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"Making a difference to people's lives"
Welcome to the website of the Golden-Oldies Charity, which is now in its sixth year. Most people now fondly refer to us as "Goldies." As you can see from the many images on our website and the picture above, Goldies is putting smiles on hundreds of faces through our singing and activity sessions across the West of England and South Wales as well as through our award-winning Time after Time schools intergenerational program.

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The Mayor of Bath Cllr Andy Furse opened the first Goldies Community Garden at St Mark’s School in Bath on Thursday April 25th.

The garden was designed by Simon Kale and was funded the Charter Trustees of Bath, Bath & North East Somerset Council, Bath in Bloom, Cllrs Dave Laming and Bryan Chalker and Goldies Trustee Ian Head.

The Garden will be open on Tuesday afternoons initially and is close to a new Goldies session that will start in Larkhall, Bath, at the beginning of June. Raymond Friel is Executive Head at St Mark’s School and a Goldies Trustee. He said: “Another wonderful occasion for Goldies and today we are planting a seed to take forward our schools Time after Time intergenerational programme.”



We are looking for more Session Leaders and would love to hear from you
In Salisbury – Stroud – Cirencester – Cheltenham. You will be a strong singer with a big personality wanting to make a big difference to the lives of lonely people. Interested? We would love to hear from you.

We pay £25 a session plus travel – please contact abby@golden-oldies.org.uk



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The Lord Mayor of Bristol (pictured above) attended the first new Goldies session at the Malcolm X Centre in St Pauls on Monday April 8th. Grenville Jones took the session and Chloe Lang will be the session leader on Monday's from 1.30pm - 2.30pm each week.
Bath Half 2013

March 3rd and the Goldies team step out in the Bath Half. Here are some pics taken on the day. Big thanks to Emma and Abby for the endless supply of food for our runners and families before and after. Chair of Trustees Jenny Smerdon led the team from the front. Thanks to everyone who part and BMW Wellsway Bath, our 2013 sponsors.

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Sue Stone is our brilliant Wiltshire session leader – she told us that she had received a card from the daughter of one of her Goldies.

It said - Thank you for all you do for my mum. It really brought it home to me when she said, “Going to Goldies made me realise I can dance again ...”

“MUM” is 82. She uses a wheeled walker as she has difficulty standing straight. She loves Goldies so much, she says “she’s addicted”.

Sue says “When Vera dances, there is a beautiful happiness about her. Vera says she now dances at home too and thanks to the dancing, she feels she is now able to stand straighter and she also has much more flexibility in her arms.“

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Time after Time
where next?

Time after Time is a schools intergenerational project led by the Goldies charity. The programme is led by our founder Grenville Jones and two of our Trustees who are head teachers, Time after Time started in the Bath area bringing together hundreds of local children with the elderly in their local communities. The Bath Chronicle named it the Event of the Year. I was a huge success winning praise from politicians, teachers and ( most importantly) hundreds of elderly folk and school children who took part.

Jubilee Time after Time followed, supported by a BIG Lottery grant, It engaged schools across the West of England and won second place in the prestigious National Lottery Awards – Education Category – 2012. Here is just one of many comments we received about Jubilee Time after Time from Amelia aged 9 who attends a primary school near Bristol where a group of elderly people attended the school for day of singing, chatting and laughing.

“Almost the best day I have ever had so far”.

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We are looking for the necessary funding to take Time after Time foward across England and Wales. If you can help please contact Grenville Jones on glj@golden-oldies.org.uk



"Making a difference to people's lives"


We hope that you will find out everything you need to know about us on this website. You can contact us by calling 01761 470006 or by email hiho@golden-oldies.org.uk



BE A Goldies Session Leader
Click here to find out more.



Goldies in Wales with Goldies Cymru
Working in partnership with Age Concern Cardiff and The Vale we have started new sessions in South Wales led by Beth Ford. These sessions are funded by the National Lottery through the Big Lottery Fund
Click here to find out more.
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GOLDIES YN LANSIO YNG NGHYMRU GOLDIES CYMRU
Ariennir gan y Lotteri Genedlaethol drwy’r Gronfa Loteri Fawr
Gweithio mewn partneriaeth gyda Age Concern Caerdydd a’r Fro Bydd sesiynau newydd yn cychwyn yn fuan – dan arweiniad Beth Ford.
Cliciwch yma i gael mwy o wybodaeth.



The Golden-Oldies Active Song
The Golden-Oldies charity is delighted to introduce a specially designed ‘Active Song’ into their weekly and monthly sessions across the West of England and Wales.

Designed by Dr Afroditi Stathi and Jolanthe De Koning from the University of Bath to target the physiological concerns of older adults, the easy-to-learn routine accompanies a classic Goldies hit, Morecombe and Wise’s ‘Bring Me Sunshine’. Incorporating movements that strengthen independence muscles in the legs, improve cardiovascular fitness and develop upper body flexibility, this fun ‘exercise in disguise’ choreography has multiple real life benefits; standing and sitting, climbing stairs, reaching high shelves or boarding a bus will all be easier after repeat exposure to the Goldies ‘Active Song’.

Now being implemented across all our sessions, our purpose-designed ‘Active Song’ provides even further benefits to those who participate in Goldies sing-a-longs everywhere.



Goldies is good for you - It's official
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An independent research study by Dr. Barbra Teater and Dr. Mark Baldwin from the Department of Social & Policy Sciences at the University of Bath has shown that the work of the Golden-Oldies Charity that brings singing and friendship to the lives of the elderly and isolated in the West of England is having a real effect on their lives.

"The most important result was the statistically significant improvement in self-reported overall health from before their participation in the Goldies sessions to now."

To read the full report from the University of Bath click here




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