We had 17 members today and we also had a few new members trying the zoom session for the first time which was really lovely.

Lisa welcomed everyone and then started the Lisa and Mark Karaoke Show. Everyone really enjoyed the Show and then it was time for the exercises with Sian Kenrick. Sian had some very interesting dance moves as usual which everyone enjoyed.

Lisa then continued with the session and called out the Bingo numbers. Today we had 2 winners – Kevin and Pamela.

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We had 24 members today and their carers and we also had a visitor – Christine Johnson from Rotary Club of Roding. It was also lovely to also see Lawrence from Rotary Club of Hendon again. It was really lovely to also see new members join.

Lisa welcomed everyone and gave a few updates and reminded everyone that tomorrow evening’s carers session will be run by Kevin who is one of the carers.

The session then started with Ian James. It was sad to hear that Ian had an injured finger today. He had a deep cut and although should have gone to the doctors he still wanted to do his performance not to let anyone down. A big thank you to Ian. We are very grateful and hope his finger is OK.

Everyone enjoyed a good singalong and then Eon Walters took over with the exercise to music which for some is challenging but the variety of movements means that everyone gets involved. Lisa then continued the session with a short quick joke and then a quiz. Today’s quiz was to find with the letter ‘D’ some boys names, Countries, food and animals. The person who found names that no one else used were winners. Everyone enjoyed playing this game.

It was then time for calling out the Bingo numbers and today Mark are technical support manager introduced each number that I called out on to the screen so it was easy to read. Everyone thought this was an excellent idea and not only did the numbers flash up on to the screen but Mark also had a Bingo card on the screen displaying all the numbers called. Everyone thanked Mark. The winners to day was Maria.

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We had 26 members today. Everyone was looking forward to seeing Theresa Villiers MP today. One of our members also put on his tie as he wanted to look smart.

James Le Bec our music entertainer and Richard Kravetz our Yoga instructor also joined early to see Theresa. Unfortunately there was a Division at Parliament which meant that she had to stay to vote and therefore was unable to join today. Lisa explained this to members who understood and hope to see her soon. Our programme then continued as normal.

James got everyone singing along and his music quiz was really interesting and great fun especially with the dice. Richard then continued with the chair Yoga and then followed with his general knowledge quiz which today was five questions - naming famous partners and then five other general knowledge questions.

The quiz winners today were Laurie & Sandra and Chris & Gina. Lisa then called out the Bingo numbers and today’s Bingo winners were Karin and Corrado.

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We had 19 carers this evening. It was also a pleasure to welcome Mike Rich from Barnet Carers. Lisa welcomed everyone and gave her update about ‘Visiting in care homes’.

She then opened this up to the carers in the meeting and this discussion took most of the hour as this is a topic that is of great concern. Mike from Barnet Carers spoke and mentioned that he has been in discussion with Lisa regarding this matter and has suggested that it may be a good idea to invite Barnet Care Providers to a forum and also invite the Director of Public Health so that this can be discussed and hopefully reach some solution.

Everyone in the meeting thought this was a good idea and Lisa thanked Mike. Mike said that he would keep Lisa informed.

Following this discussion there were some personal matters with carers sharing experiences which were very informative. Lisa reminded everyone that next Tuesday 20th October she will not be Chairing the meeting as she has another work meeting but Kevin one of the other carers will be Chairing the meeting. Everyone was happy with that. This was a very interesting and informative meeting.

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Published: 13 October 2020