Dear Community Colleagues,

East London Waste are hosting a Repair Café on Saturday 26^th February 11am -2pm at the Rainham Library, Celtic Farm Rd, Rainham RM13 9GP

This is a free event where people can come along to have clothing mended or altered; broken furniture, electricals and toys fixed.  Learn how to maintain household electrical items and get involved in reusing and recycling initiatives.

Time slots can be booked via: enquiries@eastlondonwaste.gov.uk  or calling 0208 724 5803 (option 2)

Please find attached posters to advertise the event.  I would be grateful if you could display a poster, disseminate the information and promote to your members.

Kind regards

Kim

Individuals who are interested in participating in the interview can find out more and sign up via this link: https://qualtrics.kcl.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_6Wf0SEXF0avN1CS

For more information or questions, please feel free to get in touch with either me or other members of our research team at cedar-worry@kcl.ac.uk.

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Hi

Do you or your loved ones have experience of the social care system? Have you faced barriers when accessing care? The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Dementia would like to hear from you.

As part of our political influencing efforts, Alzheimer’s Society works with a cross-party group of MPs and Peers interested in dementia.

From research funding to support during the pandemic, the APPG is vital in shaping new and existing policy and is now asking for your help to #CureTheCareSystem.

With the Government recently publishing their plans for the future of social care, the APPG have launched an urgent inquiry to understand how the social care system can support people affected by dementia to lead the lives they want, for as long as they can. This is our chance to be heard, and make sure social care delivers for those who need it most.

At Transport for All, we are calling all Dial-A-Ride users to help us shape an important campaign.

We teamed up with Age UK London, who are the leading organisation in London campaigning for change to improve the lives of older Londoners.

Age UK London’s ongoing Out and About campaign aims to tackle social isolation felt by older people and improve London’s community infrastructure. Transport is a key element of our infrastructure, which is why the next stage of the campaign will focus on door-to-door transport, specifically Dial-A-Ride.

Our joint campaign aims to celebrate Dial-A-Ride and its importance to disabled and older Londoners, especially as the future of London’s transport remains uncertain.

This is why we would like to invite you to take part in an interview to share your experiences with Dial-A-Ride.

If you are interested in participating, please email emma@transportforall.org.uk and we will be in touch will all the necessary information.

We are looking forward to hearing from you soon!

Thanks so much,

Emma Koprena

Insight and Advice Manager

Transport for All

336 Brixton Road

London

SW9 7AA

Email: emma@transportforall.org.uk

www.transportforall.org.uk

Dear Havering Over 50s Forum,

As you may be aware, since November, we will be carrying out a consultation to help us shape our future approach for step-free Tube stations.

The consultation will be delivered using our new ‘Have your Say’ consultation platform, in addition to a range of community and stakeholder conversations.

We want the people who benefit from step-free access to tell us what features in a step-free Tube station are most important to them.

For example, is it more important that a step-free Tube station has an interchange on to another line, or, that it is next to a town centre? Is it important to focus on upgrading several local stations with manual boarding ramps and no toilets or fewer stations but with raised platforms and accessible toilets? Or even just one expensive but well-connected major station in central London?

This feedback, along with passenger data, transport modelling, third party funding opportunities, design and engineering investigations, will help us shape how we prioritise and deliver step-free stations into the future.

While we don’t currently have funding to deliver more step-free stations beyond our existing programme, this consultation will help us take action to meet London’s needs as soon as funding becomes available.

The consultation is open until 10 February 2022. Everyone can take part at the following:  https://haveyoursay.tfl.gov.uk/tube-step-free-access

We’d like to encourage members of the Havering Over 50s Forum to share their thoughts on the consultation, as well as share it among your networks. We would be happy to host a virtual session so we can engage directly with the people who use and rely on step-free access. If you have a meeting or web group you would like us to share more information with, then please let me know.

Best wishes

Esther

Esther Johnson | Community Partnerships Specialist

Local Communities & Partnerships | City Planning | Transport for London

Mail:         Endeavour Square, Stratford, London, E20 1JN, Floor 9, Red Zone

Email:      estherjohnson1@tfl.gov.uk

Consumers wanting to avoid financial fraud now have a secure and easy-to-remember phone number to contact their banks on in order to avoid painful scams. It could prove to be the safest way for many to contact their provider if they have suspicions and concerns about their accounts, or even if they’re struggling to find a customer services number.

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Due to the situation we will not be re-launching the Over 50’s Forum in January 2022

We have some cunning plans for 2022 and interesting speakers standing by.

Watch this space, Take Care 

All best Wishes for Christmas and the New Year

to old and possibly new members of the Over 50’s Forum.

 Mark Twain once said:

“getting old is mind over matter

and if you don’t mind it doesn’t matter”.