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Tag - older people

Enfield mayor Suna Hurman opens the new training centre with IT teacher John Burdon and centre manager Maria Ortiz Vega
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All hands on tech

26 September 2023
Pounds and pence stacked up on a table
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Pensioners urged to claim free cash entitlements

21 August 2023
Heart Throbs runs a number of exercise classes around the borough
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Making Heart Throbs grow fonder

15 May 2023
Old people at Tower Bridge (credit Kenza Benaouda via Unsplash)
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Poverty warning for older Londoners

10 May 2023
Margaret with a stand of her jam and marmalade at St Thomas's Church in Oakwood
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100-year-old marmalade maker raises £3,500 for Enfield cancer charity

26 April 2023
A sign at New River Car Park in Enfield Town, which has had its parking meter removed
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Council refuses to back down over cashless parking

13 April 2023
Annie Smol became a trustee with Age UK Enfield after asking people living with dementia to help contribute their stories for a new theatre show
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Jump on our board of trustees

12 April 2023
Rose Taylor Day Centre in Brimsdown
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Council confirms closure of Brimsdown day care centre

9 March 2023
The minibus owned by Elsyng Care Home and (inset) the damage to the front of the vehicle after it was vandalised
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Enfield care home’s minibus vandalised

6 December 2022
A knitting group at North London Hospice (led by Artemis, pictured left) have helped tell the life story of Norma (pictured right) in the form of a knitted artwork
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Learn about the people who shaped Enfield

10 October 2022
Enfield Men's Shed members in their shipping container
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A few good men

7 October 2022
Pictured, from left, are Verginya Miteva, Dr Cristina Lopez-Peig and Dr Katherine Bluston
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It’s good to ‘twalk’

30 May 2022
Mark Huggard has been running fitness classes for Age UK Enfield for nearly two decades
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Keeping older people active

28 May 2022
Heart Throbs meeting at St Stephen’s Church Hall in Bush Hill Park
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In good heart

27 March 2022
Ania from Home Instead Enfield (left) with memory club visitor Cherry (right)
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Well remembered

17 December 2021
A computer-generated image of how the care home at Reardon Court will look
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Revised council care scheme agreed after residents’ complaints

16 December 2021
Residents take part in the workout for the over 50s at Southbury Leisure Centre
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Getting moving for Monty

19 November 2021
Laurence Mitchell pictured during his training for his epic tree-climbing challenge
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Tree-climbing antiques dealer in marathon ascent

12 November 2021
Peter Murray celebrates the completion of his 1,000-mile walk at North London Hospice with medical director Sam Edwards - and the start of a new 5,000-mile mission
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Pensioner walks 1,000 miles for hospice

11 October 2021
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Sheltered housing shake-up slammed by residents

14 September 2021
Bill Plume with his veterans badge, after being supported by Age UK Enfield
Features

Spotlight on veterans

27 June 2021
Generation Exchange helps bring together younger and older generations
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Exchange of views

10 June 2021
Enfield U3A members on a walk along the Thames Path in 2019
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More time to learn

1 June 2021
Older person living in a care home (credit My Home Life)
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Generating closer community ties

18 May 2021
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