The York Older People's Assembly

in association with The Press, Joseph Rowntree Trust & Help the Aged

presents

YORK 50+ FESTIVAL 2007

A FESTIVAL FOR THE YOUNG AT HEART

           

7,300 people enjoyed our second 50+ Festival in 2006

9 days

offering 70 events

organised by 130 enthusiastic individuals and groups.

It was a wonderful continuation of what is becoming an exciting annual event - if people want it, it will happen! This year we are delighted to welcome the first primary school and parish church as part of the Festival and look forward to other schools and churches following their successful lead. If the 50+ Festival is there for the whole community to enjoy - why not become part of the sharing? It only happens once a year but lasting bridges can be built if the will is there. Browse through the opportunities listed below, and, if you think something is missing, why not organise an event for next year? It's a grassroots festival and relies on your participation.

 

Information Fair

The Guildhall - Friday 14 Sept 07

The information Fair offers 24 advice and display stands!

Groups offering events in the Festival will have information and taster sessions at the Information Fair to whet appetites (click for details)

 

THE YORK 50+ GAMES

SUNDAY 30th SEPTEMBER

This is the second year of the 50+ Games in York and keen players are already warming up. You can polish your boules, pick up a racquet and get back into tennis or table tennis at the Dunnington Sports Club, have a bash at badminton at Oaklands Sports Centre, enjoy the fun of indoor bowls at the New Earswick Bowling Club, or compete in a bouldering competition! Competitors can sign up for the afternoon events and compete for the prizes which will be presented at the Awards Ceremony on Sunday evening at Oaklands.

Contact Ellie on 01904 553388.

YORK 50+ FESTIVAL COMBINES WITH

THE YORK FESTIVAL OF FOOD & DRINK

Our first weekend overlaps with their last weekend to offer you the following:

Fri 28 Sept - Macmillan Cancer Care Coffee Morning in Parliament Street

Sat 29 Sept & Sun 30 Sept - 50+ Festival Info Stall on the Eye of York (between the York Museum and the Courthouse)

Sat 29 Sept - Cooking for One workshop on the Eye of York

BUSINESS PARTICIPATION

WANT TO LOOK YOUNGER LONGER?

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Tullivers

WAYS TO KEEP WELL

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PEN VALUATION DAY

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FESTIVAL WEEK OFFER

Pick up your free sample of PREVAGE the world's most effective anti-ageing treatment available today

Only available from the Elizabeth Arden counter in Browns of York using 50+ programme voucher

Why not have a complimentary make up consultation and receive 10% off purchases?

Wed 3 Oct

9.30 - 5.30 pm

Staff will be available to give nutritional, dietary and lifestyle advice

FREE GOODY BAG on production of the 50+ Festival programme

Wed 3 Oct 10 - 5

Signatures of York is holding a pen valuation day for anyone with an old pen. We will advise you of its age and value and the cost of restoration where necessary.

So, bring along your old faithful school or college pens and let us get you back in "writing" order!

MECCA BINGO in Fishergate is offering 13 FREE bingo games between 12.30 - 2.30 pm each day from 1st - 5th October. Enquiries: 01904 634790

 

We welcome your participation. Watch for the full programme in early September at your libraries and community centres, theatres and cinemas, and many other outlets across the city. The programme is also available on this website - see link below.

Every community has something to offer and to enjoy - let's use the Festival to encourage participation.

For a summary of the 2007 Festival, read on...

           

 

PERFORMANCES

  • York 50+ Festival Show at the York Theatre Royal + backstage tour and cream tea

  • Big Beat Show at the Ainsty Hotel - Flashback

  • Multilingual Poetry at the University

  • Stage Door Canteen Show at St Sampson's - Smile & a Song

  • The Mobile Bone Show at St Sampson's - Feeling Good Theatre Company

  • Wildly Alive at Williams Bar - Adrian Spendlow

  • An Evening of Poetry & Prose at St Helen’s Church

  • Is Your Journey Really Necessary + The Newcastle Rocket at the Railway Museum - Chris Cade

 

HEALTH

  • Tai Chi, Qi Gong, Alexander Technique, Meditation, Herbal Medicine, Reflexology, Indian Head Massage, Chinese Massage, Indonesian Massage, No Hands Massage at The Healing Clinic

  • Can Acupuncture help you? - York Clinic for Complementary Medicine

  • Alexander Technique at the Friends Meeting House

  • Health & Beauty half-price treatments at the Edmund Wilson Pool

 

 

WORKSHOPS

  • Cooking for One with the Food & Drink Festival at the Eye of York

  • Feelgood Factor with Lesley Eastman at the Healing Clinic

  • Living Sound Voice Workshop with Mary Green at The Stables Project

  • Have You a Story to Tell? with Tony Martin at Jacob's Well

 

DISPLAYS

  • 50+ Festival Information Stand at the Food & Drink event on the Eye of York (29 & 30 Sept)

  • Rag rug display in Spurriergate - Ebor Ruggers

  • CSV/Retired & Senior Volunteer Programme display and volunteering opportunities at the Guildhall

  • Model Boat Regatta & exhibition in Rowntree Park

  • Model Engine rides in Rowntree Park

  • Benefits Advice at Haxby, Spurriergate, Clifton and Acomb

 

 

DANCE & EXERCISE

  • Line Dancing in Osbaldwick

  • Sequence Dancing in Dringhouses

  • Aerobics at Fitness First

  • Pétanque, Badminton, Aerobics, Table Tennis, Yoga at the Railway Institute

  • Climbing, Gym, Extend, Badminton, Table Tennis, Aerobics, Yoga, at Oaklands Sports Centre

  • Aquafit; Young at Heart Swim at the Edmund Wilson Pool

  • Selby & York Alzheimer’s Society Memory Walk in Museum Gardens

  • Led walk by the PCT in Rawcliffe

  • Cycle Rides with the Sustrans Voluntary Rangers from Millennium Bridge, Wigginton, Clifton, Knavesmire and Dunnington

 

SOCIALS AND CELEBRATIONS

 

  • Grandparents' Day at the Tang Hall Primary School

  • Harvest Festival Service, Fashion Show (Earth Collection) for Rwandan children, and a talk about a near death experience at the Clifton Parish Church

  • Celebrating 50+ Creativity Service at St Edward the Confessor, Dringhouses

  • York Interfaith meeting at the Unitarian Chapel to discuss "York City of Faiths"

  • Coffee Morning with A Garland of Flutes at Abbeyfield House

  • Remember When? with video and music at Chapelfields

 

Please click here for the 2007 Festival Programme

(You will need Acrobat Reader to view it. Get this free viewer from the Adobe Systems website.)

FOR FURTHER ENQUIRIES PHONE

Sue Lister - 01904 488870

YORK OLDER PEOPLE'S ASSEMBLY 

Room 5, Central Methodist Church, St Saviourgate, York,

YO1 8NQ