Page 50 • The HERALD • 11th May 2023 v FOR GOOD ADVICE, ASK YOUR LOCAL SPECIALISTS v WE CARE, YOU CARE Tel : 023 8114 1988 marcus@hart2hartmobility.co.uk • Find us on facebook Open Mon-Fri 9am-4pm, Sat 10am-2pm 16 Rumbridge Gardens,Totton, Southampton SO40 9PL Let us help you make life easier Contact Waterside Home Help today to find out how we can help you and your family. We offer a range of home help & companionship services: ● Cleaning ● Laundry and bed changes ● Carpet Cleaning* ● Shopping and errands ● Transport to appointments ● Companionship ● We will match you with a fully trained, insured and DBS checked helper to suit your individual needs. ● The same helper will visit you at the same time each day, week, fortnight or whenever required. ● We do not provide personal care, therefore our rates are considerably lower (*please ask for prices) Call us today on 07565 428139 Or email us on: info@watersidehomehelp.co.uk Visit our website: www.watersidehomehelp.co.uk MAY IS GOING TO BE A ‘MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL’ MONTH FOR PEOPLE LIVING WITH DEMENTIA from Greenbuttercup Dementia Services Greenbuttercup Dementia Services have lined up activities in May t for a new King! e annual Alzheimer Society’s ‘Dementia Action Week’ and to start the week we are delighted to be hosting a FREE production of ‘Roots and Branches’ from the ‘ eatre of Life’ (www.theatreforlife.co.uk). ere will be reminiscence theatre and singing followed by a short workshop to discuss the production. Light refreshments will be available a er the workshop for a donation. e production will take place on Monday to sing songs from their upcoming show about Buddy Holly at the May ower. is will take place on Friday 26th May in place of the usual ‘singing group’. A er this performance, the singing group will take a break for the summer, and re-start in September. Greenbuttercup’s regular activity groups are held from 10.30am to 12.30pm in the Green Room, Plaza eatre, Romsey, SO51 8JA. A £3 charge per person covers all activities and tea/co ee — rst ‘Arts & Cra s’ session is free. For further information or to book a place at any of these events, please contact Pamela on: 01794 501605 or email: greenbuttercupdementiaservices@gmail. com 15th May at Abbotswood Community Centre, Romsey SO510BX. It starts at 11am, butpleasearriveby10.45am. e ‘ eatre of Life’, supported by National Lottery Community Funding, have helped Greenbuttercup Dementia Services put on this production free of charge. However, we do require you to pre-book via email: greenbuttercupdementiaservices@gmail.com or call: 01794 501605 as we need to know numbers. is event is open to anyone with a Dementia or memory problems plus their relatives/carers. Transport may be available from Romsey to and from Abbotswood, so please ask about this if it’s needed. To nish o the month, Greenbuttercup Dementia Services will be welcoming some of the cast of ‘Buddy’ Hythe Huddle Hythe Huddle, the drop in support group for people living with dementia and their carers, organised by Families Matter, meet on the first Wednesday of each month from 2pm to 4pm at Cornerstone URC, Hythe SO45 6BR. Activities are planned throughout the year. eir next meeting is on Wednesday 7th June for a Games A ernoon. Do drop in for a chat and a cuppa, a warm welcome awaits you. For more information call: 023 8020 7623 or email: o ce.fm.hurc@gmail.com Waterside & Totton Good Neighbours and Befriending Service e Waterside & Totton Good Neighbours and Befriending comes under the umbrella of Age Concern New Forest. e service o ers local people neighbourly help with a wide range of basic tasks that can make a huge di erence to an older person who is otherwise vulnerable or socially isolated. With their small team of volunteers they support and help to enable and maintain independence. If you are living in the Waterside & Totton area and you need help with small tasks such as: shopping, basic gardening, help to read or write letters, small practical tasks, collecting prescriptions, medical appointments, please contact Co-ordinator Dorothy Haden on: 023 8084 3676 or email: wgn@ageconcernnewforest.org.uk for more information. e Befriending Service can also partner you with a volunteer who will visit you for a cup of tea and a chat, o ering friendship and company. Monthly Coffee Morning Romsey House Romsey House, Mill Lane, Romsey (SO51 8EW) open their doors on the first Monday of the month, 10.30am to midday, to welcome friends and neighbours for a co ee morning. Join them for a co ee, tea, cake and a chat with their lively residents.
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