2014 Opening Doors London July groups and activities
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Opening Doors London: full listings and activities. Wednesday 2nd 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). Friendly drop-in coffee evening with friends. For more info contact Nick on 020 7239 0446. 6:00 – 9:00pm Anchor Housing/ODL Mixed Art Group: Chigwell Court, 99 Balance Road E9 5SQ The group will be held in the communal room. Basic materials will be provided for these informal, drop in sessions of creative working. Thursday 3rd “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 Dance, Politics, Health & Identity: Studio 7 at The Place, 17 Duke’s Road, WC1H 9PY (entrance to the studio is on the corner of Flaxman Terrace) With Louise Shelley & Patrick Staff. Giving space to do some movement and
thinking about what is ‘good’ dance around discipline, health & bodies. 2:00pm – 4:00pm Men’s “Older, Gay & Positive” Group: Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Square, 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 4th 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 – 12
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east London afternoon social. Call Nic Humberstone on 07538 392 104 or email for info: Nicola.Humberston@ageukca mden.org.uk 4:00 – 6:00pm 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). 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 Tuesday 8th Dogtastic Picnic: LGBT dog lovers (with or without dogs) Bring a picnic and join us on Hampstead Heath. Meet in front of Parliament Hill Café, Hampstead heath NW5 1QR. (Nearest station Gospel Oak and there is free parking nearby) For more information contact Kate 020 7239 0447 or kate.hancock@ageukcamden .org.uk 12:00pm – 4:00pm
Monday 7th Mixed Tower Hamlets ODL East Drop in: Positive East, 159 Mile End, Rd, E1 4AQ. Come and join our friendly
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Men’s Group Walk: Peter will lead the walk – “an extraordinary piece of London is taking shape”. Think you know Kings Cross? Page 1
Opening Doors London: full listings and activities. Think again. To join the walk, text or leave a message 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 so that your place can be offered to someone else. 2:30pm – 4:00pm Men’s Group Speaker Night: (Men’s Health Night): Henderson Court Resource Centre, 102 Fitzjohn’s Ave, NW3 6NS (entrance on Prince Arthur Rd). Tonight LGBT Hisstorian and writer, Dr. Justin Bengry, will be leading on a discussion on ‘The Pink Pound: Homosexuality and the Marketplace in Britain before Decriminalisation’. Bring along your own experience and insights. For more information please call Nick on 020 7239 0446 6:00pm – 9:00 Social; 7:00pm – 9:00pm Talk. Wednesday 9th Signposting and Referral Drop In Service 6:00-8:00pm : Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Square, WC1H 9NA. Session attended by Nick Antjoule of Galop. Galop is London’s LGBT antiviolence & abuse charity. They give advice and support
to people who have experienced biphobia, homophobia, transphobia, sexual violence or domestic abuse. Nick Antjoule will be available at the drop in to discuss any issues around discrimination and offer help to those with old consensual sex convictions. There will be a chance to talk to him confidentially if you have any safety and or policing questions. If you have a non urgent enquiry you can either email odlsignposting@ageukcamde n.org.uk or, call the ODL Signposting and Referral phone line: 07961 937 621. We will get back to you to discuss your issue further within one working week. Thursday 10th “Rainbow Surfers” older LGBT computer drop in: Computer Suite, Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Sq, WC1H 9NA. See Thursday 1st for more details. 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
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Opening Doors members and friends. Contact Nick on 020 7239 0446 for more details. 6:00pm – 8:00pm Friday 11th Mixed Friday “coffee ‘n’ cake” club: Tavis House. See entry on Friday 4th July for details. Every Friday, 10 am – 12 noon Mixed ODL East Dinner Club: Positive East, 159 Mile End, Road, London, E1 4AQ. £6 for delicious meal. Our usual chef is away so the dinner will be provided by Phoenicia. 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 7th. 6.30pm – 9:30pm Sunday 13th Mixed “Second Sundays” social group: Chelsea Theatre, 7 Worlds End Place, Kings Road, SW10 ODR. Lunch £4. Paradise Press is a selfpublishing outlet for gay writers. Several of their authors will attend to describe the work of the press and read extracts from their writings. Please RSVP to Fiona by 5pm Thursday, 10th July fiona.addison@ageukcamden .org.uk or call 07435 356 951 Page 2
Opening Doors London: full listings and activities. 12:30 – 3:30pm Monday 14th NOTE: There will no longer be an ODL group at ELOP. However, ELOP run their own 50+ LGBT groups at ELOP, 5660 Grove Road, E17 9BN 50+ Women’s Supper Club, 1st Tuesday of every month, 7-9pm at ELOP - £2 entry Club Mellow 50+ LGBT Afternoon Tea, 4th Sunday of every month, 2.30-4.30pm at ELOP - £2 entry For more information please phone ELOP on 020 8509 3898 Women’s Walking & Herstory Group: Abney Park Cemetery: Stoke Newington High Street, N16 0LH (Opposite the end of Cazenove Road) One of the ‘magnificent seven’ garden cemeteries of London, is a woodland memorial park and Local Nature Reserve, Meet at Stoke Newington High Street entrance at 11am. No need to book but phone Kate for details 020 7239 0447 11:00am – 3:00pm Wednesday 16th Mixed ODL Ealing/West London Social and Support 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. We will be showing Wigstock: The Movie A documentary film focusing on Wigstock the annual drag music festival held in New York City’s East Village. Meetings take place every third Wednesday of the month at 230PM at the Lido Centre. All welcome. 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 17th “Rainbow Surfers” older LGBT computer drop in: Computer Suite, Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Sq, WC1H 9NA. See Thursday 1st for more
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details. Every Thursday 10am – 1pm Friday 18th Mixed Friday “coffee ‘n’ cake” club: Tavis House. See entry on Friday 4th July for details. Every Friday, 10 am – 12 noon Monday 21st 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. 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 question "What does bisexuality mean to you?" Whilst clearly a bi friendly space you do not necessarily need to identify as bisexual to attend. Contact Kate for more details. 020 7239 0447. Please note change of starting time. 6pm – 8pm Tuesday 22nd Special Summer Outing: 6.00 pm-7.00 pm Early evening Supper at Cote Bistro 2 Highgate High Street N6 5JL [ 2 mins walk from Lauderdale House] Special Early Evening Set Menu Page 3
Opening Doors London: full listings and activities. £9.95 2 courses or £11.90 3 courses. www.coterestaurants.co.uk followed by: Lauderdale House, Waterlow Park, Highgate Hill,N6 5HG Private View of LGBT Art Exhibition “Pride in the House” plus Annual Open Submission Photography Competition. 7.00 pm- 9.00 pm www.lauderdalehouse.org.uk Nearest Tube: Archway Northern Line.Take Bus 143,210 or 271 to Lauderdale House stop, Highgate Village Text/Call Chris 07528 423 698 Intergenerational Feminist Reading Group: Details of text to follow. Tavis House,16 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 Emotions, with the aim of encouraging a dialogue between different generations of feminist thinkers, activists and supporters. We will try to find a regular monthly date at this meeting so please come and share your ideas. Contact Kate 020 6239 0447kate.hancock@ageukca mden.org.uk
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2:00pm – 4:00pm Wednesday 23rd Signposting and Referral Drop In Service 6:00-8:00pm: Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Square,WC1H 9NA. Need help in the home? Confused about tax? Got questions about your pension, benefits or housing? Whatever your question, you can talk to one of our trained volunteers who can give you useful information and help you find the right service or support to suit your needs. If you can’t attend the drop insession and you have a non urgent enquiry you can either email us at: odlsignposting@ageukcamde n.org.uk or, call the ODL Signposting and Referral phone line: 07961937621. We will get back to you to discuss your issue further within one working week. 6:00-8:00pm Thursday 24th “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 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.
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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 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 stepfree access. We will be showing “My Summer of Love” In the Yorkshire countryside, working-class tomboy Mona meets the exotic, pampered Tamsin. Over the summer season, the two young women discover they have much to teach one another, and much to explore together. 5:30pm – 9:00 pm. (Film 7pm). Contact Kate for details 020 7239 0447. The room will be available if you would like to eat there or use the space before film begins. Friday 25th Mixed Friday “coffee ‘n’ cake” club: Tavis House. See entry on Friday 4th July for details. Saturday 26th London 70s Sisters gathering for feminists active in the 60s, 70s & 80s The Finsbury Library. 245 Page 4
Opening Doors London: full listings and activities. Saint John Street, London EC1V 4NB Come to an afternoon of connecting with other feminists and joining in discussion around themes of ageing, ageism, and activism. There will be an opportunity to form new ongoing groups if you would like to. This is a follow up meeting to the gathering held at the Feminist Library on January 25th, but will also be an open meeting for anyone who was not at the January meeting. Women from outside London welcome. The building is wheelchair accessible. Bring your own lunch. The Feminist Library will be running a bookstall with hot drinks, cakes and savoury snacks. For further information contact Kate Hancock at Opening Doors 020 7239 0447 kate.hancock@ageukcamden .org.uk. Please also contact Kate for the date of the next planning meeting, as we would like help with organising beforehand or on the day. 12:00 noon– 5:00pm Mixed Coffee Evening. Mike will be hosting coffee evening. Meeting at Tufnell Park Tube station at 7.45 p.m. Please remember to bring cakes with you. Phone 07581647 344 for more details. 8:00 – 10:00pm
Sunday 27th Women's Social Group: The women's social group will be taking a day trip to Brighton. Join us for lunch, a wander around the lanes and soak up some sea air. This trip is in place of the usual meeting at Chelsea Theatre on Sunday, 27th July. Meet at the ticket office at Victoria Station at 10am so you have time to buy your train ticket. If you have a Freedom pass you can go to the edge of London and get a ticket to Brighton from there. We will be getting the 10:32am train which arrives in Brighton at 11:24am. Members will need to cover the cost of their train ticket and lunch. Everyone is welcome, please RSVP to Fiona: fiona.addison@ageukcamden .org.uk or mobile: 07435356951. 10:00am meeting to whenever Sunday Lunch & Film Club: Henderson Court Resource Centre, 102 Fitzjohn’s Ave, NW3 6NS (entrance on Prince Arthur Rd). The film will be Priscilla Queen of the Desert Two drag-queens, Mitzi and Felicia, and a transsexual, Bernadette sign up for a gig at a drag show in the remote Australian desert. They head west from Sydney aboard a lavender bus named Priscilla, but when they arrive, they find more than just a cabaret job lying in wait.
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Booking for lunch essential, please call 020 7 239 0400 before Wednesday 23rd NOTE: if you book you are committing yourself to the £4 charge 12:00pm (lunch at 12:30). Film at 2:00pm Tuesday 29th 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 e-mail on odl.quarterly@ageukcamden. org.uk 6:00pm – 8:00pm Men’s Film Night: Henderson Court Resource Centre, 102 Fitzjohn’s Ave, NW3 6NS. (entrance on Prince Arthur Road). Instead of our usual film night, tonight we will be holding our Summer drinks party. For this we ask that you PLEASE bring a bottle of wine and some nibbles or you can stick with the usual tea, coffee and biscuits. It’s Summertime, let’s party… For more information please call Nick on 020 7239 0446 6:00pm to 9:00pm Thursday 31st “Rainbow Surfers” older LGBT computer drop in: Computer Suite, Tavis House. See Thursday 1st for more details. Every Thursday 10am – 1pm Page 5