2018 CALENDAR ANNUAL REPORT 2016/17 Bramley Elderly Action FREE

to BEA membersRecommended donation

for non-members

£5.00

Photos – I'm Carnival Happy: Lizzie Coombes/Leeds Inspired.

Tue 2Mon 1 New Year’s Day (BEA office closed)

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Regular exercise and eating healthily are great ways to help enjoy an active life as we age. They can also help prevent falls and some

long-term health conditions.

Age is… “drooping, dropping

and dripping!”

January 2018

Keep fit and healthy

Stroke Club members take part in a relaxing yoga session.

BEA moves into Bramley Community Centre

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January 2018

Get involved:Gentle exercise, Lunch clubs (in Bramley and Swinnow), Restaurant night, Community Cuisine, Tai chi, Exercise classes, Tea dances, Zumba Gold.

“cool!”Age is…

The popular tai chi class at Bramley Community Centre is a great way to keep your balance.

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Age is…“Not just a number! Experience, wisdom and more time.”

February 2018

Bring music, arts & creativityinto your life

Members of the Ukulele group helping to power the Bramley Christmas lights switch on.

Creativity can improve your outlook on life and help reduce anxiety.

Use long-held skills and learn new ones. Anyone can do it!

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“Freedom!”Age is…

February 2018

Get involved:Ukulele group, Singalong movies, Bramley Bloomers,

Craft group, Men’s day, Showtime outings, Tea dances, Singing group, Singing for the brain.

Craft group members making a mosaic for the Owlcotes underpass (with Seagulls).

March 2018Fri 2Thu 1

Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 8 International Women’s Day

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Seek

wellbeingkeep your brain working

Doing things that keep you thinking and keep your brain ticking over can help your overall wellbeing and happiness, as well as potentially slow down memory loss. And it’s fun!

Age is… “being happier. Being wiser.”

Bingo at Wellington Gardens gets you on top of your game.

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Sun 18Mon 19Tue 20Wed 21Thu 22Fri 23Sat 24Sun 25Mon 26Tue 27Wed 28Thu 29Fri 30 Good Friday (BEA office closed)

Sat 31

March 2018“a state of mind!”

Age is…Call us

0113 236 1644

Get involved:Games afternoon, ukulele group, Singing for the brain, bingo, befriending, volunteering.

Members of the Ukulele group at Bramley Lawn use special chord changers to aid their playing.

Mon 2 Easter Monday (BEA office closed)

Sun 1

Tue 3Wed 4Thu 5Fri 6Sat 7Sun 8Mon 9Tue 10Wed 11Thu 12Fri 13Sat 14Sun 15

Get support forlong-term

health conditionsIf you have a long-term condition it can severely restrict what you do. We will support you to remain as

active as possible.

Age is…“you’re as old as you feel.”

April 2018 Members of Stroke Club supporting each other over a traditional tea at South Leeds Golf Club.

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“staying young and keeping active!”Age is…

April 2018

Remember Thursdays...remember tea! We offer support and a change of scene for people with dementia and their carers.

Get involved:Stroke club, Arthritis peer support group (with Arthritis Care), Remember Thursdays, Hearing loss clinic, One-to-one support (Supporting wellbeing project), Befriending, Extra care trips.

Wed 2Tue 1

Thu 3Fri 4Sat 5Sun 6Mon 7 Early May bank holiday (BEA office closed)

Tue 8Wed 9Thu 10Fri 11Sat 12Sun 13Mon 14Tue 15 Dementia Awareness Week (15-21)

Stay informed & independent

Age is… “a wealth of experience.”

Staying informed about your rights, and what’s available, and doing things for yourself, are important ways of remaining independent.

May 2018

Nothing will stop us! BEA members on the boat for Flotsam and Jetsam.

Get involved:Shopping trips, Independent trips, BEAm newsletter.

Thu 17Wed 16

Fri 18Sat 19Sun 20Mon 21Tue 22Wed 23Thu 24Fri 25Sat 26Sun 27Mon 28 Spring bank holiday (BEA office closed)

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Call us 0113 236 1644May 2018

Age is…“…whatever age we must

not sit there and hope help

will come to us."

Photo – I'm C

arnival Happy: Lizzie Coom

bes/Leeds Inspired

Sat 2Fri 1 Volunteers’ Week (1-7)

Sun 3Mon 4Tue 5Wed 6Thu 7Fri 8Sat 9Sun 10Mon 11 Carers Week (11-17)

Tue 12Wed 13Thu 14Fri 15

We’re passionate about helping people get together and enjoy

themselves. Get involved!

Age is…“…when you notice everyone is growing old – except you – no reason to be lonely or held back – join BEA.”

June 2018 Community Cuisine kicks off at Swinnow Community Centre.

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Age is…“nothing to worry about. We are all getting older together!”

Get involved:Friendship & social group, Community Cuisine, Lunch clubs (in Bramley and Swinnow), Pub lunch, Restaurant night, Men’s day, Independent trips, Extra care trips, Showtime outings, Drop-in, Tea dances, Befriending.

When the scarecrows came to Bramley Lawn.

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Tue 3Wed 4Thu 5Fri 6Sat 7Sun 8Mon 9Tue 10Wed 11Thu 12Fri 13Sat 14 Kirkstall Festival

Sun 15

July 2018

Get out and about

Getting out of your house and spending time in a different environment can be important for everyone, but is often

difficult as you get older. Trips and activities are a fantastic way to make sure you get out and enjoy yourself.

A great day out on the North York Moors Railway and at Whitby.

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“My grandma.”Age is…

July 2018

Get involved:Shopping trips, Independent trips, Extra care trips, Showtime performances, Light Night, bonfire night fireworks, singers concert, carols at Bramley Lawn, Christmas meal.

Age is…“Sometimes finding things confusing and trying to make and meet new friends."

Enjoying the great food and company at the Manor Christmas meal.

Mon 15

Thu 2Wed 1 Yorkshire Day

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August 2018 Chair’s reportYet another productive and successful year for BEA has passed, amazingly quickly! The number of volunteers has increased. They all do sterling work, as do the BEA and OWLS staff. On behalf of the Trustees, I would like to express our sincere thanks to all concerned for making BEA the strong, supportive organisation it is. Long may this be so.We are grateful too for the continued support of Leeds City Council, while it faces its own unprecedented challenges; BEA could not function without substantial financial backing. Great efforts by staff members have produced an increase in fundraising this year. Trustees are pleased to single out Tudor Trust and Morrisons Foundation for substantial donations. However, sufficient money is always an issue and work to seek out funders and other initiatives to yield much needed income goes on.This time last year, I advised of ongoing discussions with the council over the future of Bramley Community Centre. I am pleased to report that those discussions have yielded fruit, and BEA expects to take on the management of the centre early in 2018!Finally, it is with regret that we have to say goodbye to two Board members. Norah Gibson has served her term, half of it as a very successful chair, and constitutionally must now step down from the Board. Sharon Wyeth, has had to hand in her resignation due to her business commitments. Our deep thanks to Norah and Sharon for their valuable contributions to the work of the Board.Stuart Quin

General Manager Lee Ingham and Chair Stuart Quin at the volunteer thank you party.

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Fri 17Sat 18Sun 19 Bramley Festival

Mon 20Tue 21Wed 22Thu 23Fri 24Sat 25Sun 26Mon 27 Summer bank holiday (BEA office closed)

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August 2018

General Manager’s reportDid you know that Leeds aims to be the best city in which to grow old? And that the city sees ‘community based assets’ like BEA and OWLS as playing an important role in achieving that aim?

BEA’s involvement with Mrs W is a good example of how we can help Leeds become the best city in which to grow old. Mrs W joined BEA after her husband died. She is nervous about going out but uses our door-to-door shopping service and has a weekly visit from a befriender. Mrs W has problems communicating but when you mention her volunteer befriender, her face lights up. She misses baking for her husband but has started baking buns for the befriender and BEA’s driver.

Behind the scenes we have been working on a strategic plan to increase our contribution, whilst being careful not to overstretch ourselves. Our appointment of a qualified Community Social Worker (part of the Supporting Wellbeing project), is a great example. This two year post is supporting elders to make positive changes to their lives.

BEA has always contributed to the wider community and in doing so promotes the value of older people. For instance, through our intergenerational work, support for community events, Bramley Community Shop and the increasing community use of Bramley Lawn social centre. In 2018 we will become custodians of Bramley Community Centre. We plan to make the centre a place that Bramley is proud of and another example of the value of local older people.

Lee Ingham

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VolunteersBEA could not operate without our volunteers, who are actively involved in every part of the organisation including graphic design, washing up, strategic direction, helping people on and off minibuses, serving customers in the shop, leading activities, taking photographs, IT work and so much more! After looking carefully at volunteer training needs we now run sessions in 1st aid, dementia awareness, and wheelchair handling every 3 months. We are always looking for new volunteers. At the moment we are especially looking for day time befrienders, shop volunteers, drivers and bus buddies.

Age is…“looking for new ways to fill up my time with activities I enjoy.”

September 2018

At York Races, on the annual volunteer outing.

167 volunteers were

involved with BEA in

2016-17

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“how old you are…I am 6!”Age is…

September 2018

Volunteers getting to grips with 1st Aid training.

Volunteers contributed

11,725hours

Worth a notional

£159,343Based on national median earnings of

£13.59 per hour

We ran

21training courses for

an average of

10people per session

92

volunteers received

training including

first aid and dementia

awareness

Tue 2Mon 1

Wed 3Thu 4Fri 5Sat 6Sun 7Mon 8Tue 9Wed 10 World Mental Health Day

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Sponsors, partners and supportersWe are proud to work with a huge range of

organsations and supporters.

October 2018Corporate Sponsors

First Bus Leeds

Torque Logistics

Partners and supportersBEA Action for Hearing LossAlzheimer’s SocietyAshlea Court (West North West Homes Leeds)Bramley BathsBramley Community CentreBramley Credit UnionBramley Ironmongers & DIYBritish Red CrossDaisyfield Grange (Places for People)EncoreFairfield Community Centre Leeds Alternative Transport Leeds Beckett University (Accommodation and Residences Department, IT Department)

Leeds City CouncilLeeds Neighbourhood Network SchemesLeeds Older People’s ForumLocality Moorside TARA (Tenants and Residents Association)Morrisons SupermarketNational Pensioners Convention Raynville Primary SchoolRossefield Manor Extra Care Scheme (Hanover)Rotary Club of Calverley Royal Bank of ScotlandSafer Project (West Yorkshire Trading Standards)St Mary’s Hospital Memory Services (Dementia Champion)St Michael’s Court Sheltered Housing Complex (Hanover)

Age is…“a collection of memories."No partnership is to be

sniffed at! Sensory day for West Leeds Stroke Club.

St Peter’s Court Sheltered Housing Complex (Alpha)Swinnow Community Centre The Stroke Association Voluntary Action LeedsWest Leeds Dementia AllianceWellington Gardens Sheltered Housing Complex (West North West Homes Leeds) Whitegates Bramley Estate and Letting Agents Yorkshire BankYorkshire Cricket FoundationZurich Insurance

Bramley Lawn Abbey House MuseumAlzheimer’s Society Arthritis Care Barca-Leeds (Children & Young People’s Service / PEP)Bramley BathsBramley GrowsBramley History Society Bramley LibraryBramley Sewcial Carers Leeds Leeds Food Cycle Leeds Industrial Museum Leeds Money BuddiesNewlay & Whitecote Residents Association (NAWRA)Rossefield Manor Extra Care Scheme (Hanover)

Sassy Divas LeedsSt Mary’s Hospital (Memory Services)West Leeds Dispatch Your Ukulele Tutor (Jessica Bowie)

OWLS Action for Hearing LossAdult Social Care (Leeds City Council) All Hallows’ Community Café ASDACarers Leeds (with Leeds Lions for Open Door Dementia Café) Co-operative FuneralcareDementia Action AllianceFairfield Community CentreHeadingley Music FestivalHeadingley Parish HallHEART (Headingley Enterprise & Arts Centre)Hyde Park Picture HouseIrish Arts Foundation Leeds Alternative Transport Leeds Dementia Alliance Leeds Neighbourhood Network SchemesLeeds Older People’s ForumSTEP (Supporting the Elder People)The Real Junkfood Café (All Hallows’)Yorkshire Cricket Foundation

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Call us 0113 236 1644October 2018

Age is…“being a grandma and finding that is my vocation in life.”

Fri 2Thu 1

Sat 3Sun 4Mon 5Tue 6Wed 7Thu 8Fri 9Sat 10Sun 11Mon 12Tue 13Wed 14 World Diabetes Day

Thu 15

Groups and activitiesWe run about 30 regular activities at BEA, and support

people to take part in lunch clubs, with another 7 regular activities through OWLS. Befriending, independent trips

and extra care trips are available at both organisations. For details of all activities phone 0113 236 1644 or see

www.bramleyea.org.uk

November 2018

BEA exercise class. We run groups and activities seven days a week.

“vitality!”Age is…

1,101 members

116 older people joined for the first time. OWLS had an average of

344 members during 2016-17

Sat 17Fri 16

Sun 18Mon 19 International Men’s Day

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Call us 0113 236 1644November 2018

15 volunteer drivers and 25 bus buddies, with staff drivers Brian and Rebecca, provide affordable, door-to-door transport to help members take part in the activities of their choice.

Age is…“measured in units of time from a defined starting point.”

The minibuses

between them travelled

14,517 miles

in 2016-17

BEA members spent an estimated

9,669hours taking part in

groups and activities

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funders & finance

December 2018

The BEA Singers entertained hundreds of Morrisons customers while raising valuable funds for BEA.

Contracts

Grants

Donations

Activities

Other

68%

5%

3%

21%

3%

Total income £409, 682

Income 2016-17

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Tue 18Wed 19Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25 Christmas Day (BEA office closed)

Wed 26 Boxing Day (BEA office closed)

Thu 27Fri 28Sat 29Sun 30Mon 31

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“the right to be yourself, for yourself.”

Age is…

December 2018 Age is…“something which creeps up

on you – I’m hating it!”

Salaries

Services

Office

Governance

70%12%

15%3%

Total expenditure £387,901

Expenditure 2016-17

Bramley Community Centrea new era for Bramley

We are delighted to say that we expect to move to Bramley Community Centre early in 2018!

Leeds City Council’s Executive Board agreed in February that BEA could take on the management of Bramley Community Centre in an ‘asset transfer’ from the Council. This has been a long journey, but we are nearly there!

Becoming custodians of Bramley Community Centre offers a tremendous opportunity, both for Bramley Elderly Action as an organisation and for the whole community.

We hope that existing users of the Centre will remain, and we are actively looking for new users. We will also be moving our own office there. We will leave our Stanningley Road office (our home since 2008) while retaining and continuing to develop our innovative social centre Bramley Lawn. We will then have bases in which we can run activities, as well as hosting a range of community events, in different locations. We sincerely believe that this move will make our services and our staff more accessible to more of our members and potential members.

We want and intend to make Bramley Community Centre a vibrant, inclusive, well-used venue that the people of Bramley feel proud of.

Please let us know if you would like to contribute to this exciting new era for Bramley. You can still phone us on 0113 236 1644.

A packed AGM at Bramley

Community Centre,

October 2016.

Staff at the BEA office watching a live stream of the

Council Executive.

Trustee Sharon helps with the consultation day at the community centre.

Staff and TrusteesStaff and trustee away day (LS14 Trust, June 2017). Standing, left to right: Jenny Oates (Outreach Worker, OWLS), David Hastings (Trustee), Stuart Quin (Chair of Trustees), Catherine Scott (Support Worker, Bramley Lawn), Caroline Gruen (Trustee), Simon Price (Outreach Worker, Bramley / Support Worker, Bramley Lawn), Janet Pritchard (Office Manager, Bramley), Catherine Skyvington (Activities Co-ordinator, OWLS), Rebecca Durrant (Project & Transport Worker, Bramley), Lynsey Walker (Community Social Worker, Bramley), Shauna Ledger (Reception & Admin Worker, Bramley), Maureen Rushworth (Volunteer Co-ordinator, Bramley), Vicki Thompson (Administrator, OWLS), Debbie Fawthrop (Activities Co-ordinator, Bramley). Kneeling, left to right: Fran Graham (Operations Manager), Rob Cook (Communications Co-ordinator), Lee Ingham (General Manager), Zoe Ricketts (Business Support Manager). Not pictured: Roy Blanshard (Driver).OWLS Transport Worker Brian Smith is retiring at the end of 2017. We thank Brian for his commitment since OWLS began in 2011.

Trustees (below) left to right: Dom Charkin, Caroline Gruen, David Hastings and Stuart Quin (Chair). Norah Gibson and Sharon Wyeth did not stand for re-election in October 2017. We are extremely grateful to them, and to all Board members, for all their work for BEA.

…to everyone who volunteered for BEA from April 2016-March 2017Giulia Artuso, Sonia Badger, Iris Barker, Shirley Barker, Ann Barron, Margaret Baxendale, Jacqueline Beaumont, Margaret Bell, Debbie Benjamin, Felicity Bester, Anne Bibbings, Erika Blackwell, Isobel Blinkhorn, Audrey Botwood, Jessica Bowie, Patricia Bradley, Ann Bradshaw, Beverley Bradshaw, Philip Bray, Edna Buckle, Elaine Burke, Janet Burns, Trevor Burns, Peter Caine, Shirley Carson, Angela Carter, Terry Carter, Dominic Charkin, Eileen Child, Barbara Clark, Carl Cooper, Carlos Costa, Patricia Craig, Dorothy Craven, Linda Craven, Alan Creevy, Margaret Crew, Ruth Cross, Iria Cunha, Colin Darby, Barbara Dargan, Megan Dargan, Paul Davey, Wendy Davies, Ian Davison, Sue Dean, Ted Denison, Christine Dent, Rebecca Dibb, Barbara Dixon, Malcolm Dixon, Derek Drury, Emma Duckworth, Patricia Duckworth, John Duffy, Christine Dyson, Ray Dyson, Connie Earl, Jonathan Edmondson, Jennifer Evers, Stanley Farrar, Barbara Feather, Danielle Fenton, Paul Fletcher, Helen Garrand, Norah Gibson, Margaret Gilpin, Erin Ginley, Nina Goldthorpe, Mindy Goose, Sandra Gorman, Alfred Grayson, Maureen Greaves, Stuart Green, Peter Griffin, Caroline Gruen, Joan Haigh, Ted Hanley, Joan Hewitt, Ashley Hodgson, Steve Hodgson, Pat Ioannou, Christine Kearsley, Tricia Kyte, Sydney Lawton, James Lester, Sandra Leyland, Kenneth Linley, Kath Lister, Joan Lockett, Paula Lockwood, Florence Marsden, Rebecca Matthews, Joan McCann, Ann Marie McGuigan, Karen McHale, Sally McHale, Heather McOwat, Ian McPhail, Kirsten Miller, Cate Mills, Susan Milner, Mavis Mosley, Brenda Mulholland, Hazel Mulroy, Anne Murgatroyd, Brian Myland, Patricia Nash, Hannah Newton, Bryan North, John O'Gara, Lucy Old, Kathleen Osborn, Laura Osta, Keith Padbury, Marian Padbury, Elaine Powell, Stuart Quin, Christine Radcliffe, Jean Ratcliffe, Sophie Rawlings, Julie Rawlinson, Ray Rebane, Krystyna Richards, David Richardson, Christine Riley, Winifred Roddy,

Karen Rogers, Edna Rose, Bridget Rowan, Jake Ryan, Julie Simpson, Patrick Simpson, Mavis Smith, Richard Smith, Sharon Snowden, Jean Stacey, Tim Staves, Betty Steele, Sarah Sweeney, Margaret Tiernan, Jean Tomlinson, Heather Townsend, Jack Trevor, Paul Vause, Audrey Waddington, Wendy Walton, Karen Wanless, Christine Warr, Kathleen Warr, Doreen Webster, Karen Webster, Leslie Webster, Kathleen Westwood, John Whitley, Mavis Wilkinson, Louis Wisher, Jaromir Wojtczak, Richard Wood, Geraldine Woodwards, Sharon Wyeth, Angela Yeoman, Barbara Young, Caron Young, Dorothy Young, Margaret Young, Sandra Younger.

We are very sad to say that the following volunteers have died since April 2016. We value and remember the contribution of all our volunteers.Ted Hanley, Pat Ioannou, Florence Marsden, Christine Radcliffe, Edna Rose and Christine Warr.

Photos and quotes in this calendar are all originals from or by BEA members, volunteers, staff , local residents and Lizzie Coombes.Design dg3.

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