Festive Calendar
Age UK Croydon's Festive Calendar of Events
Date |
Time |
Event |
Info |
How to join |
Event host |
| Monday 21 December |
10 - 11am | Shared Reading Book Club with The Reader | We open our calendar with a shared reading of A Christmas Carol (an excerpt). Listen in, join the discussion, and continue reading over the holiday - coming back to discuss the book at our closing Book Club on the 4th January.To register your interest, please email: media@ageukcroydon.org.uk | Click here to join this event! | Age UK Croydon |
| 10:30-11:30am | Just4Men | Men's exercise classes run by our Healthier Lifestyles Team, our Chair-Based Exercise classes are designed to build and improve muscle tone, which is important in maintaining mobility and balance. | Email: healthierlifestyles@AgeUKCroydon.org.uk or call 020 8686 0067 |
Age UK Croydon | |
| 2 - 3pm | Chair-Based Exercise | Run by our Healthier Lifestyles Team, our Chair-Based Exercise classes are designed to build and improve muscle tone, which is important in maintaining mobility and balance. | Email: healthierlifestyles@AgeUKCroydon.org.uk or call 020 8686 0067 |
Age UK Croydon | |
| 4.30 - 5.30pm | A series of Croydon Home Front films followed by discussion | A series of historic films created last year by Croydon Musem, capturing people’s memories of growing up in the second world war with a new soundtrack over historic film footage of Croydon and London |
Click here to join this event! | Age UK Croydon | |
| Tuesday 22 December | 11am | Live Sing-A-Long! | Live singing sessions for anyone to join in with online. The words are displayed on the screen so it doesn't matter if you don't know the words! | www.goldieslive.com | Golden Oldies |
| 2-3pm | Standing Exercises | Run by our Healthier Lifestyles Team, our Standing Exercise classes are designed to build and improve muscle tone, which is important in maintaining mobility and balance. |
Email: |
Age UK Croydon | |
| 3 - 4pm | Knit and Natter | Knitting and a natter, join us for a relaxing hour of knitting and discussion. Feel free to work on your own project, or get involved with The Big Knit and make us some hats! | Click here to join this event! | Age UK Croydon | |
| Wednesday 23 December |
10 - 11am | Percussion | Use your hands, cups, pans - anything you have to hand for this fun percussion class | Click here to join this event! | Mawulikplimi |
| 3:30 - 4:30pm | Choir | Sing-a-long to some favourite Christmas Carols with You Too Can Sing, the Age UK Croydon Choir | Click here to join this event! | Melvyn, Age UK Croydon | |
| Thursday 24 December (Christmas Eve) | 10.30 - 11.30am | Chair-Based Tai Chi | Run by our Healthier Lifestyles Team, our Chair-Based classes are designed to build and improve muscle tone, which is important in maintaining mobility and balance. | Email: healthierlifestyles@AgeUKCroydon.org.uk or call 020 8686 0067 |
Age UK Croydon |
| 11am | Live Sing-A-Long! | Live singing sessions for anyone to join in with online. The words are displayed on the screen so it doesn't matter if you don't know the words! | http://www.goldieslive.com/ | Golden Oldies | |
| 11:30pm | Midnight Mass | Watch the live-streamed Midnight Mass service from St. Mildred's church in Addiscombe |
Website: https://stmildredschurch.org.uk/event/midnight-mass/ If you would like to attend, you MUST book in with Graeme by email at graeme@fire-star.co.uk |
St Mildred's Church, Addiscombe | |
| Friday 25 December (Christmas Day) |
11:30am | Christmas morning tea and a biscuit | Merry Christmas everyone! Please join in to share a cuppa (or something stronger) with friends | Click here to join this event! | Age UK Croydon Jo Dunbar |
| Saturday 26 December (Boxing Day) |
15:00 | Boxing Day Quiz | Join us for a festive quiz to test your knowledge! | Click here to join this event! | Age UK Croydon Jill Kyne |
| Sunday 27 December | 11am |
Tango Fit & Fun |
Try your hand at some tango steps and walks - no need to have a dance partner! Please wear comfortable shoes or trainers, and some clear space around you for safety! | Click here to join this event! | Olga and Vadim |
| 3pm | Listen to the Audio Play, A Christmas Karen - available with subtitles Screen reader support enabled. |
Good Wolf and Phoenix Players have collaborated again to bring you a festive audioplay: A Christmas Karen! "Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house, Not a creature was stirring… …except four ghosts and Karen. And Karen’s pretty sure these ghosts aren’t even meant for her. But they’re not going to let that stop them." |
Click the link to listen to the play, and join us tomorrow when we meet the cast LIVE! |
John, Goodwolfe people | |
| Monday 28 December | 10am | Percussion | Use your hands, cups, pans - anything you have to hand for this fun percussion class | Click here to join this event! | Mawulikplimi |
| 2pm | Christmas Audio Play - A Christmas Karen; Meet the Cast! | Meet the cast! Join the actors and authors of the Christmas audio play | Click here to join this event! | John, Goodwolfe people | |
| Tuesday 29 December | 11am | Live Sing-A-Long! | Live singing sessions for anyone to join in with online. The words are displayed on the screen so it doesn't matter if you don't know the words! | http://www.goldieslive.com/ | Golden Oldies |
| 2-3pm | Standing Exercises | Run by our Healthier Lifestyles Team, our Standing Exercise classes are designed to build and improve muscle tone, which is important in maintaining mobility and balance. | Email: healthierlifestyles@AgeUKCroydon.org.uk or call 020 8686 0067 |
Age UK Croydon | |
| 2pm | Poetry reading | Join Mary to listen to a series of her favourite poems and join in an active discussion afterwards | Click here to join this event! | Mary | |
| Wednesday 30 December |
11am |
Tango Fit & Fun |
Try your hand at some tango steps and walks - no need to have a dance partner! Please wear comfortable shoes or trainers, and some clear space around you for safety! | Click here to join this event! | Olga and Vadim |
| 2pm | Croydon's Almshouses Past and Present | An illustrated talk on the history of Croydon's almshouses by Age UK Croydon staff member and local history enthusiast, Karen Ip | Click here to join this event! | Karen Ip | |
| Thursday 31 December (New Years' Eve) |
10.30 - 11.30am | Chair-Based Exercise | Run by our Healthier Lifestyles Team, our Chair-Based Exercise classes are designed to build and improve muscle tone, which is important in maintaining mobility and balance. | Email: healthierlifestyles@AgeUKCroydon.org.uk or call 020 8686 0067 |
Age UK Croydon |
| Friday 1 January (New Years' Day) |
11am |
New Year's Day Quiz |
Join us for a festive quiz to test your knowledge! | Click here to join this event! | Age UK Croydon - Jill Kyne |
| Saturday 2 January | 2pm | Poetry workshop | 'Learn a new skill and join us to learn how to write a short poem in a fun and relaxed atmosphere. This workshop is free to join but you can check out some of the paid for workshops here: https://southbankpoetry.co.uk' | Click here to join this event! | Katherine Lockton |
| 2 - 3pm | Memory Tree Café | Virtual Memory Tree Café; for those with a diagnosis of dementia, and their carers | Email: memorytreecafe@ageukcroydon.org.uk or call 020 8686 0066 | Age UK Croydon | |
| 4pm | Listen to the Audio Play, Tales of a Teapot - available with subtitles | Phoenix Players and Good Wolf People's community online theatre project 'Tales of a Teapot' | Click the link to listen to the play, and join us tomorrow when we meet the cast LIVE! https://vimeo.com/439539358 | John, Good Wolfe People | |
| Sunday 3 January |
1pm | Bread cook-along | Chatsworth Bakehouse create some yummy treats - just watch or try at home! | Click here to join this event! | Sian, Chatsworth Bakehouse |
| 4pm | Tales of a Teapot - discussion | Join the actors and authors of Tales of a Teapot to discuss its journey | Click here to join this event! | John, Good Wolfe People | |
| Monday 4 January | 10:30-11:30am | Just4Men | Men's exercise classes run by our Healthier Lifestyles Team, our Chair-Based Exercise classes are designed to build and improve muscle tone, which is important in maintaining mobility and balance. | Email: healthierlifestyles@AgeUKCroydon.org.uk or call 020 8686 0066 | Age UK Croydon |
| 2 - 3pm | Chair-Based Exercise | Run by our Healthier Lifestyles Team, our Chair-Based Exercise classes are designed to build and improve muscle tone, which is important in maintaining mobility and balance. | Email: healthierlifestyles@AgeUKCroydon.org.uk or call 020 8686 0067 |
Age UK Croydon | |
| 2pm | Croydon Minster History and discussion | Illustrated 25 minute talk, with 20 minutes afterwards for questions, discussion and reminiscing by those attending - Led by David Morgan, a local historian who has given guided tours of Croydon Minster. | Click here to join this event! | David Morgan | |
| 3pm | Shared Reading Book Club with The Reader | We close our festive calendar by coming together to discuss A Christmas Carol, and enjoy some poetry shared reading | Click here to join this event! | Age UK Croydon | |