Services and Support for Older People

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An older person with their relative smiling into the camera.

Ensuring that older people live healthy, happy and independent lives and are integrated with the rest of the community and helping all adults to improve their lives by providing advice and support and promoting healthy eating and exercise.

We are based in the New Horizon Centre, Southlodge Avenue, Mitcham CR41LT

Pollards Hill Lunch Club

Looking for a place to meet, a warm welcome and a hot meal?

Monday to Friday, 11am-2pm
For more information call: 020 8764 9582, option 2, or simply pop in and have a chat.

We’re here to help fight isolation for older people in and around the London Borough of Merton. We work with people aged 50 years and older.

The Lunch Club is open five days a week, offering a tasty, healthy two-course meal each day, at the cost of just £7.00 per person.

We offer activities before and after lunch. These could be gentle exercise sessions, crafting, informative talks, or fun games, including bingo.

We are also able to provide advice on benefit issues, housing issues, applying for blue badges, taxi cards, passports, etc, via our support programme.

If you live in Merton, we are also able to provide transport to and from the Lunch Club if needed. There is a small additional charge of £2.00 per day for this service.

Other Services for Older People & Supporting Carers

Our New Horizon Centre is a ground-level building with access ramps and free parking, and buses 152, 463, 255 and 60 stop right outside at the Pollards Hill Library bus stops. 

We can offer a Carers Deal of £10 for two people at our Lunch Club for older people (see above)

Contact Christine email hidden; JavaScript is required or 020 8763 4604 to find out more. (please DO leave a message!) Or see the Lunch Club leaflet featured in this section. 

Fitness and Health

We are happy to help you to combine any of the above offers with a lunch in the Lunch Club for the person you care for. Please contact Christine to discuss (details in the section above). 

Monday and Friday Hairdresser 

Dee runs a hairdressing salon on Mondays and Fridays with reduced rates for Lunch Club members. She is always happy to pre-book appointments around the lunch time so that you can combine a meal out with a haircut! 

Wednesday Head and Shoulders Seated Massage

Tatiana provides seated massage for women every Wednesday lunchtime for £20 per session. Again, you can pre-book this to coincide with lunch in the Lunch Club.  Email email hidden; JavaScript is required for details. 

Our Community Café Space

We have a community café space, next door to the Lunch Club Dining Room, that we would love you to use to arrange regular day-time meet-ups with friends or fellow carers, to chat, try out hobbies, arrange to hear from other services. The space is completely free – we would ask for a small donation to cover the cost of teas, coffees etc. We also have free wifi here if you just want to catch up with your own stuff on line. Contact email hidden; JavaScript is required to discuss. 

Growing and Cooking Food

We are always looking for volunteers to help us with our fruit and veg patch, and have plans for a mini orchard too. If you would like to form a cooking or supper club, please get in touch too! email hidden; JavaScript is required.

Volunteer

We are always looking for ideas for activities for our lunch club and volunteers to run them. Please contact us if you can help:

Commonside Community Development Trust, New Horizon Centre
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Tel: 020 876 34604

Celebrating Age

At Commonside we think age should be celebrated at all stages!  We run regular charity and community events such as Pie and Mash Night, Quiz Night and Reggae-oke, and can work with you to help you organise special events and family parties. 

Contact Naomi Martin if you would like to talk through your ideas:
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Tel: 020 87649582 x 207