The senior forum meeting took place recently, please read the full meeting minutes HERE.
Highlights include:
St John’s Community Hub – P.Houldsworth.
Peter took us through a full presentation on the development of the new community hub in Buglawton from conception to completion (Oct 2012 to Mar 2017)
The development has cost around £400k, received good local support with funding, involved a great deal of planning and consultation with residents and was finally opened on 11th March.
It has continues to build on the programme of activity and grow the number of users (10 weeks , 2500 users and 480 Wellbeing Hours recorded)
A copy of Peter’s presentation will be circulated to the group.
| Tea Dances – Old Saw Mill (June/July)
3 x pilot Tea Dances organised 17th June, 1st & 15th July. These will be held at The Old Saw Mill, with professional support by Shirley Brocklehurst. 2.00 to 4.00pm, cost of entry £4 which includes either Tea or Coffee and Cake. Ist Tea Dance branded “ The Great Get Together” to support the Jo Cox weekend of activity. Wendy (Tesco) and Anna Bignell will support on 17th June Tracey (Tesco) Sarah and Lisa to support on 1st July. Extra help on the day will be appreciated. PR. “ x Adverts taken in The Chronicle, 7 x Town Noticeboards, Library, TIC, AgeUK, Old Saw Mill and RJ & J Moore. Social media both facebook and twitter. |
Dementia Awareness Event.
Open event being planned for Wed 26th July in the Town Hall starting from 3.30pm with an opportunity to talk more in depth about Dementia Friends and all that entails from 4.30pm.
MS to work with S Rathbone and J.MacArthur on flyer, the structure of the event and get invitations out to potential / interested parties. Our overall aim is to help Congleton become a dementia friendly town.
Next Meeting:- Tuesday 8th August 2017, Bridestones Suite 3 to 5pm.