Annual General Meeting-Friday 1st October 2010

Our Annual General Meeting this year will be held at Gateshead Leisure Centre.

Doors will open for registration at 10am.

The event will start at 11am and close at 2.30pm.

Guest speaker this year will be Gateshead MP Ian Mearns and entertainment will be provided by Going Platinum singers from The Sage, Gateshead.

We hope that you, our members, come along on the day to support us. 

Added 07/09/10

Listening to the Voice Consultation Project

We would like to say a big thank you to everyone who returned our recent questionnaire. A summary will be produced on the findings which will be make available our our Annual General Meeting in October.

Added 07/09/10

First Branch Assembly Up and Running - Low Fell  

Thanks to the efforts of Management Committee member Gail Woodhall and volunteers June Heslewood, the very first Branch Assembly is now up and running.

Meeting take place in the Lounge at Lynholme Residential Home, Beacon Lough Road, Low Fell at 2pm. For more information please contact June Heslewood on 0191 421 5573

Coffee and Computer's Drop in Sessions

As part of The Generation Together project we are running a drop in Coffee and Computer's session on the second Friday of every month.

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Assembly Members take part in Contemporary Visual Arts Programme

Volunteers from The Assembly join a study organised by a team from Newcastle University ran by Anna Goulding and Chris Whitehead. This study aims to understand how the lives of older people can be improved by examining their use of contemporary visual art for identity construction practices.

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LNew Staff for The Assembly - Generations Together Project

We are pleased to announce that in November 09, The Assembly were able to employ a new Intergenerational Development Worker. The post is funded for 18 months through a new project named Generations Together. 

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Gateshead Warmzone's 20,000th Customer

There were warm smiles all around when staff at Gateshead Warm Zone celebrated insulating their 20,000th home within the Borough in just over 3 years.

The landmark installation took place in Lobley Hill at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tatoli.

Also present was Esther Ward, Chair of Gateshead Older People’s Assembly who was the first person to benefit from Warm Zone’s free energy saving measures in 2006.

Since installing cavity wall and loft insulation in Esther’s home in Felling, she has noticed that her house is warmer and that her energy bills have decreased. “Anyone who wants to stay warm this winter should contact Warm Zone to see how they can help them,especially as the work is free within Gateshead, South Tyneside and Newcastle,” she said. “It’s made a big difference and I’m pleased that I was the first to benefit in the area.”

To find out more about Warmzone click here

In the News:

Here are some newspaper clips of our past achievements.