Local events
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JUSTBE – Summer Fun Event
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- Bromley Health Summit – Healthy Partnership, Healthy Community
- CLB’s online directory launched
- Bromley Healthcare Community Forum 2nd June 2.30 pm
- The Tent Event 2011
- St Christopher’s Open Gardens Festival 2011
- Are you willing to tell us about your experiences of using community health services in Bromley?
- Bromley LINk’s AGM date for your diary
- Carers Week 2011 – Programme of Events
- Bromley Fire Service Consultation – new community resource in Orpington
- Invitation to Bexley and Bromley Advocacy Open Day Launch Event
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JUSTBE – Summer Fun Event
Date Saturday 2 July, 5-10pm
Venue: St George Christ Church and St Paul, Vancouver Road, Forest Hill, London SE23 2AG
Time:
Cost: FREE but there will be a suggested donation of £2 on entry
JUSTBE will be having a fun-packed, fundraising event for all the family, which will include a fun auction to raise money for our group and our supported charity “Cancer Research. Please note that although the event is free, we will be asking for a voluntary donation on entry of £2 with £1 going to Cancer Research.
We are honoured to have as our guest speaker Angela Christopher MBE, National Offender Management Services. For more information, email events@just-be.co.uk or contact Yvette on 07818 531898, Alison on 07881 960699 and Sharon on 07956 876380.
Bromley Health Summit – Healthy Partnership, Healthy Community
Date: Tuesday 28 June 2011
Venue: Bromley Football Club, Hayes Lane, BR2 9EF
Time: 12.45 – 3.30pm
Registration and marketplace: from noon
A chance for GPs, GP practices and the voluntary and community sector to learn from each other and develop partnerships for the future.
- How the voluntary sector supports health outcomes as representatives and providers
- How we can develop productive partnerships
- See demonstration of the new online searchable directory of voluntary organisations – the BiG Community Directory
- Visit the marketplace of voluntary sector providers showcasing their work
Booking essential – download the booking form
Please note there has been a brisk uptake from VCO groups requiring space in the marketplace area. As it is now fully booked, please contact Stephen if you want to be added to the waiting list. Table space is free for CLB members.
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CLB’s online directory launched
CLB’s BiG Community directory lists over 2,500 organisations delivering services in the Borough of Bromley. These include national and regional groups who provide support and information to local groups in Bromley.
You can search the directory in five different ways:
- Organisation name
- Organisational activities
- Keywords
- Postcode
- Beneficiaries (Beta - this only works for those organisations who have returned CLB's directory update form)
In addition, you can refine your search if you are not sure about the exact name of an organisation, using three different methods.
- Exact phrase
- All of these words
- Any of these words
For example if you search for the exact phrase Age Concern Bromley under Organisation Name, you get one result
If you search for “any of these words” using the exact phrase Age Concern Bromley, you get 116 results, one of which is Age Concern Bromley.
Follow this link to CLB’s BiG Community Directory
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Bromley Health Summit – Healthy Partnership, Healthy Community
Date: Tuesday 28 June 2011
Venue: Bromley Football Club, Hayes Lane, BR2 9EF
Time: 12.45 – 3.30pm
Registration and marketplace: from noon
A chance for GPs, GP practices and the voluntary and community sector to learn from each other and develop partnerships for the future.
- How the voluntary sector supports health outcomes as representatives and providers
- How we can develop productive partnerships
- See demonstration of the new online searchable directory of voluntary organisations – the BiG Community Directory
- Visit the marketplace of voluntary sector providers showcasing their work
Booking essential – download the booking form
Please note there has been a brisk uptake from VCO groups requiring space in the marketplace area. As it is now fully booked, please contact Stephen if you want to be added to the waiting list. Table space is free for CLB members.The festival runs until August. For full details of the open gardens, dates and times, contact Thomas Micklewright on 020 8768 4715 or email t.micklewright@stchristophers.org.uk
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If you have been a carer in the last two years of someone who died of a long-term chronic or neurological condition, Bromley Healthcare wants to hear from you.
Conditions might include frailty and old age, heart or renal failure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, motor neurone disease, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s or dementia.
If the answer is YES, Bromley Healthcare invites you to a small group discussion with other carers to share your views about what you think worked well and what you think could have worked better for you, or for the person who died.
The two possible meeting dates in different parts of the borough are:
- Tuesday 21 June 2 - 3.30pm at Bromley Library
- Wednesday 20 July 10 -11.30 am at Harris Hospice
If you are interested in taking part in one of these, please book in by contacting
Rae Keeley on 020 8768 4558. Refreshments will be available and travel costs are refundable.
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Date: Monday 20 June, 11am-2pm
Venue: Bromley Library
Current programme for the event includes:
- Reablement (supporting people to live independently at home) – presentation from Rebecca Jarvis, Bromley Council
- HealthWatch and public involvement in health and social care – presentation from Malcolm Alexander, Chair of the National Association of LINk members.
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Carers Week 2011 - Programme of Events
An information stand at The Beckenham Beacon
Date: Monday 13 June, 10am to 3 pm
Venue: 395 Croydon Road, Beckenham BR3 3QL
An information stand in the foyer at the Princess Royal
Date: Tuesday 14 June, 10 am to 3 pm
Venue: University Hospital, Farnborough Common BR6 8ND
Join the nationally renowned Rock Choir for a free taster session
Date: Tuesday 14 June, 10 am to 11am
Venue: Crofton Halls, Crofton Road, Orpington BR6 8PR
To book please contact Carers Bromley on Freephone 0800 015 7700.
Free guided carers tour (45 mins) of Dulwich Picture Gallery
Date: Tuesday 14 June, 11am to 4 pm.
Venue: Gallery Road, London SE21 7AD
To book please contact Carers Bromley on Freephone 0800 015 7700
Carers Information Day
Date: Wednesday 15th June, 10 am to 3 pm
Venue: Verrall Hall, Bromley United Reformed Church, 20 Widmore Road, Bromley BR1 1RY
Walk and Ploughman's Lunch - Farnborough
Date: Thursday 16th June, from 11 am
To start at 11 am from the Woodman pub, 50 High Street, Farnborough BR6 7BA and finishing back at the pub at approx 12:30 for a free ploughman’s lunch.
To book please contact Carers Bromley on Freephone 0800 015 7700.
Carers meeting with Jo Johnson MP
Date: Friday 17 June, 2:45- 3:30pm
Venue: Caritas House (2nd floor), Tregony Road, Orpington BR6 9XA.
To book please contact Carers Bromley on Freephone 0800 015 7700.
Taster Zumba Dance
Venue: The Spa, 24 Beckenham Road, Beckenham BR3 4PF6 to 7 pm
To book, please contact Carers Bromley on Freephone 0800 015 7700.
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Bromley Fire Service Consultation on new community resource in Orpington
Date: Friday 17 June, 10am-2pm
Venue: Community House, South Street, Bromley BR1 1RH
Orpington Fire Station is being rebuilt and plans include a good -sized space that the Fire Service wants the community to use. Borough Commander Andy Holcombe wants your help to shape this brand new community space.
- What could it be used for?
- What might it look like?
- How could your group use it?
- What is your vision?
Community Links Bromley and the London Fire Service are hosting this consultation event to find out what you want.
Places are limited, so please book early. Lunch included. Contact Sue Lee to book on 020 8315 1902.
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Free Training & Information for Carers
The following courses/workshops for carers are now available at Carers Bromley:
- Carers rights and information on local initiatives, including hospital discharge and what PACE and re-ablement teams offer
- How to best support someone with Dementia, whilst also looking after yourself
- Five ways of wellbeing: this will be following the most up-to-date evidence which suggests that building these five actions into day-to-day life is important for everyone’s good health
Contact Carers Bromley on freephone helpline 0800 015 7700.
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Tel: 020 8315 1900
Fax: 020 8315 1924
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