Enfield Borough Over 50s Forum
Helping our members keep active, involved and healthy
It should be with you by now. Forum Focus is one of the many benefits that membership of the Forum brings.
This issue leads with an article on the issues that really matter to older people and what we, as older people in Enfield, really think would improve our lives. If you are interested in any of the activities of the Forum, browse this site, read the newsletter or contact us. If you are not yet a member, visit the membership page!
Meanwhile, to view or download Forum Focus, click here.
You should have it by now. The issue leads with a report from our very successful Fit in mind and body event on the 25th October but includes much more than that! including
If you left your copy at home, you can read or download it on this site. Just visit our newsletters page for this and previous issues.
It leads with an Age UK report that concludes that we need to move to a “home first” appproach for care and support.
In addition to all the regular items and information on groups, activities and what we are doing, this issue has articles on :
If your copy is not to hand, you can, as always, read it and many previous issues on our Newsletters page.
Read about the Forum’s call for a ‘pause and reflect’ on the new Edmonton incinerator and out thoughts on Enfield’s Local Plan. There is also news of social activities, including a disco, a quiz and bingo, as well our Monty Meth Tribute Day on 19 October at Southbury Leisure Centre.
We pay tribute to Monty Meth in the April/May newsletter which is now out. We also use the opportunity to all for more volunteers, especially for the Executive Committee and the Social Events Team. This is your Forum and we need new ideas and energy to help drive it forward. Note (p2 “Back to the gym”) that the Fusion Leisure Centres will be opening on 12 April and you need to make sure your membership is up to date to get the Forum discounts. And check out p15 “Become Creative” as we are still looking for your contribution to our exhibition.
The February/March edition of Forum Focus is full of information about your local community. We look at the financial challenges faced by Enfield Council and the potential attacks on the finances of older people as the government seeks to pay for the pandemic. We continue to ask for your support for the Forum’s finances in these difficult times and we outline our new projects to help combat loneliness (pp13,14). Check out our upcoming webinars (p16) and look at the Social Calendar (p15) so you can start planning for trips later in the year and in 2022.
All members should receive the October- November edition of Forum Focus in the post by the beginning of October. If you do not, check that your membership is still up to date. And it is also available to see here. It includes articles about the importance of getting the flu jab, the problem of loneliness, news from the police and ,of course, the ever popular jokes in Always Look on the Bright Side. Our president Monty Meth discusses why lobbying is important and there is an update from Fusion Leisure about the re-opening of its centres in Enfield.