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Come and meet the Scarlet Centre

Date: Tuesday 14 September, 1- 5pm
Venue: Bromley Central Library, High Street, Bromley BR1 1EX.

Eaves Housing for Women are holding workshops at Bromley Library in the halls on the 4th floor.  The workshops will be concerned with relaxation and de-stressing, with the opportunity for an Indian Head massage.
There will be workers on hand to do some arts and crafts for any young children and will also be able to offer help and advice with housing, benefits, domestic violence and sexual abuse.Raffles and goodie bags, refreshments and cakes from the subversive Cake Company!
For further information call the Scarlet Centre on: 020 7840 7142.

Special meeting for advice, information and advocacy groups

Date: Monday 18 October, 2pm
Venue: Community House, South Street, Bromley

The purpose of this meeting is to give organisations, members of staff and volunteers the opportunity to discuss how they can make best use of the Bromley Advice and Information Network (BAIN).

The meeting will identify the types of support they would like the network to provide. It will also look at how BAIN can be run to make it accessible to most members.
Questions to ask you would include:

The meeting will also provide a chance to look at what support you want from the network. Whether you are a volunteer or member of staff or whether advice is the whole or just part of your role, would any of the following be of use to you?

Contact  Stephen Blann, Policy & Networks Officer at CLB on 020 8315 1907 or email Stephen Blann to book your place .

Bromley Information Day for Adults

Date: Wednesday, 29 September 2010, 9.30am - 2pm
Venue: Bromley United Reformed Church, Widmore Road, Bromley with drop in sessions across the borough.

Bromley Council in partnership with Age Concern, Affinity Sutton, Liberata, Citizens Advice Bureau and The Pensions Service.

Find out about the following services to support your life in Bromley:

Drop in sessions from 9.30 am – 3 pm at

  1. The Centre, Cotmandene, 64 Cotmandene Crescent, St Paul’s Cray, Bromley BR5 2RG
  2. Mottingham Community & Learning Shop, 1-2 Cranley Parade, Beaconsfield Road, Mottingham SE9 4DZ
  3. Anerley Library, Anerley Road, London SE20 8BD
  4. Biggin Hill Library, Church Road, Biggin Hill TN16 3LB

Contact Russell George on 020 8461 7495 for more details.

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Bromley Little Theatre’s preview evening of ‘Life x 3’ – all proceeds to Credo

Date: Thursday, 4 November
Time: Bar opens at 7.00 pm. Performance starts at 7.45 and ends around 10pm.

The Bromley Little Theatre has offered to Credo the proceeds of their preview night of a new comedy called “Life x 3” by Yasmina Reza. The evening opens with Henry and Sonia at home, when his boss and wife turn up a day early for dinner invitation. What follows is hilariously awkward evening! This evening is replayed three times; showing small things can make events unfold differently. The playwright suggests that, with a proper attitude, life can be lived happily and, conversely, with a bad attitude, life is hell. The play has some high comedy and there will be a raffle for some lovely handcrafted Credo ceramics.

Tickets cost £9:00 each (anyone over 12 years of age), £7:00 concessions (i.e. anyone receiving Benefits, senior citizens and children up to 11 years of age).
Unfortunately, the Theatre is not able to cater for disabled people, as it is a very old building. Although there is a wheelchair lift, there is just one space for a wheelchair in the auditorium and for a carer to sit next to them; nor are there disabled toilet facilities. To book tickets, please contact Mrs Jan Lovett, Project Co-ordinator, Credo on 01689 862296 or email  jan.lovett@tiscali.co.uk

A Concert for Heroes – all proceeds to SSAFA

Date: Saturday 2 October, 7.30pm
Venue: Crofton Main Hall, Orpington
Tickets: £10. £9 groups and concessions

The Belvedere Concert Band will be performing to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the founding of The Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association (SSAFA) Forces Help charity. SSAFA is a national charity that helps serving and ex-service men, women and their families, including widows and widowers in need. The South East London branch was founded in 1918. To apply for tickets call 020 8639 0495 or email se@ssafa.org.uk. All proceeds will go to SSAFA Forces Help.

Disability Voice open meeting – please note revised date

Date: Wednesday 15 September
Venue: Community House, Bromley

Disability Voice Bromley invite you to an open meeting on September 15th at Community House, Bromley, to discuss the healthcare and support that people with physical disabilities and sensory impairments in the Borough need to live full lives.
This meeting is one way that the Primary Care Trust and Council are collecting our views to be presented in the Annual Public Health Report for 2011.

So if you would like to put your views forward, please contact Joanna Frizelle on 0844 330 4578 (she will ring you back to keep call charges down) or email: Joanna Frizelle Remember to make your views count.

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Bromley LINk - 2nd Annual General Meeting

Date: Thursday 16 September, 11am-2pm
Venue: Bromley Library, in central Bromley

The meeting is be open to the general public as well as LINk members, so please do invite anyone else that you think may be interested. The theme for the meeting will be Hospital Discharge, and there will also be a chance for you to have your say on any other health or social care issues that matter to you. More information on the agenda, will be published shortly, in the mean time please contact Sam Paice to confirm if you will be attending, to help the team get an idea of numbers tel: 020 8315 1981 mob: 07814 701 992.

An invitation from your NHS

Date: Thursday 9 September, 2-4pm
Venue: Bromley Baptist Church, Park Road, Bromley BR1 3HJ

Make a diary note to join NHS Bromley for its Annual General Meeting.
This participative public event will start at 1.30 p.m. with a half hour opportunity to mingle and chat informally with members of the Board of Bromley Primary Care Trust, which leads the NHS in Bromley.

The main theme of the meeting will be the proposals in July’s White Paper, “Equity and Excellence - Liberating the NHS”, for putting patients and clinicians at the heart of the NHS, and how this might be brought about locally. The meeting will also receive the Annual Report for 2009/10 with information about NHS Bromley’s continuing role and achievements.

For a review of the white paper Equity and Excellence - Liberating the NHS, follow this link to Stephen Blann’s Policy briefing.

Age Concern Bromley participating in the The Big Knit

Help Age Concern Bromley knit 6000 little bobble hats before September 24th and raise £1,500 for the charity as part of the Big Knit challenge.

The Big Knit is a corporate fundraising scheme organised by Innocent Smoothies and Age UK. Every bobble hat you knit means a donation of 25p to the charity. If you are interested in knitting to the target, contact The CVTB team on 020 8315 1883 or email communityvolunteerstf@acbromley.org.uk to receive your pattern.

Alzheimer’s Society –Speakers Group Programme

Date:  Wednesday 22 September
Topic: Consumer Protection, Jon Gurr, LBB
Venue: Community House, South Street, Bromley
Times: 10am – 12 noon
Full details, Geraldine Turner on 020 8249 1494 or email csbromley@alzheimers.org.uk

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Bromley Humanists – discussion group meetings 2010

Dates:
Tuesday October 12:  The different faces of Islam – are they different?
Tuesday November 9:  Religion in Schools is it a rights issue for parents, children and teachers?
Join stimulating discussion on important issues of the day from a new perspective. Email slhg.adm@freeuk.com or visit the website www.slhg.adm.freeuk.com for meeting times and venues.

AGM Community Links Bromley

Date: Wednesday 29 September
Venue: Community House, South Street, Bromley BR1 1RH
Time: 6 for 6.30pm  

Come and join CLB for light refreshments before the start of the business of the day

Two of our long serving trustees John Freeman and Christine Hellicar are standing down having completed their term. All at CLB extend a warm thank you to them for their support and commitment to the organisation over the years. Our chairman, Jean Levy is standing for re-election for the final time in this period of office.

If you would like to become a trustee for Community Links Bromley, we will be advertising the posts shortly through the bulletin, In the meantime, if you would like to find out more, please call Eithne Rynne, Director of CLB on 020 8315 1900 for an informal chat.

Grassroots Grant Funding Event Review – Thursday 24 June 2010

Over thirty people came to find out how to complete the application form and prepare to make a strong application for a Grassroots Grant of up to £5,000.

Cathy Togher, the Programme Manager for the Grassroots Grants fund, delivered a comprehensive, section-by-section, presentation to 36 attendees to encourage quality applications from eligible Bromley VCOs.

This event, delivered in partnership between Community Links Bromley and London Borough of Bromley, also provided an opportunity to hear more about the support services available at Community Links Bromley and to network with colleagues who are involved in running groups and projects benefitting the local community. A selection of comments from the delegates included:

“Very good easy to understand and clear information”... “Excellent speaker”...“Really helpful and encouraging” and “Good information on links to local funding and help available”.

Remaining deadline for this fund is October 8th. The fund will close at the end of March 2011

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Page updated: 28 August 2010