Alan Mordue from Barnet Council's Adults and Health Transformation Programme Commissioning Group came to give a talk about a recent questionnaire which is part of a public consultation to Barnet residents on the way the council delivers and organises adult social care in Barnet.
A further talk was followed by Susan Blackburn from Barnet Council's Sheltered Housing department who spoke to us about social housing and also about a new development in Mill Hill which will soon house people with mental health problems including dementia. More details will be provided in the near future which will include eligibility criteria.
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We are delighted to have another new venue at the prestigious Hendon Town Hall. The launch was opened by the Mayor of Barnet Cllr. David Longstaff accompanied by the Mayoress Gillian Griffiths.
Also attending, Theresa Villiers MP for Chipping Barnet, Dr Rhonda Cohen sport and exercise psychologist who is head of London Sports Institute & Professor Trish Hafford-Lechfield both from Middlesex University. Dawn Wakeling Director of Adult Social Services, Nicole Babic from Barnet Carers Centre, members from Dementia Club UK, volunteers and Harley our Dementia friendly therapy dog. The chairman and Trustees thanked everybody for attending the launch.
We were very lucky to have the Ionian Clarinet Quartet who are part of a larger group - The Ionian Clarinet Choir who perform over North London and Hertfordshire fundraising for charities. We were delighted they were able to support and play at our event today. The quartet consisted of Rita, Ian, Ken and Adele.
Big thanks to Saracens for their continued support and thanks to the Mayor for choosing Dementia Club UK as one of his charities during his Mayoral year.
The Hendon Town Hall venue will be available every last Thursday of the month.
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Following the previous visit by NCS on 6th July another 12 students from the drama group visited the Britannia Centre venue led by Rebecca Reed. The students interacted with the members listening and noting some of their favourite stories from their lives. The students had 10 minutes to prepare a drama whilst we did some other activities.
The drama group decided to re-enact a summer holiday at the beach. It was an apt subject as it was a hot lovely afternoon and choc ices were distributed to all.
Rebecca wrote later that: "The young people said some lovely comments about the club members and were very moved by the stories they heard"
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Members enjoyed singing and dancing to their favorite songs from Roy Blass
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Today 12 students from National Citizen Service (NCS) visited us. Ansell Cizic who is a teacher and the student's team leader told us about NCS. It was a lovely summer's day so we decided to sit outside for this group photo.
NCS is a programme in the summer for 15-17 year olds and is about those young people volunteering in the community and learning about their wider community, gaining skills in interacting with different community groups. Teams of young people learn a skill with a professional in that field and then they go out to a community group to work with the group passing on that skill or creating activities.
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