea Dance: Tavis House Café, Tavis House, 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 Cme 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. For further details contact Kate kate.hancock@ageukcamden.o rg.uk or 020 7239 0447 5:30pm-‐7:30pm
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Tuesday 13th Men’s Group Walk: We venture along the Northern Line to KenCsh Town for our first expediCon of the New Year. You will be surprised and delighted at the hidden delights of KenCsh Town, which will confound your expectaCons. Learn about runaway elephants, Palm and Ida, and about Boris the cat. See the largest false teeth factory in Europe and the remarkable reminders of London's horse bus services. Marvel at its fabulous swimming baths and visit a cocktail bar in a subterranean public convenience. You will want to return, if only to shop in the cheapest High street in London! 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 or email odwalksgroup@gmail.com We need your full name and the name of any other Opening Doors member coming with you. Alan [Geoff’s partner] will then confirm meeCng point details when he returns from holiday on 7th January. There is room for 24 people; if you would like to parCcipate please book. These walks are proving popular so if you find are unable to come along, having booked, kindly let us know so that your place can be offered to someone else. (2:15pm for
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2:30pm start) 2:30pm – 4:00pm Men’s Group Speaker Night: Henderson Court Resource Centre, 102 Fitzjohn’s Ave, NW3 6NS (entrance on Prince Arthur Rd). Tonight’s talk will be from Jeremy Reed on his new book The Dilly: A Secret History of Piccadilly Rent Boys -‐ an exhilaraCng re-‐creaCon of the occupaCon of London’s tourist centre by lawless Dilly boys and a pioneering piece of countercultural history brought vividly to life through the author’s personal engagement – he himself worked as a rent boy in the early 1970s –as well as his strong sense of place, colourful imagery and poeCc flair. Jeremy will also read from his new poetry collecCon Sooner or Later Frank. 6:00pm – 9:00 Social; 7:00pm – 9:00pm Talk. Wednesday 14th SignposAng and InformaAon Service: Tavis House, 1-‐6 Tavistock Square, WC1H 9NA. Due to staff shortage we will not be able to provide face to face drop ins this month. However, if you need help in the home, are confused about tax, have quesCons about your pension, benefits or housing -‐ Contact the team at odlsignposCng@ageukcamden. org.uk or, call the ODL SignposCng and InformaCon phone line: 07961 937 621. We will get back to you to discuss your issue further within one working week.
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“Rainbow Surfers” older LGBT computer drop in: See Thursday 8th for more details. Every Thursday 10am – 1pm
but the director has kindly lent us a copy. Whilst clearly a bi friendly space you do not necessarily need to idenCfy as bisexual to agend. Contact Kate for more details kate.hancock@ageukcamden.o rg.uk or 020 7239 0447. 6pm – 8pm
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Mixed Friday coffee & cake club: Tavis House, 1-‐6 Tavistock Sq, WC1H 9NA. Please note this is a peer led social group. Hot drinks can be purchased in the café. Please feel free to bring your own cakes. Every Friday 10am – 12 noon
OuAngs in Art: Wellcome CollecCon, 183 Euston Road, NW1 2BE. www.wellcomecollecCon.org Start the new year with a bang “The InsAtute of Sexology” Undress your mind and join us to invesCgate human sexuality at The InsCtute..! ‘OuCngs in Art’ recommends –Film ‘The ImitaCon Game’ starring Benedict Cumberbatch as Alan Turing-‐thrilling, funny, biger sweet & moving. It helps reminds us all how far we have come. Opens 14th November. Meet 2:30pm at main entrance to Wellcome. Call/Text Chris 07528 423 698 or email ouCngsinartevents@gmail.co m 2:30pm – 5:00pm approx.
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Monday 19th ODL Redbridge Mixed Social: meeCng at Age UK Redbridge Allan Burgess Centre, 2 Grove Park, London, Ell 2DL. Delicious home-‐made lunch is available at the centre at 12:30 and costs £5 for two courses Book with Kate by Friday 14th. Contact Kate for details 020 7239 0447 Lunch 12:30 Group 2:00 – 3:30pm. Bi Visibility Group: at Tavis House. 1-‐6 Tavistock Square WC1H 9NA. Open social & discussion group for anyone who would like to think about the quesCon "What does bisexuality mean to you?" This month we will be showing the documentary film by Alexander Morris: ‘BI.SEX.U.AL.ITY’. This is a special opportunity to see the film as it is not available to buy
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IntergeneraAonal Feminist Reading Group: At this first meeCng of the year we will discuss ideas for reading for future meeCngs. Tavis House, 1-‐6 Tavistock Square,WC1H 9NA. An informal space for discussion of feminist ideas and texts. Chaired by Elsa Richardson, an historian based in Queen Mary’s Centre for the History of EmoCons, with the aim of encouraging a dialogue between different generaCons
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of feminist thinkers, acCvists and supporters. Henceforward the meeCng will be on the 3rd Tuesday evening of each month form 6pm – 8pm. Contact Kate 020 7239 0447 kate.hancock@ageukcamden.o rg.uk 6:00pm (start 6:30pm) – 8pm Wednesday 21st Anchor Housing/ODL Mixed 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 of creaCve working and there will be volunteer arCsts on hand. 2:00pm -‐4:00pm Mixed ODL Ealing/West London Social and Support Group: VENUE: Ground Floor, Lido Centre. 63 Magock Lane, West Ealing, W13 9LA. www.lidocentre.org.uk StaCons: Ealing Broadway, Northfields, West Ealing: 5 to 15 mins walk. Buses E2, E3, 207, 83, 427, E7, E8. All welcome. Today we will be showing: ‘Love is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon’ Daniel Craig plays George Dyer, petty crook turned artist's muse, in this unconventional biopic of painter Francis Bacon set in 1960s Soho. MeeCngs take place every third Wednesday of the month at 2:30PM at the Lido Centre. All welcome. Refreshments served. For more informaCon
call 020 7239 0400. Opening Doors London in partnership with Age UK Ealing & Ealing CVS. 2:30 -‐ 4:30pm Men’s Group Pub Social: Upstairs at The Black Cap, Camden High St. Snacks courtesy of George and staff at the Black Cap. Volunteer led. 7pm – late ODL Quarterly Group MeeAng: Tavis House, 1-‐6 Tavistock Sq, WC1H 9NA. Open to all interested in contribuCng to the ODL Quarterly Newsleger. Contact: 020 7239 0400 or e-‐mail on odl.quarterly@ageukcamden.o rg.uk 6:00pm – 8:00pm Thursday 22nd “Rainbow Surfers” older LGBT computer drop in: See Thursday 8th for more details. Every Thursday 10am – 1pm LGBT Death Café: Tavis House, 1-‐6 Tavistock Square, WC1H 9NA. Nigel Dodds from Saint Joseph’s Hospice will facilitate the group. Gather over tea and cake to talk about death and dying in an informal and relaxed environment. For further informaCon contact n.dodds@stjh.org.uk or phone Kate 020 7239 0447 Women’s Film Night: G24 Common Room, Foster Court, Malet Place. Come into UCL from the entrance opposite Waterstone's on Torrington Place. Foster Court is on the right and half way along there
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is an archway also on the right, with a set of automaCc double doors on the right -‐ the Common Room is through those doors and up 3 stairs but also has step-‐free access. By popular demand we will again be showing the 1983 film ‘Lianna’. Linda Griffiths plays Lianna, the naive young wife of a professor bored with her life and angered at her husband's blatant sexual indiscreCons. She has an affair with another woman, Ruth (Jane Hallaren), and when her affair becomes common knowledge, she finds herself shunned by both her friends and family. 5:30pm – 9:00 pm. (Film 7pm). Contact Kate:kate.hancock@ageukcam den.org.uk or 020 7239 0447 Friday 23rd Mixed Friday coffee & cake club: Tavis House, 1-‐6 Tavistock Sq, WC1H 9NA. Please note this is a peer led social group. Hot drinks can be purchased in the café. Please feel free to bring your own cakes. Every Friday 10am – 12 noon Sunday 25th Sunday Lunch & Film Club: Henderson Court Resource Centre, 102 Fitzjohn’s Ave, NW3 6NS (entrance on Prince Arthur Road). The film will be “The Happiest Days of Your Life” (1950 comedy with Alastair Sim, Margaret Rutherford & John Turnbull) Chaos ensues for staff and students alike when an all-‐boys
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and an all-‐girls school are amalgamated into one. Lunch available for £4, this month’s lunch will be roast beef and veg, or a vegetarian opCon: please advise when booking. Booking for lunch essenCal, please call 020 7239 0400 before Wednesday 21st. From 12: noon (lunch at 12:30 – 1.00). Film at 2:00pm Women’s Social Group: Chelsea Theatre, 7 World's End Place, Kings Road, SW10 0DR. Meet for brunch at 12pm at the Mona Lisa Cafe, 417 King’s Road, SW10 0LR, and/or come to Chelsea Theatre at 1pm for tea/coffee & cake. Please RSVP to Fiona by Thursday, 22nd fiona.addison@ageukcamden. org.uk or call 07435 356 951 12/1pm-‐3:30pm Tuesday 27th Men’s Film Night: Henderson Court Resource Centre, 102 Fitzjohn’s Ave, NW3 6NS. (entrance on Prince Arthur Road). Tonight’s film is The Celluloid Closet which gathers clips from dozens of mainstream Hollywood films to illustrate how the movies have dealt explicitly -‐-‐ and more importantly, implicitly -‐-‐ with gay and lesbian themes throughout the 20th century. For informaCon please call 020 7239 0400 6:00pm to 9:00pm (film at 7pm)
SignposAng and InformaAon Service: Tavis House, 1-‐6 Tavistock Square, WC1H 9NA. Due to staff shortage we will not be able to provide face to face drop ins this month. However, if you need help Contact the team at odlsignposCng@ageukcamden. org.uk or, call the ODL SignposCng and InformaCon phone line: 07961 937 621. We will get back to you to discuss your issue further within one working week.
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Mixed Coffee Evening. Mike will be hosCng coffee evening. MeeCng at Tufnell Park Tube staCon at 7.45 p.m. Please remember to bring cakes with you. Phone 07581 647 344 for more details. 8:00pm – 10:00pm
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Thursday 29th “Rainbow Surfers” older LGBT computer drop in: See Thursday 8th for more details. Every Thursday 10am – 1pm Mixed Islington Older LGBT 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. 2:00pm – 4:00pm Friday 30th Mixed Friday coffee & cake club: Tavis House, 1-‐6 Tavistock Sq, WC1H 9NA. Please note this is a peer led social group. Hot drinks can be purchased in the café. Please feel free to bring your own cakes. Every Friday 10am – 12 noon Saturday 31st
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