DFK & KEIGHLEY ROTARY invite you to join the members of ‘THE SINGING TEAPOT’ for CHRISTMAS CAROLS & SONGS.
Bring yourselves, bring your voices, you can even bring your musical instruments; just come along and join in the fun. There will also be Christmas Craft & Bun Sale with hand-made jewellery & home-made cakes.
Refreshments will be served afterwards at DFK office.
Giving Voice is an inclusive choir for people with neurological conditions and their carers. Their annual Christmas concert is a great event with mince pies, mulled wine and a raffle so please do come along at 6.30pm on Wednesday 13 December to Holy Trinity Church (next to Trinity Shopping Centre in Leeds).
There are lots of benefits for people with neurological conditions in singing – memory, speech and social so please also share this event with people in your parish who may enjoy the concert or even be interested in joining the choir in the future.
This month’s movie is Sabrina (U)Director: Billy Wilder. Starring: Humphrey Bogart, Audrey Hepburn, William Holden. USA 1954. 113 mins.
Audrey Hepburn stars in this classic romantic comedy as Sabrina, the impressionable daughter of the chauffeur to the wealthy Larabee family. When she returns from finishing school in Paris, her charm and good looks pitch the two Larabee brothers against each other in a battle for her affections.
The lights will be left on low, and you are free to talk, move around or sing along to any musical numbers. There will also be a 20-minute interval halfway through the film. Free tea, filter coffee and biscuits will be on offer during the interval so that you can socialise with other audience members. Tickets are at the reduced price of £4 and accompanying carers go free.
Please be aware that there are limited wheelchair spaces, so do book in advance to secure a place.
Calling all Professionals
The Leeds Commitment to Carers asks organisations, businesses and services in Leeds to commit to identifying carers, and connect carers to the help and support available, and to truly support and value all that carers contribute to life in our city.
Did you know 1 in 9 members of your workforce are likely to be caring for a loved one with ill health or disability? There is evidence that working carers who are not supported have higher levels of stress, higher levels of sickness and lower productivity and output.
Carers Leeds would like to invite members of organisations to this 2017 Carers Rights Day event . It is free to attend and a light lunch will be provided. Booking is essential for all attendees.
There are many options for housing as people get older, and we will cover some of the basics about co-housing, home sharing, sheltered housing, and staying independent in your own home. This is not meant to be a comprehensive session on everything you could ever need to know about housing, but rather a place to start.
The session is free, and refreshments will be available to purchase from the John Lewis cafe. If you have any access needs, please let Ageing Without Children know when you RSVP and they will do what they can to accommodate them.
Please do RSVP so the organisers know how many handouts to bring.
Spirituality for the autumn of life.
Please join us this Saturday in the Parish Hall for the first of an inspiring course of four short sessions for anyone in, or approaching, the autumn of life. Growing Old Grace-fully will be joining us to help start exploring God’s gift of age. Hope to see you there.
Every second and fourth Monday of the month. Bus numbers 12,13 and 13A.
Here’s the flyer Memory Cafe October 2017
Rachel Walker from Growing Old Grace-fully, will be running a short Dementia Friends session at 7.30pm-8.15pm on Wednesday 25th October at St Theresa of the Child Jesus, Russell Road, Queensbury BD13 2AN to help give a better understanding of dementia and the small things we can all do that make a difference in a parish.
All welcome.
There a few places available on this Saturday’s Dementia Friends Champion Induction Day at Ilkley Grammar School. To book you place you need to register as a Champion https://www.dementiafriends.org.uk/register-champion
Bradford College in partnership with Alzheimer`s Society would like to invite you to Living with Dementia Conference. Living with dementia can have a big emotional, social, psychological and practical impact on a person. Many people with dementia describe these impacts as a series of losses and adjusting to them is challenging.
Personal relationships and someone’s social environment are central to life, regardless of age or mental ability. People can recognise this by being as supportive as possible. Carers, friends and family, can help a person with dementia to feel valued and included. Support should be sensitive to the person as an individual, and focus on promoting their wellbeing and meeting their needs.
The conference aims to give an insight to what it is like living with dementia. We will look at the work Alzheimer`s Society does and support they offer. We will hear from people living with dementia and their carers as well as business community on benefits of becoming a dementia friendly business. The conference delegates will be offered a chance of becoming dementia friends on the day.
