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Some hot tunes on a rainy day.

Julian blasted through a playlist of favourite tunes. The group particularly enjoyed singing the chorus to ‘Why must I be a teenager in love‘. The members of the group are all young at heart.

Creative badge making (with tea and buscuits) is a must for all new members.

We managed to fit in lots of seating while enabling the dancers to take to the floor.

Janet and I were pleased to welcome Kathryn, a new team member at the Greenwich Carers Centre. Helen was pleased to tell her all about our Carers Library.

Team member highlight

Introducing Peter. Peter is the man behind the scenes running the website and writing the blog posts. He is deals with all things technical including setting up some music to play in the first hour at the Friendship Group, and is Janet’s go to person when she wants something technical produced. He is also the chair of trustees for the Reflections charity.

The Reflections Friendship Group is next at Shrewsbury House on 16th September 2025 at 1pm. Vikki will entertain us.

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

Some new outfits for our “Seaside Special Show” today.

Jamie was as busy as ever with changes of costumes to match the tunes.

We were delighted to welcome Mayor Linda Bird. She circulated, danced and said some well chosen words of support to the group.

We were also pleased to welcome Jemma, who came along to run a Nordic Stick Walking session. We were fortunate it was a sunny day.

Jamie surprised us with the rarely danced Hokey Cokey. There was full participation either standing or sitting. Another great afternoon came to a close.

Team member highlight

Introducing Gyda, deputy group leader and one of our two Craft Leads. Gyda is very creative and when requested is able to produce simple crafts that can be completed within a short time. She is known for her stylish outfits and loves getting on the dance floor.

The Reflections Friendship Group is next at Shrewsbury House on 19th August 2025 at 1pm when Mark will entertain us with another powerful performance.

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

The rain came down, but the tunes were as good as ever.

Tony provide another great hour of entertainment.

Professor Andrew and Gill came to talk with the group about what ‘community’ means to them. We were delighted so many members joined in the session.

The room was packed today with our largest turnout this year, though there was still plenty of room for dancing.

One of our lovely members who is sadly unable to attend the group any longer due to health reasons, sent along a gift for each of the team in recognition of our birthday last time and to say thank you for all we do. We really appreciated the gifts and are so pleased alternative arrangements have made so her lovely Mum can still come along and enjoy the group.

Team member highlight

Introducing Mary one of our two Activity Leads. Mary is always ready and willing to get involved, encouraging members to join in with the more physical activities such as boules, archery and swotting balloons. When the music starts you will find her on the dance floor. She never has a problem finding someone to dance with her.

The Reflections Friendship Group is next at Shrewsbury House on 5th August 2025 at 1pm when Jamie will entertain us with one of his shows.

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

It never ceases to amaze us that as part of our work running Reflections, we have the pleasure of meeting the nicest, supportive people working in our community.

On Friday 18th July, we were delighted to receive an invitation via lovely Linda who works at the Philpott Alms Houses in Eltham, for Janet and members of our team, to receive a free first aid training session.

On Monday 21st July, Janet, Helen, Tony and Lucia went along to receive the training from excellent trainer Sharon, who works for Tank Training Limited. Sharon made the session engaging as well as informative.  There were 5 other friendly people on the training course with them.

Sharon informed the group, the role of a first aider is to aim to keep someone alive until an ambulance arrives which is 8 minutes for a priority case.

Whilst we undertook the training for our work with Reflections, the knowledge is valuable in our private lives too. If you want to learn some basic skills you can watch the videos used in our training here.

Helen, Lucia, Tony, Janet and Linda with CPR practice dummies and Tony wearing choking Charlie, the practice gizmo for abdominal thrusts.

Special mention also to warden Ann for her hospitality and Maria from Volcare for suggesting our team to Linda.

We are so very grateful for all the support we receive to enable us to continue to offer a quality service to the members of our Friendship Group.

Later that day Janet found out that Gyda, another team member, has already completed First Aid Training as part of her volunteering role with a Nordic Walking Group. This means almost half the team now have first aid knowledge. That is wonderful! Let’s hope though our members keep fit and well and we don’t need to use it.

Vikki came to help us celebrate our birthday – 9 years of fun & friendship.

She sang hot tunes for a hot day.

Wordsearches continue to be very popular. New ones are offered each time we meet.

The heatwave couldn’t keep the dancers from the dance floor.

Janet and I were pleased to welcome Karlee, the new ASDA Community Life Champion. Thank you to Karlee and Asda for the wonderful donation of cakes, biscuits and squash. We wish her every success in her role and hope she visits us again soon.

Team member highlight
Introducing Helen, our Librarian. Helen runs our Carers Library. She is always on hand with a smile and a listening ear if carers want to chat. She gives out free information booklets, and checks out and back items from our library which includes books, dvds and puzzles. She also ensures members are informed about any upcoming events we are made aware of that are happening in the community, by updating our Community Noticeboard.

How lovely it was to arrive this week to find this birthday greeting waiting for us! Thank you to Kath, the Shrewsbury House Manager for making it for us.

The Reflections Friendship Group is next at Shrewsbury House on 22nd July 2025 at 1pm. Tony will be back to entertain us.

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

Julian sang a great medley of ’70s and ’80s hits.

It was surprising how many songs the members could sing along to. As usual the dance floor was packed despite the heat because if it’s Tuesday afternoon it’s party time.

Crafting and biscuits go well together.

Group members enjoy word searches and reminiscence in small groups.

Janet and I were pleased to welcome Fatmata, the new Service Development Manager at the Greenwich Carers Centre. We wish her every success in her role and hope she visits again soon.

Team member highlight

Introducing Marilyn. Marilyn is a versatile team member. She puts out the biscuits at the start of the session, wipes down the tablecloths at the end of the first hour, joins in activities as needed and is a keen dancer. As can be seen in this photo she is always happy and smiling.

The Reflections Friendship Group is next at Shrewsbury House on 8th July 2025 at 1pm. Vikki will entertain us

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

On a hot day, Tony raised the temperature further with some hot tunes from the 1960s and 70s.

He turned up the amplifier and provided an hour’s worth of sing-along tunes.

Once again, the outdoor sports were popular. Team member Marilyn was helping activity lead Mary today as our other activity lead Tony, had a holiday

The “Ring of Fire” was a fitting ending to a hot day at Shrewsbury House. This popular song of Tony’s alway’s brings the roof down.

Team members Dot, Gyda, Peter and Pearl took the opportunity to sit down and recover by the open door.

The Reflections Friendship Group is next at Shrewsbury House on 27th May 2025 at 1pm. Mark will cover the crooners.

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