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Open Age Activities
Opening Doors to an Active Life for people over 50What does it do?
The charity provides a wide range of physical, creative and mentally stimulating activities to enable older people to develop new skills, fulfil their potential, and encourage social interaction, thus helping reduce loneliness, isolation and depression.
Over 350 weekly activities are provided from more than 60 sites, which include our own Positive Age Centre in North Kensington, the Open Age Hubs in Westminster as well as community centres, sheltered housing, church halls and libraries.
Activities vary from those that are health and fitness related such as yoga, chair exercise and walking groups to creative and performing arts sessions and weekly groups with speakers. The charity provides daily computer classes and drop in computer sessions from a dedicated fully accessible computer suite as well as from other venues. An outings group arranges regular visits to attractions in and around London.
Over 350 weekly activities are provided from more than 60 sites, which include our own Positive Age Centre in North Kensington, the Open Age Hubs in Westminster as well as community centres, sheltered housing, church halls and libraries.
Activities vary from those that are health and fitness related such as yoga, chair exercise and walking groups to creative and performing arts sessions and weekly groups with speakers. The charity provides daily computer classes and drop in computer sessions from a dedicated fully accessible computer suite as well as from other venues. An outings group arranges regular visits to attractions in and around London.
Who it is for?
Open Age established in 1993, is a user led charity working across Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster enabling
older people, from 50 to over 100 years of age, to sustain their physical and mental fitness, maintain active lifestyles and develop new and stimulating interests.
older people, from 50 to over 100 years of age, to sustain their physical and mental fitness, maintain active lifestyles and develop new and stimulating interests.
Where it is available?
Local service (Kensington and Chelsea, Westminster).
What it costs:
How to access or apply for it:
For further information on Open Age please call 020 8962 4141 or for New Horizons please call 020 7590 8970.
Additional information:
Open Age also now runs theSecond Half Centre based in the St Charles Centre for Health & Wellbeing in North Kensington and leads on the consortium that runs the New Horizons Centre in Chelsea. The consortium includes Age UK Kensington & Chelsea and the Guinness Trust and is supported by The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea & NHS Kensington & Chelsea.
Useful Download(s):
Adult Community Learning Churchill Programme Hammersmith and Fulham Programme Kensington Programme New Horizons Programme North Westminster Programme Trips Programme
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Info last updated:
01/05/2019
Provider
St Charles Centre for Health & Wellbeing, Exmoor Street, London, W10 6DZ