v THE HERALD - PART OF YOUR COMMUNITY v 28th March 2024 • The HERALD • Page 45 WE CARE, YOU CARE Forget-me-not Singing Club Forget-me-not Singing Club is a fun and friendly singing club for people living with dementia. e club is led by folk singer-songwriter and Natural Voice trained choir leader, Amy Hopwood and runs on Fridays from 2pm to 3.30pm at Brockenhurst Methodist Church Hall, Avenue Road, Brockenhurst, SO42 7RT. e club is aimed at people living with dementia and their friends, relatives and carers, but anyone else who just fancies a good sing is very welcome to join too. Each session is £3 per person including Amy Hopwood (Credit Tobias Raven) free tea/co ee and biscuits. If you would like to go along or have any questions, please contact Amy via email: amy@ thesongwritingproject.co.uk, call: 07590 827887 or visit: www.thesongwritingproject.co.uk Evergreen Club for Over 60’s Why not go along for enjoyable afternoons? They have a mix of meetings with speakers or entertainment, quizzes or bingo followed by tea and biscuits, sometimes cake! Find them at St John’s Hall, New Road, Hythe SO45 6BP on the first and third Thursday of each month from 1.45pm to 4pm. Join them on Thursday 4th April for a talk by Michael O’Leary titled ‘Tangled Talk’, Thursday 18th April for a Social, Thursday 2nd May for a Social and Thursday 16th May for a talk by Steve Herra titled ‘ e Chocolate Cream Killer’. FIRST VISIT FREE. Annual subscription £6. Meetings £3 for members. Run by Royal Voluntary Service volunteers. For more information telephone Peter on: 023 8089 1721 or just call in on a club day. Waterside and Totton Goodneighbours have been busy recruiting new volunteers to help us in Totton. We now have availability to help clients aged 55+ in the Totton area with small practical tasks such as shopping, local medical appointments, picking up prescriptions. Please ring our Coordinator Dorothy Haden on 023 80843676 and she will be happy to help. Waterside and Totton Goodneighbours from Age Concern New Forest Age Concern New Forest run a Computers at Home Service, with 3 volunteers providing a 1-to-1 service for clients needing help to gain more con dence or knowledge with their mobile phones, iPads, tablets, laptops and computers. e volunteers provide a 1 hour session at a subsidised cost of £5 and a maximum of 6 sessions can be booked. Please phone their Office on: 023 8084 1199 or email: o ce@ ageconcernnewforest.org.uk for more information or to request this service. Computers at Home Service Age Concern New Forest foot clinics are operating for local people aged 55+. They offer Toenail cutting for £20 or Toe & Fingernails for £25. The registered Podiatrists and Chiropodists are also able to give foot care advice and information on other treatments available. If you wish to book a foot care appointment, cancel or amend one, please contact the o ce on: 023 8084 1199. A message can be le on the answer machine and they will return your call. Waterside Good Neighbours volunteers can help with transport if required. Clinics are as follows: Totton and Eling Community Centre: Every Wednesday and Friday at Civic Centre Buildings, Library Road, Totton, SO40 3AP. Age Concern New Forest office in Hythe: 1st and 3rd Fridays, 1st Thursday and 3rd Monday at 19-20 Marsh Parade, Hythe, SO45 6AN (opposite Hythe Club). Blackfield Baptist Church: 2nd and 4th Tuesday at Hampton Lane, Black eld, SO45 1XA. Lyndhurst Community Centre: 1st Monday of the month at Main Car Park, Lyndhurst SO43 7NY. Put Your Best Foot Forward
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