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Events

Throughout the year we put on community events and fundraisers to help us raise awareness of issues affecting older people in the borough - or to raise money to run the vital activities and services that we offer to older people in Barnet. 

Click here for Age UK Barnet's eventbrite page - an easy way to register for events!

 

UPCOMING EVENTS

 

NEW COFFEE MORNINGS: Join us for a cuppa and a friendly chat at one of our new coffee mornings
which are held between 10.30am and 12 noon around the borough:
• North Road Community Centre, 230 Burnt Oak Broadway, Edgware HA8 0AP (Tues 18 Feb, Tues 18 March, Tues 15 April, Tues 13 May)
• All Saints Church, Church Walk, Childs Hill, NW2 2JS (Thurs 13 Feb, Thurs 13 March, Thurs 17 April, Thurs 15 May
• Lane End Medical Centre, 2 Penshurst Gardens, Edgware HA8 9GJ (Wed 19 Feb, Wed 19 March, Wed 16 April, Wed 14 May)
• Kingsley Court, Tayside Drive, Edgware HA8 8RE (Wed 26 Feb, Wed 26 March, Wed 30 April, Wed 28 May)
• Mill Hill Library, Hartley Avenue, London NW7 2HX (Thurs 6 March, Thurs 3 April, Thurs 1 May, Thurs 29 May)

  • Ann Owens Centre, Oak Lane, East Finchley N2 9LT (Sat 1 March, Sat 5 April, Sat 3 May,, Sat 31 May)
    For further info call Louise on 07379 331807 or email: activities@ageukbarnet.org.uk


NEW CREATIVE WRITING COURSE – Tuesdays beginning 11 February from 3.30 – 5.00pm at The Ann Owens Centre, Oak Lane, East Finchley N2 8LT. Have a story to tell? Always wanted to try your hand at writing? Our new course is the perfect place to spark your imagination! Whether you fancy writing short stories, poetry, a journal or a memoirs, this course will help you find your voice.
For details on how to join – email: activities@ageukbarnet.org.uk or call 07384 466 840.

 

Camilo's World Music: singalong and lunch at Candlewood House - Weds 26 February 2025 (11.30am-12.30pm).  Sing along to hits from the 50s, 60s, and 70s plus Latin American folksongs. Whether you love Elvis, Mozart, Bob Dylan, or Richard Strauss, there's something for everyone. Takes place every other Wednesday at Candlewood House, Bentley Drive, NW2 2TD.
Booking essential!  Phone Helen Nicolaou on 07384 466840 or email activities@ageukbarnet.org.uk

 

LIVING WELL IN BARNET - 18 March 2025 (10.30am-12.30pm)
So join us at the RAF Museum in Hendon for a morning of talks and activities focusing on memory and dementia prevention - including Professor Catherine Loveday who will be sharing her science
backed memory strategies. Everyone who comes to our event will be entered into a FREE raffle for a chance to win an airfryer. There will be free refreshments too!
To register, email fiona.cronin@ageukbarnet.org.uk or call 020 8629 0269. The RAF Museum is
on Grahame Park Way NW9 5LL and there's free parking for all attendees.

 

MINDFULNESS TASTER SESSION – Friday 21 March 2025 (2-2.45pm) at the Ann Owens Centre,
Oak Lane N2 9LT. Pick up short brain exercises and meditation techniques to allow you to
be more present to your daily life. For further info call Louise on 07379 331807 or
email: activities@ageukbarnet.org.uk

 

TALK: love and relationships by Professor Catherine Loveday. Catherine talks about the connection between memory and love and how we can use this to improve our relationships. Takes place on Wednesday 26 March 2025 (6.45-8pm) at the Ann Owens
Centre, Oak Lane, East Finchley N2 8LT. To register, call Teresa on 07502 989 403 or email teresa.gallagher@ageukbarnet.org.uk


TALK: the power of swearing by Professor Catherine Loveday. Catherine shares why we swear and how the use of taboo words can deeply affect the way we think, act and relate to each other plus why swearing can make us feel better. Takes place on Wednesday 23
April 2025 (6.45-8pm) at the Ann Owens Centre, Oak Lane, East Finchley N2 8LT. To register, call Teresa on 07502 989 403 or email teresa.gallagher@ageukbarnet.org.uk

 

 

 

Mindfulness workshop - dealing with negative thoughts and emotions

We run regular mindfulness workshops throughout the year. For more information and to register an interest, please contact Fiona on fiona.cronin@ageukbarnet.org.uk or phone her on 07799 519314

 

 

PAST EVENTS

Talented young musician Joe Loveday performs some of your favourite Beatles tunes.

Wellbeing Q&A to mark Mental Health Awareness Week. Our trustee neuroscientist Catherine Loveday, Professor at University of Westminster, answers your questions on lockdown anxiety, sleep and why routine is so important in people with dementia. 

A Musical Afternoon regular, Italian Tenor Yuri Sabatini's gives us a live performance, singing operatic arias, traditional songs and other popular tunes..