NEWS FROM RUSHCLIFFE 50+ FORUM
By Alan Wain The Forum returned to St Paul’s Church Hall in West Bridgford for its April event. It was the first in a series based on a theme of ‘Take Care’. Many will be aware that Age Concern and Help the Aged have amalgamated, becoming Age UK. Neil Williamson, a trustee of the new [...]
NEWS FROM THE RUSHCLIFFE 50+ FORUM
By Alan Wain If you attended Rushcliffe 50+ Forum’s Christmas Festival at the West Bridgford Community Hall, you will recall spending an enjoyable and informative afternoon with just 18 shopping days left before Christmas Day. Apart from things associated with the festive season, the event did have an underlying theme of ‘Stay Active, Stay Safe, [...]
NEWS FROM RUSHCLIFFE 50+ FORUM
By Alan Wain The inaugural meeting of the Forum (originally known as Rushcliffe Older People’s Forum) was held in Cotgrave in 2004. Each year thereafter the Forum has organised four Open Forums, presenting information on a variety of themes including health, leisure, safety, security and finance. During this year (2010-2011) a total of 17 organisations [...]
UPDATE FROM THE RUSHCLIFFE 50+ FORUM
By Alan Wain The last open forum of 2010 was the Christmas Festival held in St Luke’s Church Hall in West Bridgford. It was the fourth open forum of the year with ‘Thought for Food’ as its theme. The first talk of the afternoon was on food safety and was delivered by Adam Smith (Environmental [...]
NEWS FROM RUSHCLIFFE 50+ FORUM
Gamston Community Hall was the venue for the Rushcliffe 50+ Forum’s sixth Annual General Meeting.The programme which followed the AGM had been influenced by the fact that the next week was to be the National Falls Week. The first talk of the afternoon, titled “Falls, Trips and Slips,” was delivered by Kate Robertson, who is [...]
NEWS FROM RUSHCLIFFE 50+ FORUM
St Luke’s Church Hall in West Bridgford was the venue for the 50+ Forum’s Christmas Festival. It was the fourth open forum of the year. A highlight of the afternoon was an entertaining and informative talk on microwave cooking by Jackie and Viv, nutrition assistants from Notts Community Health. The witty dialogue was accompanied by [...]
NEWS FROM RUSHCLIFFE 50+ FORUM
Rushcliffe 50+ Forum returned to Edwalton for the third Open Forum of the year and the subject ‘Money’ was the theme chosen for the event. The first talks of the afternoon were by Independent Financial Advisors (IFAs), Grenville Lunn and Chris Stephens. They explained in clear terms how an IFA can help with financial problems [...]