On 25 May 2021, Michael Stennett, a long-term friend of the Forum, gave a talk with questions and answers on Estate Planning.
Anna Dixon — The Age of Ageing Better
It is well known that the UK has an ageing population, especially as those born during the 1960s baby boom start to reach retirement age. However it is not just about how long we live, but how well we live, says Anna Dixon, Chief Executive for the Centre of Ageing Better. She gave a presentation in February at one of our regular webinars to explain how the centre is working towards ‘a society where everyone enjoys later life’.
Here is a video of her talk. There are some moments when sound quality is a bit marginal. After her slideshow, we finished with some questions and answers moderated by Christine Whetstone, our chair. You can download or view Anna’s slides here.
Zoom talk by Ian Gunn — Thursday 11th February at 2pm
“The Failed Bank Manager: My personal journey to learn about and survive the culture of life in prison.”
Ian, who is a popular speaker on the cruise line circuit, explains how he moved from banking into prison – as an employee, not a prisoner(!) – and his life as a prison governor.
Zoom meeting on the Enfield Council Budget with Councillor Mary Maguire — 12th January
The PowerPoint slides for the meeting can be downloaded here:
https://enfieldover50sforum.org.uk/newsite/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Budget-2021-22-Over-50s-Forum-12-Jan.pptx
or for those who prefer them in PDF format:
15th December – Ruth Bourne – Bletchley Park talk
A Zoom talk by Ruth Bourne, one of the wartime Women of Bletchley Park (see her Wikipedia biography). Ruth was a serving WREN during the war and one of the team who successfully decoded the messages transmitted from the notorious ENIGMA machines.
Ruth’s PowerPoint slides are here:
https://enfieldover50sforum.org.uk/newsite/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Bletchley-Park.pptx
or as a .pdf:
https://enfieldover50sforum.org.uk/newsite/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Bletchley-Park.pdf.
AGM 2020 — 24th November
This year, our much delayed AGM took the form of a Zoom webinar. We had a total of 80 people online.
Continue reading “AGM 2020 — 24th November”Zoom Webinar — Changes that will affect Older People in Enfield
Tuesday 6 October
In the week that celebrated International Older Peoples’ Day, in conjunction with the Enfield Older People Partnership Board, we staged our first Zoom webinar, on changes that will affect the lives of older people in Enfield. This is a recording of the event. (By the way, by playing this YouTube video, you are accepting YouTube cookies!)
The speakers were:
- Jan Shortt, General Secretary of the National Pensioners Convention, the country’s largest campaigning organisation for pensioners. She talked about pensions and the threat to the triple lock:
- Deborah McBeal, Director of Integration at Enfield at the North Central London Clinical Commissioning Group.
- Bindi Nagra, Director of Health & Adult Social Care, on the changes affecting social care in the borough.
All the speakers answered questions from the large on-line audience, mostly after all the talks.
The following links are to the speakers’ notes and slide shows. They are all in PDF format.
Joint Zoom meeting with the Enfield Climate Action Forum
We held a joint Zoom meeting with Enfield Climate Action Forum on Monday 2nd September at 7pm. For a report of the meeting, see the latest Forum Focus newsletter
Youth offending. NHS changes — Meeting —19 November 2019
- Christine Whetstone will talk about the Youth Offending service and how it operates in Enfield.
- Gail Hawksworth will outline the significant changes that are happening to the primary care services and the likely impacts within Enfield and North London
Southgate Beaumont Care Home
Care in old age (Enfield Civic Centre)
Leon Smith, recently retired CEO of Hammersley Nightingale, and Alise Kirtley will talk about the issues of care in old age including housing options, legal and financial issues, dementia and more.