We will be welcoming

Dr Saini supported by Dorsey Precht from Havering CCG and

Jessica Jarvis from Age UK

The Little Theatre
Methodist Church
The Drive
Harold Wood
RM3 0DU

10-13 June at 8pm, Plus 2.30pm Saturday matinee, £7 on the door or reserve on 01708 476534

The theatre company has been working on a project called ‘As You Were’ and have been interviewing local ladies in their eighties and nineties about their experiences and memories.

A play based on these interviews is being performed in the foyer of the Queen’s Theatre on 20^th May and I’d like you to invite you and your members to a special free performance.

There will be a paid public performance at 8pm, but at 3pm we are performing a free matinee for older people in the borough and people who run the services they use.  It will only last an hour and we’d be delighted if you could come and spread the word; as we’d really like an audience of our participants’’ peers to see the show.

Below are some links, providing more information.

http://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/news/havering_company_turning_memories_into_community_play_1_4039139

https://www.facebook.com/events/1563620250579897/

You and your members can reserve your free tickets by calling 01708 4333333 and quoting which organisation they are from, but if your require any further information, please let me know. From next week, I’ll have some flyers I could drop off with you.

Many thanks,

Lauren Bracewell

The AGM was a well-attended event this year with Cliff going through the years events.

There was a bit of sadness as two of the stalwarts of the committee Shirley and George Watling stood down from the committee, the rest of whom were willing to stand for a further 2 years and were elected accordingly.

A great show of thanks were given to Shirley and George with a presentation of a lovely bouquet of flowers. The picture of George which was taken at the AGM didn’t do him justice so I have included one of my favourite pictures of him from last year’s picnic.

Thank you Shirley and George for all your hard work and commitment in the past, we are all sad to see you go step down.

Fraudsters have set up a bogus website claiming to be the official site of National Savings & Investments (NS&I) and are contacting members of the public, cold calling them and offering them the chance to invest in 65+ Bonds (also known as Pensioner Bonds).

Members of the public who are searching for the official website (for example on search engines) may be directed to the fake one which then asks them to supply contact information.

Victims are then receiving a follow up e-mail and/or phone call from the fraudsters who are requesting evidence of identity documents and bank account details either over the phone or by sending the victims fake forms to fill out. A common name that appears on the emails sent by the fraudsters is ‘Kevin Archer’.

Avoid being a victim of fraud:

• Do not pass personal or banking information to companies that cold call you.
• Please note that the only domain name (website address) that is legitimate is www.nsandi.com
• National Savings & Investments (NS&I) do not make sales calls to potential customers (cold calls) so do not enter into discussion with cold callers claiming to be NS&I.
• The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau is committed to tackling all types of fraud and the Cyber Prevention and Disruption Team aims to do this by disrupting and taking down fake and fraudulent websites.
• If you have been a victim of fraud or suspect a company of fraud please contact Action Fraud on 0300 123 2040 or via the online reporting tool at www.actionfraud.police.uk

For full information goto http://www.haveringmuseum.org.uk/ which will also give all activities from now until March.

Come and have some fun in the garden, bring your family too, for the launch of ‘Growing Friends’… all free.  May 10 2015 – 2-5 p.m.

Come for the official launch and presentation at 3pm. We’ll go through the development of the garden from a jungle to a beautiful communal gardening space in the 2 years since we’ve been here. And tell you more about the club.

Or pop in…

On the hour – We’ll run some historical tours of the garden which dates back to the 1770’s when the old house was built and the park was the Heaton estate. Lots to tell including the recent discovery of a second well and pineapples!

And on the half hour – We’ll also take you around the garden showing you what is growing, plans for the future and some of the more unusual things that we’re growing. You can say hi to the bees and maybe our pheasants will be there for you too.

Refreshments and social 2-5pm

The club is for people over 50 (but won’t exclude anyone). It will take place on first Wednesday of each month. The launch will introduce people to the historical walled garden and what the club’s all about – gardening, social, learning, exercise, events and activities etc. Members can develop the club to how they want it to be.

Membership is £3 per visit (to pay for refreshments) and there are discounts for subscriptions paid in advance. Members also have the benefit of discounted organic foods from the garden.

Ask Kirsty for more details – email: kirsty@clear-village.org or call: 078 645 645 04 or visit

http://bedfordswalledgarden.org/events/launch-of-growing-friends-over-50s-club/

April 2015 – The Beat