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
ST VALENTINE’S PARTY
Thursday February 18th 1.30-4.00pm
only £1.50 Refreshments included
Sotheby Mews Centre
Please click here for more information
[news updated: 5 Jan 2010]
Grow Your Own Food!
Make new friends. Have fun
Come along to a Coffee Morning to find out more: 10.30 – 11.30am, Tuesday 23 February 2010 at Sotheby Mews Centre
Please click here to see the Opportunities for people aged 50+ page or click below for more info.
Grow Your Own Food!
[news updated: 5 Feb 2010]
Opportunities for people aged 50+
Please click here to see the Opportunities for people aged 50+ page in Keeping Active section.
- Share Your Memories with Students
- Grow Your Own Food!
- Interviewees Required! Share your experience
- Older Volunteers required
[news updated: 5 Feb 2010]
Coffee morning and new classes at Sotheby Mews
Coffee Morning
Come and join us at our Coffee Morning.
Every day 9am - 10am
New Classes
Felt making: From Friday 15th 1-3:30pm; Runs for five weeks
Screen printing: From Wednesday. 13th 20th and 27th Jan. 1-3pm
[news updated: 4 Feb 2010]
New Volunteering Opportunity! That's What Friends are For
How about getting involved in a new volunteering project That's What Friends are For - which is a befriending project that matches volunteers to some of our clients who need support to get out and about, e.g. shopping, visiting a day centre, or just going for a walk.
Please click here for more info and to download as a document.
[news updated: 22 May 2009]
Get together at Sotheby Mews
Come along to our friendly get together at Sotheby Mews every Wednesday from 1.30pm. There will be various activities such as cards and darts and a sing along too if you fancy it!
Please click here for more information
[news updated: 18 May 2009]
Going the Extra Mile - new report published on improving BME access to services
Age Concern Islington has completed an action research project, funded by the Department for Communities and Local Government, exploring what steps statutory services and BME groups can take to improve BME access to services. The final report, Going the Extra Mile, includes tips and best practice as well as detailed case studies that we hope will be useful to BME groups and the statutory sector alike.
Going The Extra Mile (PDF 905KB).
New Activities at Drovers
Fancy expressing yourself through Acting?
Come and join our drama class.
Every Thursday between 10 and 12 noon.
Want some support?
Why not come along to our Carers group
First Wednesday of each month
between 2.30pm and 4.30pm
[news updated: 28 Jan 2009]
Employment and Opportunities 50+
Find out what we can do to help you get into work or training. Please click on the link for more info or
call us on 020 7281 6018.
Please click here to download the information
[news updated: 24 Jan 2009]
The Wednesday drop-in advice service
Our weekly drop-in (no appointment needed) advice session at our Manor Gardens headquarters is 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 10.00am (with no further clients admitted after 12 noon). We cannot guarantee to see all clients on the Wednesday morning, because demand for this help can be high.
Please click here for more information
[news updated: 24 Jan 2009]
New Classes at Sotheby Mews
Every Friday from January 23rd 2009
Beginners drawing
2.00 - 4.00pm
[news updated: 07 Jan 2009]
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.
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
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
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!
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