The York Older People's Assembly

in association with The Press, and sponsored by the Foresters Friendly Society, Barnitts, B&Q, Ingrams Solicitors
and the City of York Council Social Inclusion Working Group

presents

YORK 50+ FESTIVAL 2009

A FESTIVAL FOR THE YOUNG AT HEART

             

 

Welcome to our 5th Annual 50+ Festival

9 days

offering over 80 events

organised by local enthusiastic individuals and groups

Five years and the 50+ Festival is now firmly on the York calendar for citizens and visitors to enjoy. More businesses are supporting the event with all kinds of promotions and generous sponsorship, and the Social Inclusion Working Group has sponsored a day of "Bridging the Gap" at the Friends Meeting House - exciting times! The 50+ Festival is a grassroots affair put on by people who want to share what they have to offer the community. What is a taster session today, may well become a regular weekly h0bby as people discover new interests and ways of keeping healthy in body and mind.

Browse through the opportunities listed below, and, if you think something is missing, why not organise an event for next year? The door is open...

Information Fair

The Guildhall - Tuesday 15 Sept 09

The information Fair offers 30 advice and display stands!
10 am opening by the Mayor of York

Groups & organisations working with people over 50 will have information and taster sessions at the Information Fair (click for details)

YORK 50+ FESTIVAL

BUSINESS PARTICIPATION

Major Sponsors: Barnitts, B&Q, Ingrams,
Foresters Friendly Society

All participating stores & services have special 50+ Festival offers - see below

 
YOPA is our charity of the month for September and October 2009. We will donate 10% of any fees from the instructions received in September & October for Wills, Powers of Attorney to YOPA
 

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Become a Foundation Trust member and have a say in shaping the future of health care in York. Join us and make a difference. Come to our Open Day on Wednesday 30 September from 2 to 6 pm at York Hospital to find out more.

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 2009 Festival, read on...

           

PERFORMANCES

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

  • Peterloo Poets with poems for children at Space 109

  • Songs & Suchlike at the Winning Post

  • Cascade of Musical Memories at the Friends Meeting House

  • The Magic of Motown at the Grand Opera House

  • An Evening of Poetry & Prose at St Martin's Coney Street

  • Out of Steam at the Railway Museum - Chris Cade
  • Poppleton Road School Choir sings for your enjoyment

 

 

HEALTH
  • Alexander Technique in various venues -
    York School for Alexander Technique;
    York Clinic for Complementary Medicine; Healing Clinic; & the Friends Meeting House
  • Healing Hands massage by the Healing Clinic at 5 care homes

  • Tai Chi at the Burton Stone Community Centre
  • Lishi at Briar House
  • Yoga & Pilates at Oaklands

  • Health Walks from venues around the city

 

 

WORKSHOPS & TALKS

  • How to become a volunteer at DIG & Barley Hall

  • Taylors of Harrogate and the Dean Court Hotel combine to offer "Time for Tea"

  • How the stained glass of the Minster is conserved - visit the Bedern Chapel with the York Glaziers Trust

  • Voice workshop with Maggi Stratford

 

DISPLAYS & OPEN DAYS

  • What Do We Do in Dunnington? Information Fair at the Reading Rooms

  • Fair Trade Sale at St Helen's Church - Fairer World

  • Castle Mills Lock Open Day
  • York Hospital Open Day
  • Hartrigg Oaks in New Earswick -
    pre-booked tours

  • 50+ Artists display their work at St Michael le Belfrey

  • Telecare information & demonstrations at City Mills

  • Model Boat Regatta & exhibition in Rowntree Park

 

DANCE, EXERCISE, SPORTS

  • Scottish Country Dancing at the Dunnington Reading Rooms

  • Table Tennis Club meets regularly in Dunnington

  • Historical Mystery Play walk with Monica

  • Alzheimer’s Society Memory Walk - Knavesmire

  • Cycle Rides with the Sustrans Voluntary Rangers from Millennium Bridge, Foss Islands, Clifton, and the Knavesmire

  • Free Swims for a 50+ special at the Yearsley Pool; all swimming free all year round for 60+ at Yearsley and Edmund Wilson Pools

  • 50+ Swims at the Archbishop Holgate Pool

  • Badminton, Table Tennis, 50+ Aerobics, Health walks, Extend (chair-based), at the Oaklands Sports Centre

  • New Earswick Indoor Bowls Club offers a variety of activities


 

 

FAITH GROUPS

  • Fashion Show in aid of Tuberkunde - Clifton Parish
  • Back to Church Sunday - Clifton Parish Church
  • Coffee Mornings - St Mark's, Rawcliffe

 

SOCIAL EVENTS

  • Coffee & Fun with Dringhouses School at Abbeyfield House

  • Age Concern Day Clubs at Lincoln Court, Alex Lyon House and Acomb Gables
    

 

Please click here for the 2009 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