Age Concern Islington
Welcome to our website. We aim to: "…improve older people’s quality of life and make older age a positive experience."
We hope you can find the information you are looking for. Please call us on 020 7281 6018 or email us via Contact Us for more details. And please let us have your suggestions or ideas – you can use the Feedback button above.
Latest News
Our Current Job Vacancies
Please click on the job title to download the job detail and application form.
[news updated: 30 Sept 2008]
Want to improve your flexibility? Try Seated Yoga
Every Thursday
10.30-11.30am at Drovers Centre
Every Wednesday
1.30-3.00pm at Sotheby Mews
[news updated: 24 Sept 2008]
BME Falls Awareness Event
Wednesday 15th October 2008, 10.00 - 4.00pm
Please click here for more info
[news updated: 24 Sept 2008]
Performance Dancing at Sotheby Mews
Enjoy dancing?
Come and try Performance Dancing at Sotheby Mews.
Every Tuesday, starts at 1:30pm
Please click here for more info
Caring for someone? Need friendly support?
Come and join our Carers' Group at
Sotheby Mews Centre which meets on
the third Tuesday of each month - 1.30pm - 3.00pm.
New information and support appointments
in the south of the borough
As well as our service in the north of the borough (at our Manor Gardens N7 headquarters – call 020 7281 6018 to book), we now offer our information and support appointments for Islington residents aged 55+ at St Luke’s Centre in EC1, with our English, Bengali, Urdu and Hindi-speaking Advice Worker. Call St Luke’s Centre to book (020 7549 8181).
Please click here for more info
The Elders Music Project
Interested in music? Then why not check out the
‘The Elders Music Project’ and join in.
Please click on the link for more info http://www.theeldersmusicproject.com/
New Tax Help appointment service
Appointments with advisors from TaxHelp for Older People can now be offered at our Manor Gardens N7 headquarters. If you are aged 60+, have a low income, and want some advice or assistance with a tax issue (other than Council Tax), then ring TaxHelp for Older People on 0845 601 3321. If your issue cannot be dealt with over the phone, TaxHelp will arrange a face-to-face appointment for you here at Manor Gardens.
Please click here for more information
Change to the Wednesday drop-in advice service
Our weekly drop-in (no appointment needed) advice session at our Manor Gardens headquarters is now being held on Wednesday mornings (formerly Wednesday afternoons). The waiting room opens to clients from 9.30am Wednesday morning, and the advice session will start at 10am (with no further clients admitted after 12 noon).
Please click here for more information
Fancy a Game of Dominoes or Darts?
Every Tuesday and Friday
1.30pm to 4pm at Sotheby Mews
Like Old Films?
Enjoy a film quiz and have a good laugh at Drovers Centre
Every Friday at 1.30pm
Health Service Charges: - Free or Not?
Age Concern Islington have produced an easy to read factsheet setting out what health services you get free and what you may be charged for, including prescriptions, opticians, dentists and more. Please download your guide or contact us if you would like a paper copy. The factsheet is available here in English and in Somali.
Drama Class started at Sotheby Mews!
Every Wednesday from 11.00am to 12.30pm.
Stand up against falls booklet
Falls are not an inevitable part of getting older. This booklet aims to give advice on how to reduce your risk of falling. Click on the following link and find out more.
Please click here to download the Stand up against falls booklet
“I never beg me bread yet” – A Review of Access to Benefits in Islington
A new report from the Open Access project analysing and making recommendations around how benefits could be made more accessible to people from BME communities is now available.
Please click here to download the review
The 393 bus now runs right past Drovers Centre
The 393 bus now runs right past Drovers Centre. It runs from Highbury New Park via Highbury Corner along the Holloway Road and then along the Caledonian Road and up North Road.
It runs every 10 minutes and stops just over the road - no more hills to climb!
New classes at Sotheby Mews Day Centre
- Arts and Crafts (Adult Education), Tue 1.30-3.00PM
- Painting (Adult Education), Thu 10.30AM-12.30PM
- Men Only Keep Fit, Fri 1.30-2.30PM
Please click here for more detail about the timetable