We had 17 members today. Lisa welcomed everyone and at 3pm started the Karaoke Show. Everyone really looks forward to this especially when they have given some song requests.
Sian Kenrick is then ready to start the exercises as soon as the Karaoke is finished. Members really love Sian’s music and the exercises. Today Sian also introduced some country line dancing. It was energetic and fun and members love the variety. Lisa then continued the session with reading a joke as laughter is very important and then Lisa called out the Bingo numbers. Today’s winner was Kevin and Mable.
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We had 18 members today. Lisa welcomed everyone and it was lovely to see Laurie again a recently joined new member and another new member today – Bob.
It was also a pleasure to welcome Sheila a volunteer from the Rotary Club of Golders Green and also Laurence from the Rotary Club of Hendon. Ian then started his music entertainment and today he sang some old time war songs which everyone enjoyed singing along. It was great fun.
Eon was then ready to start with the exercise to music which everyone enjoys an follows with great interest. It was lovely today to see Eon’s grandson Rafe who is 8 months old.
Lisa then carried on with the session reading a very funny joke and this was then followed with today’s picture quiz which was about naming British Birds. This was won by Connie and Frank who scored the highest points in the quiz with 8 out of 10. Lisa then called out the Bingo numbers and today’s winners were also Connie and Frank.
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We had 18 members today. Sotiris one of our members was with his daughter Natasha today as his wife was away. He is proud of his daughter especially as she is also an Actor like her brother and she appears in a television series called “What we do in the Shadows”. Sotiris also showed his little dog he calls Piggy because she has a piggy tail. Everyone enjoyed seeing Piggy.
Lisa welcomed another member today joining for the first time and introduced her to the other members. Lillian joined with her daughter Karen and her carer Sonia. It was 2 members birthdays today – Mable and John - So everyone sang Happy Birthday.
James Le Bec had also started to sing but after 5 minutes his internet had broken and therefore was unable to continue with his performance. Lisa and Mark therefore had to put plan B in action and do a Karaoke Show. Members had a great time singing.
Richard Kravetz was then ready to start the chair Yoga which everyone always enjoys and then he had an interesting quiz today. He had some questions about the Monopoly game, then he had some questions about Famous people quotes and then a few general knowledge quiz questions. The top winner was Andrew followed by Lillian and then Keren.
Lisa then called the Bingo numbers and todays winners were Helen and Chrystalla.
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We had 18 carers this evening. We also had a special guest who Lisa invited – Councillor Sachin Rajput, Barnet Council Chairman of the Adults and Safeguarding committee. It was also a wonderful surprise to also welcome Mike Rich the CEO of Barnet carers.
Trustee Dr Angela Parker also attended and of course Lisa and Mark. Lisa had already briefed Sachin about some of the matters that had been discussed at previous carers meetings. Carers ID cards were discussed and as Mike was also at the meeting, it was discussed together and Mike informed Sachin that he would be happy to work together with the council to develop a carer’s ID card which can also be used for emergency.
Another matter which was raised by one of the carers was regarding visiting at care homes. Lisa provided an update after her meeting with Matt Hancock and also Sachin informed everyone how I had raised this matter at the recent Adults and Safeguarding meeting. Other matter were also discussed including respite vouchers, day centres and social workers/carers doing visits remotely.
This was a very productive and interesting meeting. Lisa thanked Sachin and Mike for joining the meeting.
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We had 14 members today and it was also a wonderful surprise to everyone to see Laurie one of our members join for the first time. Laurie never thought that he would do Zoom but with the help of his son and from Lisa it was a pleasure to see him. It was in fact so overwhelming for Laurie as he started to chat to other members he hadn’t seen for many months.
Lisa and Mark were then ready to start the Karaoke Show and provided a variety of songs and video clips for everyone to enjoy. Sian Kenrick was then ready to start exercise to music. Everyone enjoys Sian’s different style of exercise which also incorporate some salsa towards the end.
Lisa then did a picture quiz with everyone and today it was about classic toys which brought back lots of memories for example ‘Etch – a Sketch’ which also used to be called ‘Doodle Master’ . Lisa then read out a short joke to make everyone laugh and then it was time to call out the Bingo numbers. It was so amazing that the winner today was Laurie. His first time joining and also a winner. Laurie was delighted.
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