Agewell mobile phone digital clinic.
An idea whose time has come!
We are now holding a mobile phone clinic on the first and third Tuesday of the month at The Lawns. The clinic happens in the front drop-in area of our training centre, from 2 to 4 pm. The next clinic will be on Tuesday 22 May.
Get answers to all your mobile phone problems.
We will have new volunteers coming in especially to help with these clinics – so it’s OK to come along with any mobile problem you have – no matter how difficult or how trivial. It doesn’t even have to be a problem – if it’s something you can’t do, bring it to the clinic.
Get answers to other mobile computing problems too.
Our definition of ‘mobile’ includes anything else digital that you can put in your pocket or handbag – including iPads, Kindles, tablet computers and MP3 music players. Bring them all to our clinic.
Reserve a consultation?
If you can explain or describe your problem in words, send an email to clinic@lawns.org.uk – tell us what seems to be the problem, and ask us to keep a space for you at 2 pm.
Courses at Hackney Silver Surfers, June and July 2012.
Courses at Hackney Silver Surfers.
The Hackney Learning Trust is funding three more courses during June and July. They are free to Hackney residents aged 50 or better. The tutor will be Julie Usher.
The three courses are …
- Computers and Internet for beginners.
- Advanced World Wide Web and Email.
- Staying Safe using the Internet.
For details of the courses, and how to get on them, please visit the Hackney Silver Surfers website: hss.lawns.org.uk/#courses
City of London Festival – free tickets.
A message from Catherine Jack, City of London Festival (COLF) …
The Festival is pleased to offer free tickets to the following performances for older adults (50+) from the London Borough of Hackney.
Explore an iconic venue and experience top-class musical performance, sharing the event with young people from schools across the borough.
Some concerts will have a pre-concert talk with a music animateur providing valuable insight into the repertoire and performers.
Transport to and from the venue will be provided for all older adults keen to come to a performance.
Following the performances, all visitors are encouraged to write a review with their thoughts and ideas about the music they have heard. A number of outstanding reviews will receive commendation from the Festival team and may even be published in Festival outlets. More information about how to submit your reviews will follow after your ticket requests.
Ten (10) tickets are available for each of the performances below.
LSO Brass Quintet.
Wednesday 27 June, 7.30 pm.
Goldsmiths’ Hall, Foster Lane, EC2.
- Francisco Coll A Golden Fanfare (World premiere).
- JS Bach (arr Dudley Bright) Suite from Goldberg Variations.
- Ewald Brass Quintet in D flat.
- Jim Parker The Golden Section.
- Golden Oldies medley incl. ‘I got Rhythm’, ‘Love Walked In’, ‘Fascinating Rhythm’, ‘Ain’t Misbehavin’.
- Pre-concert introduction, 6.30 pm.
English National Ballet.
Tuesday 3 July, 8 pm.
St Paul’s Cathedral.
- Programme to include excerpts from the lost treasure of the Ballets Russes, Suite en blanc, and a new special choreographic commission by English National Ballet.
Escher String Quartet
Thursday 5 July, 6 pm.
St Bartholomew-the-Great.
- A Postcard from America’s East Coast.
- Ryan Wigglesworth String Quartet (World premiere).
- Zemlinsky Movement for String Quartet ‘Yankee Doodle’.
- Dvorak String Quartet Op 96 ‘American’.
- Pre-concert introduction, 5 pm.
Jan Garbarek saxophone.
The Hilliard Ensemble.
Thursday 12 July, 8 pm.
St Paul’s Cathedral.
- Officum Novum.
- Jan Garbarek is joined by outstanding British vocal quartet The Hilliard Ensemble for a unique evening of mesmerizing jazz and choral music.
- Pre-concert introduction, 7 pm.
Percussions Claviers de Lyon.
Friday 13 July, 7.00 pm.
Great Hall, Bishopsgate Institute, EC2.
- Debussy (arr Gerard Lecointe) Suite Bergamasque.
- Debussy (arr Gerard Lecointe) Four Preludes.
- Gerard Lecointe After Masks.
- Debussy (arr Gerard Lecointe) Two Nocturnes.
- François Narboni Rigodon (Homage to Claude Debussy).
Tickets will be reserved on a first come, first served basis. For more information and to book your tickets, please contact:
Catherine Jack -
Phone: 020 7583 3585
Email: catherine.jack@colf.org
Financial Assessment for Home Care Services – Fairer Charge.
Hackney resident David Gill has made a simple, but effective website which helps you calculate your correct Fairer Charge.
The website address is egmom.com and this is what it tells us about the website app …
You may be charged for services you receive at home. Your local authority will level this charge after calculating a Fairer Charge for you.
- Your contribution to the cost of your services depends on your Fairer Charge and the services you receive.
- The Fairer Charge is the maximum you can be charged per week however much care you receive, so it is important that this figure is correct.
- Your Fairer Charge depends on your income, it does not depend on the amount of service that you receive
- Your Fairer Charge is calculated by your local authority. This application allows you to calculate your Fairer Charge independently to ensure that any charges that accrue to you are being levied correctly.
If your Fairer Charge is not set your local authority will charge you the full cost of your care.
This application calculates your fairer charge. It is an anonymous facility, it does not record your visit or keep a record of your entry.
CoolTan Arts Community Legacy walks.
Get involved with CoolTan Arts Community Legacy walks.
A message from Clara Jones (Cooltan Arts) …
Interested in volunteering and gaining new skills? Love walking?
- Want to explore and re-discover East London?
- We welcome disabled volunteers, all walks are accessible.
- Want to help uncover hidden histories?
Then this project is for you!
Join us to celebrate the legacy of 2012, re-discover the area, uncover green spaces, and share your stories old and new that reflect Olympic and Paralympic values.
Take advantage of free accredited and non-accredited training: Walk Leader Training, First Aid, Mental Health First Aid, Public Speaking and Story-telling. You can also try your hand at research, photography, stewarding and administration.
Join this fun and sociable project, make friends and be part of the 2012 Community Legacy.
Meetings and taster walks are held every Tuesday 12 noon – 3 pm in locations around Hackney.
To get involved or find out more, contact clara@cooltanarts.org.uk, or ring CoolTan Arts on 0207 701 2696.
Inspiring Employment.
A message from Martin Sibley …
It has been a busy few months since I began my online projects for disability issues. My blog is reaching more people than ever, Disability Horizons received a great write up in the Guardian, my Webinar series is gathering momentum and I am working on other exciting projects (such as TV presenting and volunteering abroad).
Despite all of this I have been busy with my most impactful project yet – Inspiring Employment.
I wanted to let you know that this free and innovative e-course is available today. It provides disabled people, their friends, family and professionals with positive and practical information on employment and disability. This 7 week course guides you through video interviews with 13 global contributors, video introductions filmed on location around London, and a range of resources in the form of external websites. All of this is with the aim to inspire, inform and change people’s perceptions of disability in the world of employment.
To register, login and see how great this project is, please visit ecourses.martynsibley.com/ie/ .
Please feedback your thoughts to help me improve future courses. If you are able to share this e-course with your networks (from email, facebook and maybe even a newsletter) that would also be amazing!
Our party music.
Several people have asked how to find and play the Internet Radio stations we play at Agewell Computer Club.
They are all ‘SHOUTcast’ stations. SHOUTcast is a very wonderful Internet project that helps to restore flagging faith in humanity – free software enabling almost anyone to set up an Internet Radio station without expensive equipment. There is more info on the Wikipedia SHOUTcast page.
The station we play most is Soukous Radio …
The easiest way to play SHOUTcast stations is to use a web browser to open http://www.shoutcast.com/, then use the search form near the top of the page. The streams with the highest bitrate have the best quality sound.
A better way is to download and install ‘Winamp’ (a media player designed for SHOUTcast) from http://www.winamp.com/. Winamp is very ugly to look at, but works well.
Free computer help desk for senior citizens.
This sounds almost too good to be true – but it is true – here is the text of an announcement from Age UK London and Zenos IT Academy …
Computer Help Desk Telephone Number: 08451 770568.
Sometimes we all need a little bit of help and support with our computers. Perhaps the computer might not appear to be working as you want or expect, maybe you want to try something that you haven’t done before or, like many people, you can’t remember how to do something that you haven’t used your computer for in a while.
That’s when you need IT (Information Technology) Support – and that’s where we at Zenos want to help. Zenos is a company that trains young people in IT Support, and many of the people who graduate from our Academies go on to provide a telephone help service for computer users in business.
We thought it would be great if they could practice their skills in this area by offering to provide a telephone support service to you – and so that’s what we have created.
The service is completely free – apart from the costs you would pay to make a local phone call.
You can telephone the Help Desk at our Academy in West London any time between 9.30 am and 12.30 pm on Monday to Friday, excluding Bank Holidays, and there will be someone to speak to you who will do their best to help you.
As the person you speak to is still learning themselves, they may not be able to answer your question immediately, but thay will take a number and always come back to you. Occasionally it may be that we cannot solve your query, but we will always do our best to help and to provide you with the best solution we can.
Please don’t hesitate to call us on 08451 770568 or email your question to helpdesk@zenossupport.com whenever you think we can help.
We have changed our name from Agewell Computer Club
Saturday 26 May (11 am to 4 pm).
Workshop: Tuesday 29 May (3.30 to 5 pm).
