Keep
Fit
Over
the past 8 months our Keep Fit classes have continued to grow
in popularity. These classes, which were set up with a Sport
Relief grant from the Bedfordshire and Luton Community
Foundation, have attracted 208 attendees in this period.
The exercise is specially designed for the over 50’s,
and not only does it improve health, it has proved to be a
great way of making new friends.
Anyone is welcome to the classes which are held every
Thursday from 10.30am till 11.30am.
We
have now secured a second grant from sports relief to set up
line dancing classes which will begin in June. The classes
will be an hour long and no previous experience will be
necessary; just a willingness to learn. These will also be
open to anyone but places will be limited.
As we expect the class to be very popular it will be
necessary to book a place in advance.
Computer
Classes
Unfortunately
Barnfield College informed us that they would no longer be
able to run computer classes at our centre due to cuts in
funding. As the
classes were very popular, and an important part of our
educational programme; we looked into running our own classes.
We had previously secured funding from the Ireland Fund
of Great Britain for tutor costs, and in September we secured
funding from the Kathleen and Michael Connolly Foundation to
purchase 10 laptops. We
ran 4 taster sessions in December to which 28 people came
along. After
Christmas, we ran 3 six week courses, 2 on internet and email
and 1 on word processing.
29 people attended these courses. We will be running 2
more classes of internet and email starting on the 16th
June. Places on
these courses will be very limited but anyone who has put
their name on the waiting list for this course will be
contacted and offered a place. We hope to offer future classes
in Internet and Email, Digital Imaging (editing pictures from
your digital camera), word processing (writing letters etc),
using spreadsheets (to set up databases and collate data) and
desk top publishing (to create posters, leaflets and tickets).
If you are interested in brushing up you skills, add
your name to the list.
Presentations/
Research [Held
at the centre]
