Opening doors london events listings may 2014

2014 Opening Doors London May groups and activities

Development Coordinators 020 7239 0446/0447 odl.men@ageukcamden.org.uk odl.women@ageukcamden.org.uk Befriending Coordinators 020 7239 0400 (reception) odl.befriending@ageukcamden.org.uk www.openingdoorslondon.org.uk

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Monday 5th

“Rainbow Surfers” older LGBT computer drop in: Computer Suite, Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Sq, 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 or Kamye on 0207 239 0400.

Every Thursday 10am – 1pm

Mixed Tower Hamlets ODL East Drop in: Positive East, 159 Mile End, Rd, E1 4AQ Meeting date changed to Monday 12th May due to bank holiday.

Men’s “Older, Gay & Positive” Group: Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Sq, WC1H 9NA. Tavis A&B meeting rooms. Support and social group for HIV positive gay and bi men aged 50 +. Tonight’s meeting is a “discussion space” for what’s going on in your life.

6:00pm – 8:00pm Newham (Stratford) Dinner Club: The Goldengrove Pub, 146 – 148 The Grove, Stratford E15 1NS. The Goldengrove has offered to give us our own quiet space. All welcome you don’t need to book but if it is your first time at this group please call Kate for details. 020 7239 0447. 6:00pm – 9:00pm Friday 2nd Mixed Friday “coffee ‘n’ 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 10 am – 12 noon

Mixed Group Barnet Diners’ Club meeting in partnership with Age UK Barnet: The Queens Arms Public House, Great North Rd. EN5 1AB. (Close to High Barnet Tube station beside Odeon cinema, free car parking at pub). Meet for a drink with friends or have a meal from the very delicious value 2-4-1 menu (about £5 per person). For more information please ring Nick Maxwell on 020 7239 0446 or Amanda Radonich at Age UK Barnet on 020 8432 1415 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Note: Meeting WILL go ahead despite bank holiday.

Tuesday 6th ODL Quarterly Group Meeting: Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Sq, WC1H 9NA. Open to all interested in contributing to the new ODL Quarterly.

Contact: 020 7239 0400 or odl.quarterly@ageukcamden.o rg.uk 6:00pm – 8:00pm Wednesday 7th Men’s Pimlico Social: St. Margaret’s Drop-In Centre, 1 Carey Place, Vauxhall Bridge Rd, SW1V 2RT (cross Vauxhall Bridge Rd from Pimlico tube).

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Friendly drop-in coffee evening with friends. For more info contact Nick on 020 7239 0446. 6:00 – 9:00pm Thursday 8th “Rainbow Surfers” older LGBT computer drop in: Computer Suite, Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Sq, WC1H 9NA. See Thursday 1st for more details.

Every Thursday 10am – 1pm Mixed Hillingdon Older LGBT Drop in: Room 7, Christchurch Hall, Redford Way, Uxbridge, UB8 1SZ. Come for a coffee and chat. How to find us: By bus… Christchurch is located opposite the entrance of Bakers Road, which is the road leading into the bus depot. By Train: Exit Uxbridge station towards the bus station (not the shopping centre) and walk to the end of Bakers Road.

The church is located opposite the entrance to Bakers Road.

2:00pm – 4:00pm Opening Doors Creative Writing Group with Paradise Press: Islington Central Library, 2 Fieldway Crescent, N5 1PF. Location: corner of Holloway Road and Fieldway Crescent. Come join our older LGBT Creative Writing Group.

Whether an experienced writer or something new you want to try, feel free to bring your own work, or sit and listen to ideas if you’re totally new to writing. Open to all Opening Doors members and friends. Contact Nick on 020 7239 0446 for more details.

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Monday 12th

Mixed Friday “coffee ‘n’ cake” club: Tavis House. See entry on Friday 2nd May for details.

Every Friday, 10 am – 12 noon

Mixed Tower Hamlets ODL East Drop in: Note change of date due to bank holiday.

Positive East, 159 Mile End, Rd, E1 4AQ. Come and join our friendly east London afternoon social. Today, Cat McShane will be coming to talk to us about research looking ‘to overturn some of society's stereotypes and better inform health professionals about older people's romantic and sexual lives'. She will run a focus group if anyone is interested.

For more information on this, please phone Cat on 07740 678 510 or email Catherine.mcshane@gmail.co m or call Nic Humberstone on 07538 392 104 or email for info: Nicola.Humberston@ageukca mden.org.uk 4:00 pm – 6:00pm

Mixed ODL East Dinner Club: Positive East, 159 Mile End, Road, London, E1 4AQ. £6 for delicious three course meal.

Pre-booking is essential, please email Nicola.Humberston@ageukca mden.org.uk or call/ text Nic on 07538 392 104 stating your name and contact number by Monday 5th. Tonight, David and his 'Memory Moments' cordially invite you to a oneoff fun-filled quiz of great sounds, uptempo rhythms and stacks of nostalgia. Come and test your knowledge of music trivia and enjoy where memory-lane leads you.

Yummy home-baked treats for successful teams. http://www.memorymoments.co.uk/ 6.30 – 9:30pm

Sunday 11th Mixed “Second Sundays” social group: Chelsea Theatre, 7 World's End Place, Kings Road, SW10 0DR. Lunch (£4 per person) and discussion.

Please RSVP to Fiona by 5pm 9th May. fiona.addison@ageukcamden. org.uk or call 07435 356 951 12:30 – 3:30pm

Mixed Waltham Forest Group: At ELOP, 56-60 Grove Road, E17 9BN. £2 per person. Join this warm and friendly group for tea and chat. Contact Kate for details 020 7239 0447.

3:00pm – 5:00pm Tuesday 13th Men’s Group Walk: Peter will be leading May’s walk (planned walk postponed from March). It’s going to be “Fitzrovia Discovered” scandals, art, history and medicine, with a revealing look at this remarkable area of the West End of London. If you would like to join the walk, you can either text or leave a

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message for Geoff on the walking group mobile number which is 07804 329 416 or email odwalksgroup@gmail.com or speak with Geoff at the Men’s Group evening at Henderson Court. Booking essential.

These walks are proving popular so if you book and can’t attend please let Geoff know in advance so that your place can be offered to someone else.

2:30pm – 4:00pm Men’s Group Speaker Night: Henderson Court Resource Centre, No group due to renovation works at Henderson Court, will return on Tuesday 27th May for film night.

Wednesday 14th Goldman Sachs sponsored outing to Wisley Gardens.

Due to HUGE popular demand, sadly booking for this event is now closed, but final confirmation of places, allocated on a needs basis due to having way over 45 eager members subscribing will be announced early May. If you don’t get a place for this outing, keep an eye out for all our other trips and outings throughout the summer. Later in the Summer we will arrange another mixed outing to Kew Gardens with our free entry.

Signposting and Referral Drop In Service: Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Square, WC1H 9NA. Need help in the home?

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Opening Doors London: full listings and activities. benefits or housing? Specially trained volunteers who are sensitive to ODL members’ needs will be available to guide you to finding the right information and practical help you need. Either drop in between 6:00-8:00pm or email: odlsignposting@ageukcamden .org.uk Thursday 15th “Rainbow Surfers” older LGBT computer drop in: Computer Suite, Tavis House. See Thursday 1st for more details.

Every Thursday 10am – 1pm Friday 16th Mixed Friday “coffee ‘n’ cake” club: Tavis House. See entry on Friday 2nd May for details.

Every Friday, 10am – 12 noon Monday 19th ODL Redbridge Mixed Social: Meeting now held at Age UK Redbridge Allan Burgess Centre, 2 Grove Park, London, Ell 2DL. Contact Kate for details 020 7239 0447 2:30 – 3:30pm Mixed “Outings In Art”: Freemasons’ Hall, Covent Garden. A guided tour of The Library and Museum located in Freemasons’ Hall which dates from 1927 and is a superb example of Art Deco style. www.freemasonry.london.mus eum Meet at 1.45 pm ** Main Entrance in Great Queen Street, WC2B 5AZ. **Please

note earlier meeting time as the tours are on the hour (2.00 pm). Free admission and Step Free access. Coffee and chat afterwards. Call/Text Chris on 07528 423 698 to book.

1:45 pm – 4:00 pm Women’s Walking & Herstory Outing to Kew Gardens: We try to make this accessible to all as there is the Kew Explorer which drives to 7 different drop off points or there is space for those who want to go for long walks to do that.

We can all meet up at different points including lunch at one of the cafes for a drink where the explorer stops. We suggest that you bring lunch as the food at Kew, though delicious is quite expensive. We have free entry to the gardens but the explorer costs £4. If you would like details of an accessible route to get to Kew Gardens or any other enquiries please contact Kate 020 7239 0447. Sorry about the clash of date with Outings in Art but it was unavoidable this month.

Meet 11am at Victoria Gate of Kew Gardens and stay for as long as you like.

Bi Visibility Group: at Tavis House. 1-6 Tavistock Square WC1H 9NA. Open social group for anyone who identifies as bisexual. Contact Kate for more details. 020 7239 0447.

5pm – 8pm Wednesday 21st Mixed ODL Ealing/West London Social and Support

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Group: VENUE: Ground Floor, Lido Centre. 63 Mattock Lane, West Ealing, W13 9LA. www.lidocentre.org.uk Stations: Ealing Broadway, Northfields, West Ealing: 5 to 15 mins walk. Buses E2, E3, 207, 83, 427, E7, E8. All welcome. This month we will be showing the film “Call me Kuchu”, the award winning documentary that records the struggles of the LGBT community in Uganda, with a chance to tell your own stories in return. Refreshments served. For more information call 020 7239 0400. Opening Doors London in partnership with Age UK Ealing & Ealing CVS. 2:30 - 4:30pm ODL Quarterly Group Meeting: Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Sq, WC1H 9NA. Open to all interested in contributing to the new ODL Quarterly.

Contact: 020 7239 0400 or odl.quarterly@ageukcamden.o rg.uk 6:00pm – 8:00pm 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 Thursday 22nd “Rainbow Surfers” older LGBT computer drop in: Computer Suite, Tavis House. See Thursday 1st for more details.

Every Thursday 10am – 1pm Mixed Islington Older LGBT Drop In: London Friend, 86 Page 3

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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 Mixed Tai Chi: With Jane Ward in Room G24 (Arts & Humanities Common Room), Malet Place; see film night below for directions.

5:30pm to 6:30pm 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 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. If you would like one of our volunteers to meet you somewhere along the way please let Kate know by Tuesday 20th. Contact Kate for details 020 7239 0447.

Tonight’s film showing is: the documentary: “Bette Bourne: It Goes with the Shoes” Now 74, the larger-than-life (if avowedly down-to-earth) Bourne relates an evocative, poignant and frequently hilarious tale of abusive fathers, old Soho, terribly English orgies and ceaseless harassment – not to mention parading down Oxford Street with the Gay Liberation Front, “screaming our tits off”.

7:00 pm – 9:00 pm.

Friday 23rd Mixed Friday “coffee ‘n’ cake” club: Tavis House. See entry on Friday 2nd May for details.

Every Friday, 10am – 12 noon Saturday 24th Outings in Art Xtra: BA/BFA Degree Show at UCL, Slade School of Fine Art, Gower Street, WC1E 6BT. A chance to see future artists of fame and promise at one of London’s most prestigious Art Colleges.

Meet at 2.30 pm at Porter's Lodge Entrance to UCL main Campus. Followed by chat/coffee or something stronger. . Call/Text Chris on 07528 423 698 to book.

2:30pm to whenever.

Sunday 25th Mixed Sunday Film & Lunch club: Henderson Court Resource Centre, 102 Fitzjohn’s Ave, NW3 6NS. This month’s main course will be roast chicken, with a vegetarian option, for £4 or bring your own lunch. Feel free to bring wine. Today’s film is “Postcards from the Edge”, Booking essential, please call Nick on 020 7239 0446 before Wednesday 21st. NOTE: if you book, you are committing to the £4 charge. 12:00pm (lunch at 12:30). Film at 2pm Women's Social Group: Life Drawing: 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 Life

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Drawing, 7 World’s End Place, Kings Road, SW10.

Come and join us for an informal life drawing session, with our two models Emma and Maria, and support, guidance and advice from our teacher Georgina. We’ll try short 2-3 minutes sketches, longer 15-minute sessions and more… Plus the usual tea, coffee, cakes and chat! No experience necessary – come along and give it a try.

Materials and paper will be provided.

This group is free however contributions of cake and snacks are always welcome.

We don’t normally request members RSVP for this group however for this month you will need to book a place for the Life Drawing session.

Please RSVP to Fiona: fiona.addison@ageukcamden. org.uk or call 07435356951 Tuesday 27th Men’s Film Night: Henderson Court Resource Centre, 102 Fitzjohn’s Ave, NW3 6NS (entrance on Prince Arthur Rd). Tonight’s welcome return to Henderson Court will be the film showing of “Kill Your Darlings”. Daniel Radcliffe stars as Beat Generation icon Allen Ginsberg in this biopic set during the poet's early years at Columbia University, and centring on a murder investigation involving Ginsberg, his handsome classmate Lucien Carr, and fellow Beat author William Page 4

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Burroughs. (note: this film is subtitled) *Signposting and Referral Service available at this group 6pm – 9pm (film at 7pm) Wednesday 28th Men’s Day Trip to Eastbourne Rainbow: meeting at 9:30am at Victoria Station (by the ticket booth) returning at 19:30/20:00 (standard rail fare is about £20, but with railcards and group save 4 expect to pay between £10-£15). Bring a packed lunch, then we will be joining Eastbourne Rainbow Older LGBT Group at their meeting from 2pm to 3:30pm, followed by fish supper at Pedros (about £7) followed by a social at the Da Vinci Hotel (drinks payable by individual members). Please book with Nick by Thursday 15th May to get cheap tickets. Please note, booking will mean committing to payment of rail fare to be booked in advance. Contact Nick for more details on 020 7239 0446. 9:30am to 10pm back at Victoria Station.

Staying Out Late: Shaw Library, Old Building, London School of Economics and Political Science, Houghton Street, WC2A 2AE. LSE and Opening Doors London presents: “Staying Out Late”, a talk by Clare Summerskill about older LGBT people's thoughts and concerns about being Out and in care later in life, whether in residential homes or receiving care in their own homes. Clare wrote a play of that name after

running six drama workshops over six weeks with older LGBT people using improvisations and discussion around the issues. The participants performed it alongside professional actors at The Drill Hall Theatre, London. The presentation includes a talk about the play, some monologues and readings from the script, a short participatory game and analysis on the issues involved. It lasts approx.

50-60 minutes, with a Q&A session afterwards. Drinks and nibbles provided. For more information or to book, please click on: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/ e/staying-out-late-with-claresummerskill-tickets11332252071 or for those without internet access, please call the ODL staff team on 020 7239 0446 to book your seat.

6:00 pm – 7:30 pm Signposting and Referral Drop In Service with PACE: Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Square, WC1H 9NA. PACE is London's leading charity promoting the mental health and emotional well-being of the LGBT community. Services include counselling, advocacy, groups for men and relationship coaching. A representative from PACE will be available to answer any queries about their services and our ODL Signposting and Referral volunteers will also be available to offer guidance to find the right information and support for any problem or concern. Either drop in between 6:00-8:00pm or

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email: odlsignposting@ageukcamden .org.uk Thursday 29th “Rainbow Surfers” older LGBT computer drop in: Computer Suite, Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Sq, WC1H 9NA. See Thursday 1st for more details.

Every Thursday 10am – 1pm Friday 23rd Mixed Friday “coffee ‘n’ cake” club: Tavis House. See entry on Friday 2nd May for details.

Every Friday, 10am – 12 noon Saturday 31st Mixed Coffee Evening. Open to men and women. Mike will be hosting this month and usual meeting arrangements apply, meet at Tufnell Park Tube at 7:45pm. Please remember to bring cakes with you. Phone 07581 647 344 for more details.

8:00 – 10:00pm Forthcoming events At time of sending out these listings we do not have a date for the next meeting of the Intergenerational Feminist Reading & Discussion Group so will send out information: Elsa Richardson, an historian based in Queen Mary’s Centre for the History of Emotions will chair this informal group for the discussion of feminist ideas & texts. Contact Kate: 020 7239 0447.

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