Activities and events
Find out here about activities and events taking place at Age UK Somerset.
Our exercise & activity sessions
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Exercise sessions throughout Somerset & North Somerset
We run a wide variety of weekly sessions from Tai Chi to Table Tennis! Have a look to find something near you.
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Stay Strong, Stay Steady
These sessions are especially designed to help prevent falls by improving strength and balance.
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Flexercise
Gentle and fun chair-based exercise sessions to help keep mind and body active.
Fundraisers & Other Events
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Our Birthday Ball is happening soon!
Looking for an opportunity to get your glad rags on and dust off your dancing shoes?
Come to the Age UK Somerset Birthday Ball on Saturday 10th November and you can have a BIG night out and make a BIG difference too!
Plus every ticket sold comes with a chance to win a Trip of a Lifetime! -
The Big Knit
Show off your creative knitting and help us raise money by knitting little hats for Innocent smoothie bottles.
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WORKSHOP
Increasing Uptake and Provision of Community Based Strength & Balance Exercise ProgrammesThursday 27th September 10:00 – 16:30 at the Creative Innovation Centre, Taunton.
The Centre for Ageing Better has recently commissioned the Healthy Ageing Research Group (University of Manchester) and Consultants from Later Life Training to work with local areas to increase provision and uptake of strength and balance training programmes.
Somerset were successfully selected as one of 3 local areas to be included in the project at this level.
The aim of this workshop is to support local areas and take a whole-system approach to understanding the barriers and enablers to implementing evidence-based practice, improving referral pathways to increase access to, and uptake of, strength and balance programmes. All learning will be shared nationally as part of the project outputs.
Stakeholders, representatives and residents of Somerset are welcome.
The event is FREE OF CHARGE. Please follow the link for more information and to Register for the Workshop. -
Afternoon Social Tea Dance
to raise funds for Age UK SomersetThursday 4th October, 2pm-5pm at the Winter Gardens, Weston Super Mare
Join us for an afternoon of dancing in this beautiful venue.
There will be an assortment of popular Ballroom, Latin and Sequence Dance favourites and Mark Helmore (Weston's most popular 'music man') has volunteered to play his lovely music for this event.
The afternoon will promote the work of Age UK Somerset (also covering North Somerset) while encouraging people to enjoy the most valuable activity for maintaining health and well-being in later life - DANCING.The date of the event coincides with National Older Persons Day and all funds raised will go towards furthering the many local activities of Age UK Somerset across Somerset and North Somerset, in promoting health and wellbeing, offering advice and information, and providing other services, such as befriending, to support people in their own homes.
Bar. Refreshments available.
Doors Open 1.30pm
Call 01823 345626 for further information and tickets.