Celebrating age festival in Streatham

October is the Age UK Lambeth Celebrating Age Festival, featuring over 70 events across the borough, including several in Streatham - all for the over-55s:

Weds 5 October, 10.30am-12 noon
South London Cares Salsa Club, The British Home, Crown Lane, SW16 3JB
A morning of salsa and laughs led by Vera the Diva. People of all abilities are welcome – no experience necessary! Please call Morgan (020 7118 0404) tolet him know you are coming. The entrance is through the gate nearest to Tesco Express, down the path and on the left.

Thurs 6 October 1.30-2.30pm
Keep On Moving, St Stephen’s Church Centre, 35 Weir Road, SW16 0AH.
A new weekly gentle exercise class for those aged 50+ to strengthen stretch and tone. Led by Sonia Edwards, a teacher with many years’ experience in exercise for older adults, personal training and sports massage. Classes are normally £4.50 to join, but the first two weeks are free. Come along to make friends, get fit, stay fit and have fun. Contact 020 8675 2481.

Wednesday 12 October10:30am-3pm
Age UK Lambeth Information Day2-8 Gracefield Gardens, SW16 2ST
Showcasing the range of services, support and activities Lambeth offers. Contact 020 7346 6800 or info@ageuklambeth.org.uk

Wednesday 12 October1:30pm-3:30pm
Making Connections Tea Party Streatham Library, Streatham High Road, SW16 1PL
Streatham Seniors host this social event for local older people, which isalso an opportunity to link up with some of the activities and services onoffer in the area. Local services will be handing out leaflets and talking about what they provide.  Contact 020 8769 8669.

Wednesday 12 October 2-4pm
South London Cares Café and Catch UpBatch & Co. Coffee, 54 Streatham Hill, SW2 4RD
Join your neighbours for a special afternoon of coffee, conversationand cake in Streatham. Come along to hang out and catch up with yourneighbours alongside some delicious treats. Please let Morgan know you would like to come as places are limited. Contact 020 7118 0404

Tuesday 18 October 6-8pm 
South London Cares Masquerade Ball, The British Home, Crown Lane, SW16 3JB
Glad rags at the ready! SLC are celebrating the autumn season in style with their very own masquerade ball–sograb a mask and join in thelaughter and dancing. Please call Morgan to let him know you’recoming; when you arrive, enter via the building’s large front door. Contact 020 7118 0404.

Saturday 29 October 1-4pm
Tamla Motown at The HideawayThe Hideaway, 2 EmpireMews, SW16 2BF
Age UK Lambeth returns to Streatham’s award-winning live music venue for an afternoon of the finest soul and Motown hits, bringing thefestival to a close in style. Contact 020 7346 6800 or info@ageuklambeth.org.uk


Full listings can be found on the Age UK Lambeth website here.

Please sign the petition to stop elderly residents being pushed out of The Glebe sheltered housing

Please take a few seconds to sign this petition to stop elderly residents being removed from their homes in The Glebe at the top of Prentis Road.

The residents – many in their Eighties and Nineties – contacted us last week and asked us if we would help support their campaign to stay where they live. We went to visit them and heard about was is going on.

Lambeth Council is proposing to evict them in order to knock The Glebe down and redevelop it as ‘Extra Care’ housing. This is part of a Lambeth wide scheme in which housing for older persons will be sold off.

This is something to which the residents of The Glebe are unanimously opposed. Under the Council’s proposals the 60 residents - some of whom are terminally ill - would be split up and placed in accommodation outside Streatham. Many have lived in The Glebe for over a decade.

Residents have told us how happy they are with their homes and the facilities there. Many have invested their own time and money. They love where they live. Above all they value these sense of community, where they look after and support one other. Under the Council’s plans this would all be taken away and they will be dispersed to other parts of the borough.

They also pointed out that moving them to alternative accommodation at their stage in life, particularly given many of their health concerns, would also have very serious consequences.

They asked up to start an online petition, which we have done, and help get public support so that they can stay where they are. There is a public consultation going on so there is a real chance to stop this happening. Please take just a few seconds to sign the petition online to show Lambeth Council that the local community supports their desire to stay in their own homes.

The petition can be found here.