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The Cardigan Centre

145-149 Cardigan Road

Leeds

LS6 1LJ

Tel: 0113 274 4759

Email: info@olderactivepeople.org.uk

Website: www.olderactivepeople.org.uk

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Contact: Nadira Siddique

Keeping Local

Older Active People have produced a (draft) summary report which records the impact of a pilot for providing people with information about local sheltered housing facilities.

Click here to view the report

 Areas covered: Burley, Headingley, Hyde Park, Little Woodhouse and parts of Kirkstall

Membership of Older Active People (OAP) is free and open to people aged 55 and above, living in Headingley, Burley, Hyde Park, Little Woodhouse and parts of Kirkstall. We provide a range of activities / services and up to date details of these are provided in our quarterly newssheet (The Goldie), which is free to members. OAP is part of the Cardigan Centre, which is a multipurpose organisation working in North West Leeds.

Activities include:

An information service, A door-to-door supermarket shopping scheme, the Wednesday Lunch Club, the International Caribbean Lunch Club, a befriending scheme, a theatre group, a chair based exercise / discussion group, Bollywood screenings , a social group in partnership with the Association of Blind Asians and the Shree Hindu Temple, trips and parties, intergenerational activities including mentoring, face painting and circle time.

Leisure and Recreation

Bollywood screenings (monthly)

Friendship and social groups

Intergenerational activites

Luncheon clubs

Outings and trips

Theatre groups

Support

Advocacy and letter writing

Support visits in home

Befriending

Transport

Provides transport for the scheme's own activities

 

Help

OAP has a policy of recruiting volunteers that live in the area covered by the scheme. We are particularly keen to recruit older volunteers. References are required and all volunteers are entitled to out of pocket expenses, training and informal support. We are especially keen to recruit volunteers to visit a local older person, usually once a week for around one hour. We ask for a years commitment and each person needs to complete a CRB check.We are also keen to recruit volunteers to drive our minibus. Training (the Minibus Driver Awareness Scheme) is provided.

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