Vida Walsh Activity Centre,
2b Saltoun Road,
News@Vida’s
Vida Walsh-The Activity Centre for the Over 55’s
Once you’re over the hill, you begin to pick up speed.-- Charles M. Schulz
Creative Writing Group
The Creative writing group have been
meeting with John O Thompson every
Wednesday. This is a fun lively group who
with the gentle guidance of John have written
recited and read their own original pieces .
The other members of the centre had the
pleasure of hearing some of their work in
March during a Show and Learn catch up
session. Monologues where recited, thrillers
where expressed and plays where
dramatized. We have a growing collection of
the groups work on Display in the Centre.
Eileen has kindly allowed us to print one of
her sonnets below. You can join the group
every Wednesday 2-3pm
Volume 1 Issue 4
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March 2011
SW2 1EP
(near Effra Road, facing Win-
drush Square)
02073261780
erica.tate@acuklambeth.org.uk
Walking is an ideal way to take
regular exercise, it is sociable and
enjoyable. It is an ideal way to
start improving your health, get
out in the fresh air and meet new
people. It is a safe and achievable
form of exercise, which is good for
your heart, helps control your
weight, blood pressure and is
good for your bones!
Our healthily walk will be FREE,
short, gentle and friendly This walk
will not have a led but a route will
be planned out before hand.
The walking group will meet
Tuesday Morning 10am to take
local walks. Walks will be gentle,
lasting about 1 hour. Sometimes
local, others further afield. Put on
your walking boots and join us.
New starters are always welcome
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We would like to send a warm thank you to two
of the Vida Walsh volunteer who have moved on
to new pastures. Lizzy volunteered with the
centre as a cook since September 2010 and is
now
seeking full time employment. Donna helped set
up the singing sessions on Friday
mornings.

We would also like to thank

Jessop school for coming to
the centre with London
Music masters and
performing there violin
recitals
London Music Masters
believes that enabling
opportunity, diversity and
excellence in classical music
will inspire positive change Donna (right) with Mary
for individuals and
communities.

Vida Enterprise Group (VEG)

On Wednesday 9th March the first VEGie meeting took place . Some great
suggestion came out of the meeting. One was to hold a regular raffle and
another was to have life style, health and well being home parties such as Avon
or Pampered chef. On that same afternoon we had a Pamper Chef event which
raised funds for the centre. As a result of the Pampered Chef demo we realized
that we could earn even more money for our centre. A starter Pampered Chef
Consultant kit was purchased and donated to the centre,. We now need our
consultants. We also discussed having a directory of skills that for a small fee,
the public could buy services i.e. clothes alterations, cake making, party favour
making curtains or cushions making.
Every week in the Brixton area there are table top sales or local markets. Our
member like making cards, soft furnishing pickles and sauce. We could have a
market team that could sell these items.
The VEGie group are now looking for a person or people to run
a) The monthly raffle
b) Become a Pampered Chef or other product consultant.
c) Be part of the skills directory
d) Make and sell homemade products at a local market
If you would like to be part of any of the above please come to the next VEGie
meetings on 11th May 12.30pm and 8th June 2011 at The Vida Walsh Centre.

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The Out and about group is back and will be lead by Abigail.
Anyone can simply turn up on the day and the routes are planned
to ensure they are free for anyone with a Freedom Pass. All the
destinations are free too, so you don’t have to spend anything if
you don’t want to. These trips depart from Vida Walsh Centre 2b
Saltoun Road, at 10.30am every Friday
Our first event will be a trip to the South bank to see LPO Foyle
Future Firsts 6 May 2011 These are Members of the London
Philharmonic Orchestra Foyle Future Firsts orchestral
apprenticeship scheme who will present music inspired by dances
from near and far. Other days out will be as follows

20thth May 2011 ALFIES ANTIQUE MARKET, 13-25 CHURCH ST, MARYLEBONE,
LONDON NW8 8DT

27th May 2011 Geffrye Museum 136 Kingsland Road City of London E2 8EA
June date will be planned with Abigail and the group together

Make a good Eyewitness

Do you think you could make a good eyewitness? Are you interested in how the
public help the police with there enquires? The eyewitness group at Royal
Holloway, University of London is conducting research into various legal
psychology topics, such as the eyewitness performance of vulnerable people, such
as children, the elderly, and people with learning disabilities. Furthermore, the
group is interactively engaging with
the police by informing them how to
best deal with vulnerable witnesses.
On 18th May Julie Gawrylowicz
and Gary Dalton would like to come
to the centre to talk to us as a group
about what they do. Julia and Gary
would like to conduct some research
with some of the group at a future
date. For this work a small payment
will be made to participants. If you
are interested please attend the first
meeting on 18th May 2011 at 3pm
and see how you can help.

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Tue Wed Fri

10-11.30am Goldie's~ 1.30-4pm Show and 9.30am Out and
a coffee Learn Sessions About See
morning for Including page 3
gay, lesbians
and Gardening 10.30am- Sing a long!
transgender Cooking 12noon Join us for
people age 50 some hearty
and over(50p) singing
2-3pm Creative writing
10-12noon Walking Eat@Vida
Group (see 12-2pm see Page 1
page 1)
2.15-3.15pm Fit as a
12-2pm Eat@Vida see Fiddle
Learn the
Vida slide
2.30-4.30pm Art with Erica
Craft with
Carol

Age Concern Lambeth provides free confidential and independent information and advice on all
issues of concern for older people over 55 years of age. A surgery is held at the Vida Walsh
Centre twice a week

Every Information and Advice (Free) 1-4pm

Monday

Every Information and Advice (Free) 10am-1pm

Thursday
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Summer Time so let your self unwind The new centre will soon be open for 1
year and what a great year it has been. We hope you will enjoy the activities
we have planned over the next few months Lunch is £3.50 for a two course
meal. Sandwiches are available each day for £1. Tea and Coffee served at all
events for 50p unlimited refills. Events can change without any notice so
please use this newsletter as a guide only

May Tuesdays May Fridays June Tuesdays June Fridays

3 Mediterranean 6 Salmon 3 Chilli con carne
Chicken Vegetable Tortilla Vegetable stew
Three bean salad Wraps Fruit flan
Scones and Cream
Strawberry
Gateaux

10 Lamb Chops 13 Garlic Roast 7 Chicken 10 Fish and Chips

with Mint Sauce Chicken Vegetable Stroganoff Bistro Salad
Aubergine and Lasagna Vegetable Pasta Jam tart
Mozilla bake Cherry Pie Apple Cake
Chocolate Cake
17 Meat Loaf 20 Tomato & 14 Cottage Pie 17 Vegetable and
Cauliflower thyme cod Grilled Vegetable and chickpeas Stir fry
Cheese sausages Lentil pie Cheese Cumberland Sau-
Apple Crumble Coconut cake Lemon Cake sage and chips

24 Spaghetti 27 Home Made 21 Thai-style 24 Curry Chicken

Bolognaise Burgers steamed fish Vegetable Pie
Spanish omelet Jacket potatoes Meat balls Apple Crumble
Chocolate Swirl and Veg fillings Trifle
cake Strawberry
Gateaux

31Chicken 26 Spaghetti
Masala BolognaiseMush-
Macaroni Cheese room and Ale Pie
Fruit Sponge Upside down
cake
Meals are served with seasonal vegetable, salads potatoes or rice
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May and June begins the gardens' peek growing season when the days are
longer and the heat kicks in. June offers those gardeners late to the party an
ample opportunity to get things started especially if the gardener is interested
in planting for autumn colour

Vegetables growing at Vida’s

We plan to start some warm weather vegetables such as Corn,
We have planted Beans, Peppers, Tomatoes, Squash and Pumpkins
Vegetable seedlings are be thinned this month in order to provide ample room
for growth.
We plan to plant your Broccoli, Cabbage, Brussels sprouts and Cauliflower for
next winter's harvest.
We have been pinching our herbs to keep bushy and fresh with new growth

Gardening Poem
Oh what our Garden at Vida Walsh in
the gold days of May and June?
Basking in the haze of wonderful days,
It is a Brixton haven a secret that is in
tune,
With cars roaring past and traffic
wardens bays.
The passer by look on and we listen,
We hear The Saltoun murmur and we
see our garden glisten.
Every gardener task is a might,
Every Gardener helps build this paradise of elder’s powers
The Wisdom of Windrush Generation is light
Comes from this Diaspora in plants and flowers

If you would like to brush up on your May 11th Make pickles

sauce and pickle making join us May 25th Make Tomato sauce
fortnightly 2pm in the Vida Walsh Kitchen
to make some tasty goodies. The cost of June 8th Make pepper sauce
materials at these session are £2 and June 22nd Make chutney
please bring empty clean jars
Vida Walsh Activity Centre,
2b Saltoun Road, SW2 1EP
(near Effra Road, facing Windrush Square)
02073261780
erica.tate@acuklambeth.org.uk
OUR BLOG www.vidawalsh.blogspot.com