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Individuals representing the following organisations
are members of LOPSG.
- Abbey
Community Centre
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- Abbeywood
Community Group
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Has
over 100 members and holds weekly meetings. The group offers a pop in
parlour, lunch club, bingo, benefits advice, day trips, card workshop
and Divine Life Assembly Church Group.
- Ackroyd
Community Centre
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- Advocacy
for Older People Greenwich
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Provides
one to one long term and short term crisis advocacy for vulnerable and
isolated older people aged 55 and over who need support speaking up for
their rights and entitlements. The organisation can represent any
person over 55 in the London Borough of Greenwich.
- African
& Caribbean Elders
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Has
over 100 members and runs a lunch club, socialising events, day trips,
relaxation therapy, exercise, good neighbour scheme, talks and various
other activities. Meetings are held monthly.
- African
& Caribbean Voices
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Training
provider for cultural and IT related issues for older African and
Caribbean people. It has nearly 200 members and produces a monthly
newsletter.
- Afri-Caribbean
People's Organisation
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Holds
weekly meetings and runs a lunch club for members.
- African
Caribbean Re-union
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- Age
Concern (various boroughs)
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- Age Concern Enterprises
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- Age
Concern London
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- AidAge
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- Al-Hasaniya
Moroccan Women's Centre
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Provides
advocacy and referral advice, activities such as ESOL, trips out, lunch
clubs and health sessions. The centre represents Moroccan and Arabic
speaking older women.
- AMICUS
(London Region)
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- AMICUS
Enfield Retired Members
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- Anand
Mandal - Asian Elderly Group
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- Anchor
Trust
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- Art
& Science Ltd
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- Asian
Elderly Luncheon & Social Club
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Provides
freshly cooked meals to severely disabled men and women and runs social
activities at the centre after lunch. The club aims to remove isolation
and loneliness and promote quality of life for Asian elders. It is part
of the Factory Community Centre.
- Asian
People with Disabilities Alliance
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- Asian
Resource Centre of Croydon
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- Associated
Society of Locomotive Engineers & Firemen
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- Association
of Greater London Older Women
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AGLOW
campaigns for older women's rights and runs a drama project dealing
with health issues and anti-discrimination. Three events a year take
place and a quarterly newsletter is produced.
- Association
of Senior Muslim Citizens
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Provides
help and advice to all Muslim senior citizens in Harrow and around the
area. Holds 8 or 9 meetings a year and produces a quarterly newsletter.
- Barking &
Dagenham Forum for the Elderly
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- Barnet African Caribbean Association
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- Barnet
Asian Old People's Association
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Offers
BME elders advice, help with filling in forms, health promotion, lunch
club, ESOL classes, yoga, exercise to music, respite for carers and
intergenerational projects. It has 200 members.
- Barnet
Elderly Asian Group
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Has
over 150 members and runs a lunch club, offers yoga and t'ai chi
classes, English classes and provides advice on social welfare issues.
The group has a library of Gujarati books, offers shopping services for
housebound members and visits members in hospital.
- Barnet
Pensioners' Voice
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Campaigns
for the rights - nationally and locally - of pensioners and holds
meetings once a month.
- Barnet
55+ Forum
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- Battersea
Pensioners Association
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Holds
social meetings every month and discusses issues of concern for older
people.
- Bayswater
Neighbourhood Watch
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- Bermondsey
Pensioners' Action Group
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Holds
monthly meetings, produces a monthly newsletter and arranges day trips
and theatre visits for members.
- Better
Government for Older People
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- Bexley
Borough Pensioners' Forum
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Provides
a platform where matters of concern can be raised, discussed and
policies developed. General meetings are held quarterly and a
newsletter is produced quarterly. Has over 300 members, and almost 700
associated members.
- BIAS
(Brent Irish Advisory Service)
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Community
development and welfare agency providing a range of advice, information
and specialist support services to Irish people in need.
- Black
Disabled People's Association
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- BLF
Elders Network
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- BME
Elders Working Group
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- Bonneville
Christian Centre
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- Bow
& Bethnal Green Labour Party
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- Breathe Easy
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- Brent
African Association
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Organises
a befriending scheme, hospital and home visits and holds a regular
lunch club for older people.
- Brent
Pensioners' Forum
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- Brent
People's Forum
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- British
Telecom Veterans Association
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- Bromley
Borough Forum of Older People
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Holds
monthly meetings on subjects of interest to older people, occasional
public meetings, social events and produces a quarterly newsletter.
- Bromley
Council on Ageing
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- Camden Elderly Irish Network
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- Camden
Forum of Elderly People
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- Camden
Pensioners' Action Group
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- Capital
Age Festival
Ltd
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- CARA
Irish Housing Advice
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- Carers
Network, Westminster
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Gives
advice to informal (unpaid) carers who are providing substantial care
to a relative/friend. Also provides support on an individual basis and
within groups. A quarterly newsletter is produced.
- Caribbean
Over Fifties Association
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Has
approx 200 members and runs a drop in centre, lunch club and
gives promotional talks.
- Caribbean
Quadrille Dancers
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- Caribbean
Senior Citizens Association
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- Caribbean
Women Culture Health Watch
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- Catford
Rotary
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Mainly
fundraises for various local and international charities.
- The
Cause 2000 Ltd
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- Central
& Cecil
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- Centre
for Armenian Information & Advice
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- Centre
for Policy on Ageing
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- Chinese
National Healthy Living Centre
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- City
& Hackney Teaching PCT
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- City
of London Forum of Older People
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- Civil
Service Pensioners' Alliance
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- Civil
Service Retirement Fellowship
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- Communication
Workers Union
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- Community
Care for African Caribbean Elders
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- Community
Services London
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- Community
Service Volunteers
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- Contact
the Elderly
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- Counsel
& Care
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- Croydon
African Caribbean Family Organisation
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- Croydon
Older People's Network
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Provides
advice and campaigns on all aspects of health and welfare for older
people in Croydon. Holds monthly meetings for its 200 members.
- Cypriot
Elderly & Disabled Group
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- Deptford Action Group for
the Elderly
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- DART
(Dial-a-Ride & Taxicard Users)
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- Debbicot
Theatre Productions
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- Disabled
Living Foundation
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- Dutch
Pot Lunch and Social Club
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- Ealing Borough Senior
Citizens Action Group
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- EastEnd
Pensioners' Action Group
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- EKTA
Project
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Provides
befriending and support services for Asian elders who are isolated,
frail, disabled, housebound or because of language difficulties need
assistance in speaking up for their rights. Holds weekly meetings and
organises various activities such as swimming and health walks.
- Elcena
Jeffers Foundation
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- Enfield
Asian Welfare Association
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- Enfield
Borough Over 50s Forum
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- Enfield
Caribbean Association
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- Entelechy
Arts
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- Eritrean
Elderly Association
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- Factory Community Centre
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- FED,
British Italian Pensioners
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- FILEF
(Fed Italian Workers & Families)
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- 1st
Framework
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- Forum
@ Greenwich
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- Friday
Club
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Social
club for people living in Lambeth, Southwark and the surrounding area.
- From
Here to Maturity
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- Glamis Tenants &
Residents Association
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Liaises
with the council, assists tenants and residents with queries and
organises social events. Has over 350 members and holds monthly
meetings.
- Grandparents Association
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- Grandparents
Plus
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- Greater
London Forum for Older People
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- Greater London Pensioners' Association
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- The
Great Wall Society Ltd
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Provides
a sheltered home for 8 Chinese elderly and runs classes on chair-based
exercise.
- Green
Candle Dance Company
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- Greenwich
Ajoda Organisation
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An
African elderly project offering a lunch club, reminiscence work,
African arts and crafts, plays with schools, keep fit exercise, outings
to historical places, health checks and dental checks.
- Greenwich
Council for Racial Equality
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- Greenwich
Pensioners' Forum
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- Gujarat
Welfare Association
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- Hackney Pensioners' Forum
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- Hammersmith
& Fulham Pensioners' Forum
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- Hammersmith
& Fulham Volunteer Centre
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- Haringey
Forum for Older People
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Campaigns,
consults with and raises the concerns of older people in Haringey.
- Haringey
Pensioners' Action Group
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- Harrow
Inter-faith Forum
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Offers
inter/multi-faith activities in Harrow and neighbouring boroughs in
schemes and college intergenerational activities. Has 250-300 members.
- Harrow
Pensioners' Action Association
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Campaigns
for older people and organises monthly meetings.
- Harrow
Pensioners' Forum
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- Harrow
POP
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- Havering
Pensioners' Forum
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Organises
monthly meetings to discuss older people's issues and liaises with the
local authority.
- Help
the Aged
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- Heyday
Friendship Centres (various)
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- Hillingdon
Forum for the Elderly
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- Hillingdon
Pensioners' Association
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- Hindu
Society
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- Hounslow
Festival Trust
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- Hounslow
Pensioners' Forum
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- Housing
21
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- Hoxton
Health Group
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- The
Institute for Volunteering Research
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- Irish
in Greenwich
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Offers
a lunch club, outreach service and advice and advocacy for older Irish
people living in Greenwich.
- Irish
Pensioners' Group, Camden
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- Islington
Chinese Association
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- Islington
Pensioners' Forum
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Campaigning
organisation for Islington Pensioners. Organises occasional outings,
produces a monthly newsletter and arranges monthly meetings for its
500+ members.
- Jacksons
Lane Community Arts Centre
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- Jewish
Care
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- Jewish
Care Stepney Jewish Community Centre
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- Kensington &
Chelsea Pensioners' Forum
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- King's
College Hospital
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- King's
Cross Neighbourhood Association
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- Kingston
Pensioners' Forum
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- Krishna
Yoga Mandir Organisation
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- Lambeth Chinese Community
Association
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- Lambeth
Pensioners' Forum
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- Lambeth
Pensioners' Action Group (LAMPAG)
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Campaigns
for older people's rights, improvement and a change in the quality of
life for older people. Works closely with the NPC locally and
nationally. Organises monthly meetings with guest speakers
for its 350 members.
- Latin
American Elderly Network
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Provides
a varied programme of activities that aim to combat isolation,
loneliness and language difficulties.
- Latin
American Golden Years Day Centre
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- Latin
American Women's Rights Service
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- Lewisham
Asian Elders & Carers
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- Lewisham
Community Development Partnership
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- Lewisham
Park Housing Association
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- Lewisham
Pensioners' Action Group
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- Lewisham
Pensioners' Forum
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- Lomond House
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- London
Elders Advocating Diversity (LEAD)
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- The
London Friendship Centre
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Exists
to offer weekly social contact and promote friendship between people
over 50.
- London Irish Elders Forum
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- London
Older People's Advisory Group
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- London
Transport Pensioners' Association
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- Madad Lo Dementia Project
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- Marylebone
Bangladesh Society
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- Mary
Ward Centre
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- Mercedes
Amos Senior Citizen Day Care Centre
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- Merton
Association of Pensioners
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Campaigns
and works closely with the local authority on older people's issues and
is particularly active in developing a housing strategy for older
people.
- Merton
Unity Network
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- The
Metro Centre
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- Metropolitan Housing Trust
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- Middlesex
Older People's Council
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- Mission
Dine Club for the Elderly
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- Morley
College Students
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- Muslim
Care
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- Muslim
Council of Britain
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- Muslim
Women's Association
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- Muswell
Hill & Highgate Pensioners' Action
Group
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- National
Council for Palliative Care
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- National
Federation of PO & BT Pensioners
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- National
Pensioners' Convention (NPC)
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- Neighbourhood
Social Care Health Advocacy Reminiscence Programme
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- Network
of Sikh Organisations
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- New Deal for Communities
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- New
Lammas Land Defence Committee
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- Newham
Pensioners' Forum
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- Normanhurst
Residents Association
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- North
& South Chingford Pensioners'
Association
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- Nubian
Life
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- Older
Feminists Network
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- OpeN
(Older People's Network)
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- Open
Age
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- Over
50 Bangladesh Society Enfield
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- Parkinson's
Disease Society
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- Pensioners'
Voice (various boroughs)
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- Pepper
Pot Club
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Provides
a high quality service for the African and Caribbean community in
Kensington and Chelsea to enable members to live independently in their
own homes. Services include meals on wheels, health care, aromatherapy,
reflexology, benefit claims, home and hospital visiting.
- Polari
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Represents
older lesbians and gay men. Campaigns, organises events and produces a
monthly newsletter.
- Policy
Research Institute on Ageing & Ethnicity (PRIAE)
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- Positive
Ageing
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- Princess
Royal Trust for Carers
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- Public Commercial Services Union
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- Race
on the Agenda
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- Recycled
Teenagers
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- Red
Sea Health & Community Care
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- Redbridge
Forum for the Elderly
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Campaigns
on behalf of the elderly community in Redbridge. The meetings provide
educational and social opportunities and the quarterly newsletter
provides members with a literary outlet of opinion and expression.
Meetings are held twice monthly and a quarterly newsletter is
produced.
- Redbridge
Voices of Experience
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- Regional
Public Health Group, London
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- Richmond
upon Thames Forum for Older People
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Campaigns
on older people's issues with the local authority.
- Romford
Older People's Forum
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- Royal
British Legion
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- Royal
British Legion Women's Section
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- Royal
Over Seas League
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- RSVP
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- Sahil Multicultural
Women's Assoc
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Educational
and recreational activities for Asian women of all ages. 200+ members.
- The
Shalom Centre
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- The
Sharp End
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- The
Smart Years Ltd
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- South
East
Asian Elders Group
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- Southwark
Disability Forum
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- Southwark
Irish Pensioners' Project
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- Southwark
Pensioners' Action Group
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Puts
the views of local pensioners to the council and to government. Meets
monthly and produces a monthly newsletter.
- Southwark
Pensioners' Centre
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- Southwark
Pensioners' Forum
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- Srhi
Shibabalayogi Centre for Mediation
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- St
George's TRA
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- St
Hilda's East Community Centre
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- St
Margaret's Drop In Centre
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- St
Mark's Methodist Church
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- St
Peter's Community & Advice Centre
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- Subco
Elders Day Centre
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- Sudbury
Neighbourhood Centre (Middlesex)
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- Sundial Centre
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- Sutton
Seniors' Forum
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Campaigning
organisation with members sitting on local decision making committees
to represent members' interests. Holds 10 meetings a year and produces
a newsletter 10 times yearly. Has over 450 individual members and 30
affiliated groups.
- Third
Age Foundation
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- Tottenham
& Wood Green Pensioners' Action
Group
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- Tower
Hamlets Pensioners' Forum
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- Toynbee
Hall
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- T&GWU
Retired Members
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- Turkish
Elder Speaking Project
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- UK
Coalition on Older Homelessness
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- UNISON Greater London Region
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- UNISON
(various branches)
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- University
of the Third Age
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- Victim
Support
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- Voice
& Choice Group, Islington
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- Voice
of Unions
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- Walderslade Active
Retirement Association
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- Waltham
Abbey Pensioners
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- Waltham
Forest Older Persons Forum
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- Wandsworth
Pensioners' Forum
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Campaigning
organisation aiming to outreach to all older people in the borough.
Produces a quarterly newsletter for its 200 members.
- Westminster Older People's Network
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- Westminster
Senior Citizens Forum
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- Whitehall
& Tenterden Community Centre
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- Willows
Housing & Care Ltd
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- Women
Out
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- Working
Lives Research Institute
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- WRVS
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Updated: 26 September 2007
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