PAiL wishes everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and a Happy and Healthy New Year. We will be closed from 19 December until restarting on 4 January.
COVID-19 Pandemic Survival Guide For Older People
Positive Ageing In London has put together this Survival Guide for older people living in London. The guide consists of useful information collated from around the internet, some of which has been shared amongst the PAiL community and committee members in previous newsletters and campaigns. It is created to provide a directory of useful links with tips and guides that assist older people during this immensely challenging pandemic period. The guide is broken down into…
PAiL’s AGM
PAiL’s AGM is on the 9th of December from 11 am to 1 pm. If you’d like to sit in on this Zoom event, please email positiveageinginlondon@gmail.com.
Herb Cheesed Bread & Soda Bread Recipes
My priority was to keep my brain active and the first thing I found was a Guardian web site that offered a variety of crosswords and puzzles that can be filled in online. My biggest challenge is the cryptic crosswords which I still struggle with, rarely finishing it. However, they always give solutions so you can cheat or use them to increase your skill. Link Age Southwark (www.linkagesouthwark.org) offer a variety of activities; seated dance…
Support of Our Survival Plan
PAiL’s proposal for a Survival Plan for Older People during the 2nd wave has gained the support of Age UK London, Great London Forum and Care and Repair England. We are expecting more organisations to join us in support of our campaign for this Survival Plan. LINK: https://pailondon.org.uk/a-london-survival-plan-for-older-londoners-for-the-winter/
BBC AGREES ENFORCEMENT AMNESTY FOR THE OVER-75s
A message from our partner, Silver Voices: MEMBERS’ BRIEFING 73/20 BBC AGREES ENFORCEMENT AMNESTY FOR THE OVER-75s Following intense pressure from Silver Voices, the BBC has agreed that “at this time”, no enforcement visits will take place to households who previously held free licences and nor will enforcement letters be issued to this group. This is a major U-turn by the BBC and provides a window of opportunity for new discussions on the restoration of…