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Sun 1Mon 2 New Year’s Day holiday (BEA office closed)Tue 3Wed 4Thu 5Fri 6Sat 7Sun 8Mon 9Tue 10Wed 11Thu 12Fri 13Sat 14 Sun 15

Highlights 2015–16

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Bramley Credit Union base in the Community Shop

Public meeting about future of Bramley Community Centre

Full new staff team in place after restructure of the organisation

Celebrated long-term member Helen C’s 100th birthday at Rossefield Manor

Mon 16Tue 17Wed 18Thu 19Fri 20Sat 21Sun 22Mon 23Tue 24Wed 25Thu 26Fri 27Sat 28Sun 29Mon 30Tues 31

Shirley W, of our Happy Snapper Photography Group, funded by Awards for All. Photo Lizzie Coombes

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Valuing our values We reviewed our values during the last year. Our new revised values appear throughout this calendar. Along with our vision and mission, our values are the basis for everything we do. We will use them to plan and review our daily work, and to set the direction for the organisation as a whole. We want to be held accountable to our members in how we uphold our values.


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A tense rally in the pancake tennis on Shrove Tuesday

Shrove Tuesday at Bramley Lawn

Supported establishment of Leeds branch of National Pensioners Convention

February 2017

“When I open my curtains on a Tuesday, I know the sun is going to shine because it’s the day my befriender visits.”

Thu 16Fri 17 Sat 18Sun 19Mon 20Tue 21Wed 22Thu 23Fri 24Sat 25Sun 26Mon 27Tue 28

Volunteers from Hanover redecorate the drop-in room

Moving those hips at Zumba Gold


Wed 1Thu 2Fri 3Sat 4Sun 5Mon 6Tue 7Wed 8 International Women’s DayThu 9Fri 10Sat 11Sun 12Mon 13Tue 14 Wed 15


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Getting together to review our values.

Brains of Bramley fundraising quiz and curry night

Volunteer thank you party at Kirkstall Brewery

Bramley Lawn launches new sing-along movies during Remember Thursdays

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Thu 16Fri 17 Sat 18Sun 19Mon 20Tue 21Wed 22Thu 23Fri 24Sat 25Sun 26Mon 27Tue 28Wed 29Thu 30Fri 31

Boogie generations at the volunteer thank you party

Sing-along-a-movie at Bramley Lawn

“Men’s Day at Bramley Lawn changed my life. I don’t know where I would be now if I hadn’t come.”


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Sat 1Sun 2Mon 3Tue 4Wed 5Thu 6Fri 7Sat 8Sun 9Mon 10Tue 11Wed 12Thu 13Fri 14 Good Friday (BEA office closed)Sat 15


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Singing along to the ukulele band at our 21st birthday party, the Villagers, April 2015

21st birthday party celebrations

“A great big thank you for a fantastic night of the 21st celebration. Really enjoyed it. It was great to get out and see friends.”

April 2017

Sun 16Mon 17 Easter Monday (BEA office closed)Tue 18Wed 19Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 29Sun 30

Past and present managers: Sheila Mahon and Lee Ingham at BEA’s 21st birthday party

Long service awards to volunteers at BEA’s 21st birthday partyBramley Elderly Action 0113 236 1644

May 2017

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Mon 1 Early May bank holiday (BEA office closed)Tue 2Wed 3Thu 4Fri 5Sat 6Sun 7Mon 8Tue 9Wed 10Thu 11Fri 12Sat 13Sun 14Mon 15 Dementia Awareness Week


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Learning together about dementia

Regular BEA advice drop-in at Bramley Community Shop

Remember Thursdays monthly lunch for people with dementia begins

Tue 16Wed 17 Thu 18Fri 19Sat 20Sun 21Mon 22Tue 23Wed 24Thu 25Fri 26Sat 27Sun 28Mon 29 Spring bank holiday (BEA office closed)Tue 30Wed 31

Happy Snappers Shirley and David Photo Lizzie Coombes

“You have helped me so much to meet other people” FoodCycle volunteers at

Bramley Lawn with their delicious Welsh cakes


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Bramley Lawn’s billboard in Armley helped people with dementia and their carers to Remember Thursdays

The Big Tea, afternoon tea for 50 members of the local community around Bramley Lawn

“Thank you for the happy days my auntie spent at Bramley Elderly Action”

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Community groups hire Bramley Lawn

Remembering Thursdays


Sat 1Sun 2Mon 3Tue 4Wed 5Thu 6Fri 7Sat 8 Kirkstall FestivalSun 9Mon 10Tue 11Wed 12Thu 13Fri 14 Sat 15

Highlights 2015–16 BEA and OWLS take part in Kirkstall Festival

July 2017

General Manager’s reportLast year BEA concluded a period of significant transition and it is to everyone's credit that we managed to deliver business as usual whilst making the necessary changes. To put this comment in context I would like to summarise what ‘business as usual’ entails.

We work with people aged 55–105 through two local Neighbourhood Network Schemes: OWLS (Older Wiser Local Seniors, with 300 members in Headingley, Burley, Hyde Park and parts of Kirkstall) and Bramley Elderly Action (1,000 members in Bramley, Swinnow and parts of Stanningley). Members have access to a growing range of 33 regular activities as well as ongoing support, information and home visits.

Since Bramley Lawn social centre opened in Autumn 2014 we have been carrying out innovative and welcoming community development activities such as a ukulele group, Men's Day and Remember Thursdays. Through our social enterprise (UpBEAt) we run Bramley Community Shop which sells second-hand goods and clothes, which now also houses Bramley Credit Union.

Behind the scenes we are involved in a number of initiatives including the development of a Leeds branch of the National Pensioners Convention and a city wide consortium to seek additional resources for older people's services.

With strategic leadership from the Board we will continue to do our best for local older people and the wider community. Well done to everyone who has contributed to the above and the work illustrated in this calendar.

Lee Ingham

Sun 16Mon 17Tue 18Wed 19Thu 20Fri 21Sat 22Sun 23Mon 24Tue 25Wed 26Thu 27Fri 28Sat 29Sun 30Mon 31

Chair’s reportThere is no denying that the past 12 months have been extremely challenging for BEA. The new staff organisation has been completed and is working well, Bramley Lawn is proving successful and the Board are looking forward to further discussion with Leeds City Council on the future of Bramley Community Centre. All of these initiatives take time and commitment and I wish to thank all the staff, volunteers, Board members and funders for their continued commitment and support; without you the communities served by BEA and OWLS would be much poorer.

The environment in which we work has become particularly challenging. The sterling work put in by staff and volunteers delivers a range of much needed services for and with older people in the West and North West of the city. In contrast to this large remit state support continues to shrink, and it is harder than ever to raise vital funds to undertake this work, even though we can deliver at substantially lower cost and better value than if it were done by public authorities. I would however like to single out Leeds City Council Adult Social Care for their unwavering support and progressive approach. Nevertheless the task of fundraising has become more challenging and I expect this to continue.

We look forward to meeting head on the continued challenges and hurdles 2017 is likely to bring, with the support of our members, staff, volunteers and our funders.

Stuart Quin

“Thank you for all your help with the sheltered housing. I could not have managed it without you.” JuneBramley Elderly Action 0113 236 1644

Highlights 2015–16 Piloted a telephone befriending scheme

Stall at Leeds Pride for first timeTue 1 Yorkshire DayWed 2Thu 3Fri 4Sat 5Sun 6Mon 7Tue 8Wed 9Thu 10Fri 11Sat 12Sun 13Mon 14Tue 15

August 2017

Trips and events We organise a large choice of independent trips, extra care trips, theatre trips and a range of other events. These trips and events are an important way for our members to get out and about, get together and enjoy different environments.

“We enjoyed all the trips we have both been on and hope you come up with more of them” Pam and Ralph

Definitely waving not drowning aboard the Trent River boat trip

Wed 16Thu 17 Fri 18Sat 19Sun 20Mon 21Tue 22Wed 23Thu 24Fri 25Sat 26Sun 27Mon 28 Summer bank holiday (BEA office closed)Tue 29Wed 30Thu 31

In 2015–16 A total of 220 people went on 27 theatre trips (including

visits to Opera North) A total of 705 people took part in 46 events A Total of 322 people went on 12 trips A total of 141 people went on 10 extra care trips

John D working on the Men’s Day piano designed for Leeds International Piano Festival, displayed at Northern Ballet

Proud to be at Leeds Pride


Fri 1Sat 2Sun 3Mon 4Tue 5Wed 6Thu 7Fri 8Sat 9Sun 10Mon 11Tue 12Wed 13Thu 14 Good Friday (BEA office closed)Fri 15

Highlights 2015–16 Raised £3,755.91 through Three Peaks Challenge

Cheese and wine party for volunteers

Royal Bank of Scotland staff help give Bramley Community Shop a makeover

September 2017

Volunteers Volunteers are involved in every part of Bramley Elderly Action, from making tea at activities to strategic direction, and from designing databases to pressing clothes. We simply could not do our work without our volunteers. We have been very successful in the last year in recruiting drivers. At time of writing we particularly need volunteers to work in Bramley Community Shop.

171 volunteers in 2015–16

16,250 voluntary

hours contributed

Comprises average weekly hours 325: BEA 218 • Bramley

Community Shop 72 • Bramley

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of £13.32 an hour. (Office for National Statistics,

November 2015)

Sat 16Sun 17 Mon 18Tue 19Wed 20Thu 21Fri 22Sat 23Sun 24Mon 25Tue 26Wed 27Thu 28Fri 29Sat 30

“A lifetime achievement” Carl, on doing the Three Peaks

On top of Pen-y-Ghent. What a day!

Great new partnership with First Bus

Men’s Day ukulele lesson


Highlights 2015–16 Bramley Challenge welcomed entrants from under 60s for the first time

NHS Falls Prevention course begins at Bramley LawnSun 1 International Day of Older PersonsMon 2Tue 3Wed 4Thu 5Fri 6Sat 7Sun 8Mon 9Tue 10 World Mental Health DayWed 11Thu 12Fri 13Sat 14 Sun 15

October 2017

Partners and supporters 2015–16 We are proud to work with a huge range of partner organisations and supporters. We worked with the following during 2015–16:

BEA Age UK LeedsAction for Hearing LossAlzheimer’s SocietyAshlea Court (West North West Homes Leeds)Bramley BathsBramley Community CentreBramley Credit UnionBramley Primary SchoolBritish Red CrossDaisyfield Grange (Places for People)Dulux Paint CentreEncoreFairfield Community CentreFirst in LeedsHawthorn Mill Sheltered HousingHealthy Living Network LeedsLeeds City CouncilLeeds Beckett University StudentsLeeds Alternative Transport Leeds International Film Festival

Leeds Older People’s ForumLeeds Money BuddiesLeeds Neighbourhood Network SchemesLocality Moorside Tenants and Residents AssociationRaynville Primary SchoolRossefield Manor Extra Care Scheme (Hanover)Royal Bank of ScotlandSt Mary’s Hospital Memory Services (Dementia Champion)St Michael’s Court Sheltered Housing Complex (Hanover) St Peter’s Court Sheltered Housing Complex (Alpha)Voluntary Action LeedsWest Leeds Dementia AllianceWellington Gardens Sheltered Housing Complex (West North West Homes Leeds) Yorkshire Cricket FoundationYorkshire BankZurich Insurance

Mon 16Tue 17 Wed 18Thu 19Fri 20Sat 21Sun 22Mon 23Tue 24Wed 25Thu 26Fri 27Sat 28Sun 29Mon 30Tue 31

OWLS Action on Hearing LossAdult Social Care (Leeds City Council) All Hallows’ Community Café Alzheimer’s Society (Open Door Dementia Cafe)ASDADementia Action AllianceFairfield Community CentreHeadingley Music FestivalHeadingley Parish HallHEARTHyde Park Picture HouseIrish Arts Foundation Leeds Chinese Christian ChurchNeighbourhood Action in Farnley, New Farnley and Moor TopSTEPSwarthmore Education CentreYorkshire Cricket Foundation

Bramley LawnAbbey House MuseumAll Hands on Deck / Safe Anchor TrustAlzheimer’s SocietyBeech Hall Care HomeBennett’s Bakery (David Bennett)Bramley BathsBramley LibraryBramley Sewcial Bramley TescoFood Cycle MG PlasteringNewlay & Whitecotes Residents Association (NAWRA)New Leaf and Mel SteventonLeeds International Film FestivalLS14 Trust Events HirePlayful Leeds Rossefield ManorSassy Divas LeedsSt Mary’s Hospital (Memory Services)Sutton's SeedsTCV HollybushTotal Building SolutionsWest Leeds Clandestine Cake ClubYorkshire Life AquaticYour Ukelele Tutor (Jessica Bowie)

Edna Rose, winner of Bramley Challenge 2015, with her knitted cuckoo clock


November 2017Wed 1Thu 2Fri 3Sat 4Sun 5Mon 6Tue 7Wed 8Thu 9Fri 10Sat 11Sun 12Mon 13Tue 14 World Diabetes DayWed 15

Highlights 2015–16 Hosted Cinage afternoon of films made by older people in Leeds (part of Leeds International Film Festival)

BEA and UpBEAt take part in Bramley Christmas Lights switch-on

Regular groups and activities For details of all activities see www.bramleyea.org.uk or phone 0113 236 1644

Mon Tues Weds Thurs Fri Sat Sun

Drop-in Exercise class Drop-in Men’s group Men’s day

Gentle exercise Stroke club Bingo

Tai Chi Frienship & social groupSinging for the

brain

Ukulele club

Lunch club Pub lunch Lunch club Remember Thursdays Lunch club

Craft group Games afternoon Zumba GoldSinging for

the brain Shopping Tea dance

Tea dance Sing-along movies

Singing group Shopping Restaurant nights

Thu 16Fri 17 Sat 18Sun 19 International Men’s DayMon 20Tue 21Wed 22Thu 23Fri 24Sat 25Sun 26Mon 27Tue 28Wed 29Thu 30

Heavy concentration in the malteser game at Bramley Lawn’s Restaurant Night

In 2015–16 A total of 6,383 participants in 774 regular groups and activities (not including lunch clubs)

A total of 2,576 meals at 244 lunches that we support

5,612 journeys using our transport

Count on us!We do our best to keep in touch with our members and help you to find and take part in what you need. In 2015–16 we had:


1,421 contacts

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1,046 individual members

we responded to

132referrals for new

membershipBramley Elderly Action 0113 236 1644

Fri 1Sat 2Sun 3Mon 4Tue 5Wed 6Thu 7Fri 8Sat 9Sun 10Mon 11Tue 12Wed 13Thu 14Fri 15

Highlights 2015–16 BEA's first festive fur & feathers bingo

Bramley Lawn’s Game Show night included dough-based scuplture inspired by the Generation Game

December 2017

FundersBEAAwards for All / Big LotteryBramley & Rodley in BloomChevin Housing AssociationHarrison & Potter TrustIDOP / Leeds Older People's ForumInner West Community CommitteeLloyds TSBLeeds City Council (Adult Social Care)MICE money from Cllrs. Gruen, Heselwood and RitchieYorkshire Building SocietyZurich Insurance

OWLSButler TrustHarrison & Potter TrustHeadingley Hall (Westward Care)IDOP / Leeds Older People's ForumInner North West Community CommitteeLeeds City Council (Adult Social Care)Leeds City Council (Lunchclub Grant)MICE money from Cllrs. Illingworth, Pryor, Venner, Walker, Walshaw, Yeadon St Chads Parish ChurchWades Charity

Sat 16Sun 17Mon 18Tue 19Wed 20Thu 21Fri 22Sat 23Sun 24Mon 25 Christmas Day (BEA office closed)Tue 26 Boxing Day (BEA office closed)Wed 27Thu 28Fri 29Sat 30Sun 31

Income £343,604

Expenditure £389,656

Contracts

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Activities

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“Thank you for sorting a Christmas day meal out. It was lovely and very much appreciated”Bramley Elderly Action 0113 236 1644

Corporate sponsorsBramley Elderly Action welcomes relationships with corporate sponsors. We would be delighted to discuss what support any appropriate companies can give us and our members.

Torque Logistics

Torque offered to assist BEA with business advice. As a result, when social enterprise upBEAt was established in 2006, Torque contributed 25% of the share capital. Torque continues to make an enormous contribution. It manages the upBEAt payroll, provides staff time for business support and a member of staff is on the upBEAt board.

First Bus

First in Leeds help us maintain our minibuses in a groundbreaking link up. They supply fuel, clean our minibuses and give time through a member of staff being on the BEA board.

Many thanks to Torque Logistics and to First Bus for their ongoing support, which is invaluable to our work

Leave your legacyOne way you can support Bramley Elderly Action’s work with local older people is to leave a legacy.

Make a willYou don’t need to be wealthy to make a will. It is the only way to ensure your wishes are met after your death. We strongly recommend that you consult a solicitor about making or changing your will. We will not give you legal advice and do not recommend any specific solicitor. We can give you information to help you find a solicitor.

Make a giftGifts left to charity don’t need to be large and shouldn’t prevent you from looking after your loved ones.

Hold a collectionAn in memoriam funeral collection can be an appropriate way for family and friends to pay tribute, while raising valuable funds. We can also give you information to help you find a funeral director, who can help you make a funeral plan while you are alive, as well as arranging all aspects of the funeral of a loved one.

For more information see bit.ly/bramleyea86 or phone the office on 0113 236 1644


Trustees and staffBramley Elderly Action Board Bramley Elderly Action staff

Leadership team

Bramley Elderly Action OWLS Older Wiser Local Seniors

Caroline GruenDom Charkin

Sue Dean

Barbara DixonStuart Quin Chair

Giulia Artuso

Sharon Wyeth

Zoe RickettsBusiness Support Manager

Lee InghamGeneral Manager

Fran Graham Operations Manager

Rob CookCommunications Co-ordinator

Jenny Oates Outreach Worker

Rebecca DurrantTransport Worker

Catherine ScottSupport Worker, Bramley Lawn

Maureen RushworthVolunteer Co-ordinator

Janet PritchardOffice Manager

Simon PriceOutreach Worker / Support Worker, Bramley Lawn

Vicki ThompsonReception & Admin Worker

Brian SmithTransport Worker

Debbie FawthropActivities Co-ordinator

Shauna LedgerReception & Admin Worker

Catherine Skyvington Activities Co-ordinator

Norah Gibson

Sally McHale and Edna Rose, who had been on the board since the organisation started, both stood down in 2015. Giulia Artuso, Sue Dean and Barbara Dixon were all on the Board through 2015–16 and did not stand for re-election in October 2016. We are extremely grateful to each of them and to all Board members for their tireless work through the years.


… to everyone who volunteered for BEA from April 2015–March 2016Joyce Aggett, Hannah Anderson, James Armstrong, Giulia Artuso, Sonia Badger, Iris Barker, Ann Barron, Margaret Baxendale, Jacqueline Beaumont, Margaret Bell, Debbie Benjamin, Christopher Berry, Felicity Bester, Sarah Birtles, Erika Blackwell, Dorothy Bligh, Isobel Blinkhorn, Mavis Bond, Audrey Botwood, Patricia Bradley, Beverley Bradshaw, Philip Bray, Margaret Brown, Edna Buckle, Elaine Burke, Janet Burns, Peter Caine, Shirley Ann Carson, Angela Carter, Marlene Chandler, (John) Chi Chang, Dominic Charkin, Eileen Child, Barbara Clark, Carl Cooper, Carlos Costa, Patricia Craig, Dorothy Craven, Linda Craven, Alan Creevy, Margaret Crew, Harry Crossley, Iria Cunha, Colin Darby, Barbara Dargan, Ian Davison, Sue Dean, Ted Denison, Christine Dent, Rebecca Dibb, Barbara Dixon, Malcolm Dixon, Derek Drury, Emma Duckworth, Patricia Duckworth, John Duffy, Connie Earl, Jonathan Edmondson, Natasha Esofsky, Jennifer Evers, Stanley Farrar, Terry Farrell, Barbara Feather, Danielle Fenton, Norah Gibson, Margaret Gilpin, Erin Ginley, Nina Goldthorpe, Sandra Gorman, Maureen Greaves, Stuart Green, Peter Griffin, Caroline Gruen, Dorothy Haigh, Joan Haigh, Ted Hanley, Joan Hewitt, Steve Hodgson, Henrietta Howard, Susie Ineson, Pat Ioannou, Amy Jaciuch, Charlotte Jackson, Dorothy Jay, Isabella Jenkinson, Christine Kearsley, Tricia Kyte, Sydney Lawton, James Lester, Kenneth Linley, Kath Lister, Joan Lockett, Maisie Lynn, Jeanne Major, Frances Maloney, Florence Marsden, David Marsh, David Marsh, Gloria Marsh, Rebecca Matthews, Joan McCann, Sally McHale, Lesley McLuckie, Ian McPhail, May Millar, Kirsten Miller, Susan Milner, Irene Moran, Mavis Mosley, Brenda Mulholland, (Margaret) Anne Murgatroyd, Brian Myland, Patricia Nash, Harriet Newton, Bryan John North, John O'Gara, Lucy Old, Kathleen Osborn, Laura Osta, Keith Padbury, Marian Padbury, Aaron Pool, Elaine Powell,

Stuart Quin, Christine Radcliffe, Jean Ratcliffe, Julie Rawlinson, Krystyna Richards, David Richardson, Winifred Roddy, Karen Rogers, Edna Rose, Simon Rosenstone, (Eileen) June Sharp, Ashley Sheldon, Julie Simpson, Patrick Thomas Simpson, Matthew Skidmore, Mavis Smith, Richard Smith, Sharon Snowden, Jean Stacey, Tim Staves, Betty Steele, Richenda Taylor-Voss, Margaret Tiernan, Jean Tomlinson, Heather Townsend, Jack Trevor, Audrey Waddington, Wendy Walton, Karen Wanless, Christine Warr, Kathleen Warr, Doreen Webster,Karen Webster, Leslie Webster, Kathleen Westwood, Pat Whitley, Iris Wicks, Iris Wilks, Geraldine Woodward, Dorothy Young, Margaret Young, Sandra Younger

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