Category: Friends Group

Reflections Happy 8th birthday

The years have flown by with always the same emphasis on bringing people together and having fun.

Our first entertainer and still vey popular – Tony gave us some great 50s & 60s tunes.

Tony was in good form, as usual.

Gyda invited people to construct towers from cups (it is more tricky than you might expect).

Tony played lots of up-beat tunes, which kept people on the dance floor.

Carmen was today’s visitor from the Greenwich Carers Centre.

We are very grateful to the Reflections volunteers for their continuing support.

The Reflections Friendship Group is next at Shrewsbury House on 30th July 2024 at 1pm. Jamie will entertain us with his Holiday Fiesta Show.

Please note: in our uploaded photos we blur the faces of all group members. You do see the faces of our wonderful volunteers.

Vikki was back with an energetic set of popular 60s songs.

She popped-in just before her holiday and fired-up the group, as usual.

Who doesn’t love a jigsaw puzzle?

A big turn-out sang and danced the afternoon away.

Thank you to Caroline, ASDA Charlton Community Life Champion, and ASDA for a grant of £400 to help us enjoy Reflections 8th birthday next time.

The Reflections Friendship Group is next at Shrewsbury House on 16th July 2024 at 1pm. Tony will be with us to celebrate our birthday.

Please note: in our uploaded photos we blur the faces of all group members. You do see the faces of our wonderful volunteers.

We were treated to a great selection of 60s, 70s and 80s tunes.

Julian switched from his usual keyboard to guitar. He checked his song list on his mobile before starting.

Chocolate is popular with the group and so are word searches.

Everyone came together in the library to join in and dance to Julian’s medley of popular tunes. The group is now regularly busy which we love to see.

The Reflections Friendship Group is next at Shrewsbury House on 2nd July 2024 at 1pm. Vikki will present another interactive performance.

Please note: in our uploaded photos we blur the faces of all group members. You do see the faces of our wonderful volunteers.

Our very popular singer was on top form.

Mark sang some great tunes.

A big turnout and nearly everyone was dancing.

This week is Volunteers Week and we were very keen to thank our wonderful volunteers for their work over the last year. Thanks to: Gyda, Ann, Tony, Lucia, Helen, Marilyn, Pearl, Dot and Janet. David and Mary missed the photo opportunity.

The Reflections Friendship Group is next at Shrewsbury House on 18th June 2024 at 1pm. Julian will present another multi-instrumantal set.

Please note: in our uploaded photos we blur the faces of all group members. You do see the faces of our wonderful volunteers.

The “Whip Crack-away Show” gave us some top country tunes.

Jamie had a lucky 13 costume changes.

Yet more wordsearches, with a selection of colouring pencils.

This tune was…

Students Zou, Alice & Sho, part of a team from University College London working on a virtual reality project based on Alzheimer’s disease, who we met at the Dementia Forum on 17th May, came along for a visit to find out more about what we do and talk to group members.

The Reflections Friendship Group is next at Shrewsbury House on 4th June 2024 at 1pm. Mark will give us some great tunes.

Please note: in our uploaded photos we blur the faces of all group members. You do see the faces of our wonderful volunteers.

Today we had another selection of great tunes, sung by the delightful Vikki.

Vikki danced around the room, encouraging everyone to join in. You can hear more of Vikki here.

It was good to see a budding artist at work.

We enjoyed a full hour of singing and dancing. As usual, the dance floor was busy.

Thank you to Caroline, ASDA Charlton Community Life Champion, and ASDA for the drinks, biscuits and cups. Caroline and Charlton ASDA have supported Reflections over the years and we appreciate and are grateful for their continuing support.

The Reflections Friendship Group is next at Shrewsbury House on 21st May 2024 at 1pm. Jamie will entertain us with his “Whip Crack Away” show.

Please note: in our uploaded photos we blur the faces of all group members. You do see the faces of our wonderful volunteers.

Tony sang an up-beat selection of hits from the 50s, 60s and 70s.

We were not too sure what the red thingamyjig was.

David is always keen to help and guide the clay modellers. Our new lady, in red, was pleased to be painting again after several years.

Wordsearches are always in demand.

A slightly lower turn-out today, though still a packed room and nearly everyone was dancing at some point.

We were pleased to welcome Professor Andrew Clark, from the University of Greenwich. He is researching dementia friendly communities, so came along to find out more about our group and why it is so popular.

Sadly we said goodbye to Emma from Emma’s Cafe. She is moving to Age Exchange in Blackheath to manage their cafe. We wish her well and look forward to the new cafe service next time we are there.

The Reflections Friendship Group is next at Shrewsbury House on 7th May 2024 at 1pm. Vikki will entertain us with some more great songs.

Please note: in our uploaded photos we blur the faces of all group members. You do see the faces of our wonderful volunteers.

A full-on 50s and 60s sing and dance-a-thon.

Julian rocked the room.

All the group seemed to know the words to all the songs – Julian hit the mark.

It’s good to see so many dancing.

The Reflections Friendship Group is next at Shrewsbury House on 23rd April 2024 at 1pm. Julian will entertain us with some more great tunes.

Please note: in our uploaded photos we blur the faces of all group members. You do see the faces of our wonderful volunteers.

We had another big turnout for a very popular entertainer.

Audience participation was encouraged.

The group enjoyed the variety of puzzles.

Singing, dancing and having fun was the order of the day.

The Reflections Friendship Group is next at Shrewsbury House on 9th April 2024 at 1pm. Julian will entertain us with some more great tunes.

Please note: in our uploaded photos we blur the faces of all group members. You do see the faces of our wonderful volunteers.

performed his Swinging 60’s show. Jamie produced a variety of outfits to surprise and delight the group.

Games and crafts were popular.

Once again the dance floor was packed.

The Reflections Friendship Group is next at Shrewsbury House on 26th March 2024 at 1pm. Mark will entertain us with his singing.

Please note: in our uploaded photos we blur the faces of all group members. You do see the faces of our wonderful volunteers.