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It was a rainy day but that doesn’t stop members. Everyone always enjoys attending this venue.

Lisa welcomed everyone and gave them their usual word searches and other quizzes to do whilst they enjoy chatting over teas and lovely cakes.

Eon then arrived to do the chair exercises. He introduced some soft balls today which enjoyed using and found some of the exercises challenging. He then continued with lots of other exercises for the whole body. It was hard work but also great fun.

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Helen Tierney then arrived bringing her accordion, her Harp and her keyboard. She played some old time cockney East End songs which were a real treat as everyone enjoyed singing along with the song sheets. Members were buzzing today with joy and it didn’t take long for members to get up and dance. It was a very enjoyable afternoon.

Thank you to our Rotarian Valerie one of our Trustees and Rotarian Michael. Thank you also to Mark another Trustee for his help and also to Christine who works at the venue and served our teas and cakes.

We started this week’s gathering with the usual tea, coffee and delicious cakes and biscuits prepared by the ladies of Northwick Park, Mollie, Ritu and Lucille. Session leader Danielle continued her 60s theme, with swinging background music playing, whilst 60s patterns were on the tables for visitors to enjoy colouring in

A lively start, with lots of chatting. We were delighted to welcome new local couple Siva and Gunam. Lisa the Chairman welcomed everyone and made some update announcements. Session leader Helen then opened the session following Lisa’s announcements and started the session with a general knowledge quiz which was thoroughly enjoyed by everyone.

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After lots of ongoing laughter, Richard calmed things down with his chair yoga exercises and introduced some new exercises using coloured scarves

Singer, James Le Bec, followed playing some ‘60s’ themed tunes, including The Beatles. His music quiz yet again caused lots of participation and laughter, especially when it came to rolling the dice. Everyone was up and dancing which was great. Thanks to Angelie and Joy, for getting everyone up from their seats

Thank you to Suresh for joining in and Dr Nandini for being on hand for medical questions. Our future sessions on the first Tuesday of the month will start at the earlier time of 2pm.

Our monthly Dementia Club UK session was held on the 3rd June at Sha’arei Tsedek Synagogue in Whetstone.

Our members were served tea, coffee, lovely biscuits and cake at the start of our session and were happy chatting to each other.

We had a visitor, Sue Leap who is from The Dr French Memorial Home in North Finchley. She wanted to see how our sessions are run and she seemed very impressed!

Justine Khedoory was presented with an Accreditation Certificate from our Chairman, Lisa Rutter. This was for completing her training for Session Leader and leading a successful Dementia Club. Justine was very surprised and equally chuffed! This is the first certificate awarded.{gallery}SS20190603/JUSTINE{/gallery}

We had two birthdays to celebrate! One was for our fabulous volunteer, Gilda, whose birthday is tomorrow and the second was for the lovely Joan, one of our carers, whose birthday is today. They were both presented with a birthday cake and sparklers and we all sang Happy Birthday to them and made a big fuss! It was great! {gallery}SS20190603/CLUB{/gallery}

Our members then had a good time taking part in some lively exercises with the talented Jane. This was followed by a great session of entertainment provided by the very talented James LeBec. James sang a variety of popular songs to which many of the members and helpers danced. He also did a music quiz and our members had to guess the name of the song! It was great fun! The atmosphere was fantastic!

After James left, the members continued to chat and there was also table tennis, golf and darts for those that wanted to play! 18 members and carers attended the session with the assistance of seven helpers from the synagogue who were:- Justine, Gilda, Stephen, Caroline, Keith, Dot & Judy.

This is a new venue and I am pleased that we have quite a few new members from the area. It was also nice to see some of our other members from the other dementia clubs attend and also some of the volunteers – Sarah, Theresa and Risom also attended.{gallery}EVER20190531{/gallery}

We also had some visitors from the Rotary Club of Mill Hill. Lisa started with a quiz reading some questions from a particular year chosen by one of the members. These questions are always nice as they bring up some memories and discussions amongst the members.

It was then time for the Zimmerettes who came to perform for us today. As usual they were fantastic and it was nice to see some new routines. Everyone really enjoyed seeing the Zimmerettes and everyone got up to dance including the Rotary Club President Desmond.

Everyone had a very enjoyable time. Thank you to our volunteers

Finally good weather came upon us and we could see and feel the enthusiasm and cheerful disposition of members at today’s Dementia Club UK session at the Hendon Town Hall.

Refreshments were served; members enjoyed some colouring activities followed by quizzes. We had such an intelligent group who got correct answers to very difficult questions. Well done to all the members’, carers and volunteers.{gallery}HTH20190530{/gallery}

Eon our exercise guru arrived shortly and swiftly put us through our paces. For the first time Eon introduced the use of resistance mobility exercise bands in his routine which everybody present truly enjoyed as it was something different.

We welcomed back Dennis a seasoned musician to Dementia Club UK- Hendon Town Hall. Dennis performed different genre of music to the delight members, carers and volunteers who danced, sang along with pleasure.

A special thanks goes out to volunteers from Rotary Club of Hendon Charlyn and Eugenia the session leaders and of course thank you to Lisa the Chairman who was also present.

A busy session as usual. It was a nice surprise to see Risom today, a volunteer from Stephen’s House and Gardens who came to help. We also had our Doctor Angela. Members always enjoy a chat when they meet and Lisa keeps them busy with Word search and quizzes. Lisa then welcomed everyone and announced a birthday. It was Laurie’s 96th birthday and Lisa made sure it was celebrated the special Dementia Club UK way.{gallery}FMH20190529{/gallery}

The session then followed with singing and dancing to some of the favourite songs and then followed with a game of Tovertafel which everyone always enjoys.

Today was as us usual a bust session. It was also a lovely warm day. Members enjoyed their teas/coffees and biscuits whilst chatting and Lisa also kept them busy with a word search which they enjoy doing.

Lisa then announced Mel’s birthday and in accordance with the Dementia Club UK traditions, Lisa gave Mel a birthday cake and lighted the firework candle. Mel was nicely surprised and enjoyed the attention.

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Our music entertainer James Bernard then arrived. Members were really pleased to see him as he is amazing. James’s choice of music gets everyone up dancing.

Lisa also surprised members today with ice cream and each member had a Cornetto which was really enjoyed. When James left, Lisa then continued to do a quiz. These were questions on a particular year chosen by the members. This was interesting as members were able to talk about the various memories for that year.

Towards the end of the session, Dr Angela surprised us with her visit bringing a cheque to present to Lisa. The cheque was from Christ Church Southgate for £450 which was the sale proceeds of the jewellery Dementia Club UK donated for the May Fair on 6th May. This was a lovely surprise.

Our thanks today to Angela Chen our new volunteer who helped throughout the session. Also of course thanks to Mark our Trustee for setting up and helping throughout the session too.