Link Age - Let's Talk meets the real East Enders to hear their vibrant stories from East London through the years.
LinkAge Plus is an organisation providing a whole host of wellbeing-focussed activities for older people in East London. They do everything; from ballet to darts to computer lessons. Through the lens of the 'five ways to wellbeing' the podcast discusses these programmes with both the people who have driven them and the people who take part.
This podcast is filled with golden anecdotes and tangible advice to tempt all generations to prioritise their wellbeing. Join us every other Thursday for a new episode!
Episode Eight: The War and Battle of Cable St with Alice
The last episode of Link Age - Let's Talk season one! Please enjoy this conversation with Alice - born in the 1920s she tells us her experiences of living through World War II in London, living in Cable St during the Battle of Cable St and many other amazing stories. Get in touch and let us know what you thought of the series and stay tuned for season two!
Get in touch with us!
Tweet us: @StHildasEast (https://twitter.com/StHildasEast) or use the hashtag '#linkageletstalk'
Facebook: www.facebook.com/sthildaseast (http://www.facebook.com/sthildaseast)
Get involved or volunteer with LinkAge Plus: https://sthildas.org.uk/projects/linkage-plus/ (https://sthildas.org.uk/projects/linkage-plus/)
(Graphic Design: Alex Abadjieva, Music: George Gershwin (Oh, Lady be Good), Production: Rosie Fuest)
19 Jan 2022
Episode Seven: Older People’s Reference Group
This episode of LinkAge - let’s talk discusses the Older People’s Reference Group (OPRG). We meet Sophie Ibotson (OPRG Coordinator) and Elizabeth Adebisi (OPRG Co-Chair) and they tell us how OPRG empowers older people in the community to advocate for their own rights and ensure their needs are met.
Learn more about OPRG:https://www.ageuk.org.uk/eastlondon/activities-and-events/hackney/oprg/ (https://www.ageuk.org.uk/eastlondon/activities-and-events/hackney/oprg/)
Learn more about their dignity code:https://www.ageuk.org.uk/bp-assets/globalassets/east-london/original-blocks/activities-and-events/dignity-code-leaflet-finalver02.pdf (https://www.ageuk.org.uk/bp-assets/globalassets/east-london/original-blocks/activities-and-events/dignity-code-leaflet-finalver02.pdf)
Get in touch with us!
Tweet us: @StHildasEast (https://twitter.com/StHildasEast) or use the hashtag '#linkageletstalk'
Facebook: www.facebook.com/sthildaseast (http://www.facebook.com/sthildaseast)
Get involved or volunteer with LinkAge Plus: https://sthildas.org.uk/projects/linkage-plus/ (https://sthildas.org.uk/projects/linkage-plus/)
(Graphic Design: Alex Abadjieva, Music: George Gershwin (Oh, Lady be Good), Production: Rosie Fuest)
5 Jan 2022
Episode Six: 'Connection' with The Mary Ward Centre
Episode 6 of LinkAge - let’s talk covers the fifth and final ‘way to wellbeing’: connect with others. We talk with Maddy Fisk and Erica Parrett from the Mary Ward Centre to hear about how they are working to make education and learning accessible for everyone. We discuss how this can and does lead to connection and why this is so important.
Learn more about the Mary Ward Centre: https://www.marywardcentre.ac.uk (https://www.marywardcentre.ac.uk)
Get in touch with us:
Tweet us: @StHildasEast (https://twitter.com/StHildasEast) or use the hashtag '#linkageletstalk'
Facebook: www.facebook.com/sthildaseast (http://www.facebook.com/sthildaseast)
Get involved or volunteer with LinkAge Plus: https://sthildas.org.uk/projects/linkage-plus/ (https://sthildas.org.uk/projects/linkage-plus/)
Other Useful Links:
5 ways to wellbeing paper: https://neweconomics.org/2011/07/five-ways-well-new-applications-new-ways-thinking (https://neweconomics.org/2011/07/five-ways-well-new-applications-new-ways-thinking)
(Graphic Design: Alex Abadjieva, Music: George Gershwin (Oh, Lady be Good), Production: Rosie Fuest)
22 Dec 2021
The Christmas Special
Welcome to the Christmas special - with Pat, Carol and Frances (the pioneer of the podcast and coordinator at LinkAge Plus)!
Let us know your Christmas stories and any interesting Christmas Trivia!
Tweet us: @StHildasEast (https://twitter.com/StHildasEast) or use the hashtag '#linkageletstalk'
Facebook: www.facebook.com/sthildaseast (http://www.facebook.com/sthildaseast)
Get involved or volunteer with LinkAge Plus: https://sthildas.org.uk/projects/linkage-plus/ (https://sthildas.org.uk/projects/linkage-plus/)
(Graphic Design: Alex Abadjieva, Music: George Gershwin (Oh, Lady be Good), Mini Christmas Song (Milton. https://freesound.org/s/85209/ (https://freesound.org/s/85209/)), Production: Rosie Fuest)
8 Dec 2021
Episode Five: 'Learning' with Alma and Lilly
Today on LinkAge - let’s talk we discuss learning. The fourth way to wellbeing covers the importance of learning throughout life to improve and protect our physical and mental wellbeing. Our guests in this episode are Lilly Neubauer, a PhD student who ran the Computer Aid Network at LA+, and Alma Ramnauth, a nurse, frequent LA+ member and all-round wonderful storyteller.
Get in touch:
Tweet us: @StHildasEast (https://twitter.com/StHildasEast) or use the hashtag '#linkageletstalk'
Facebook: www.facebook.com/sthildaseast (http://www.facebook.com/sthildaseast)
Get involved or volunteer with LinkAge Plus: https://sthildas.org.uk/projects/linkage-plus/ (https://sthildas.org.uk/projects/linkage-plus/)
Other Useful Links:
5 ways to wellbeing paper: https://neweconomics.org/2011/07/five-ways-well-new-applications-new-ways-thinking (https://neweconomics.org/2011/07/five-ways-well-new-applications-new-ways-thinking)
The Nun Study, Iacono et al., 2009: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2734290/ (https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2734290/)
Findings from The Nun Study, DA Snowdon, 2003: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12965975/ (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12965975/)
(Graphic Design: Alex Abadjieva, Music: George Gershwin (Oh, Lady be Good), Production: Rosie Fuest)
24 Nov 2021
Episode Four: 'Mindfulness' with NHS Talking Therapies
In this episode of 'LinkAge - let’s talk' we discuss our third way of wellbeing - mindfulness. Joanna Burbury, clinical psychologist and CBT therapist, takes us through her work with NHS talking therapies. She describes how mindfulness might be used in combination with therapies to benefit mental health and wellbeing, including advice of how you might begin to be mindful today.
Other Useful Links:
5 ways to wellbeing paper: https://neweconomics.org/2011/07/five-ways-well-new-applications-new-ways-thinking (https://neweconomics.org/2011/07/five-ways-well-new-applications-new-ways-thinking)
NHS talking therapies: https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/talking-therapies-medicine-treatments/talking-therapies-and-counselling/nhs-talking-therapies/ (https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/talking-therapies-medicine-treatments/talking-therapies-and-counselling/nhs-talking-therapies/)
Get in touch:
Tweet us: @StHildasEast (https://twitter.com/StHildasEast) or use the hashtag '#linkageletstalk'
Facebook: www.facebook.com/sthildaseast (http://www.facebook.com/sthildaseast)
Get involved or volunteer with LinkAge Plus: https://sthildas.org.uk/projects/linkage-plus/ (https://sthildas.org.uk/projects/linkage-plus/)
(Graphic Design: Alex Abadjieva, Music: George Gershwin (Oh, Lady be Good), Production: Rosie Fuest)
9 Nov 2021
Episode Three: 'Giving' with Christina and Pat
Welcome back to LinkAge Let's Talk! In episode three we meet volunteer and 'Googler' Christina Biernat to discuss the time she gives to LinkAge Plus. She tells us about 'walk-and-talk-tuesdays', generously gives advice on how to volunteer and discusses wellbeing in general. We also have our first return guest - Pat McCathy! An avid walker, she tells about what she gains from this activity and how she continues to give in her own life.
Useful Links:
5 ways to wellbeing paper: https://neweconomics.org/2011/07/five-ways-well-new-applications-new-ways-thinking (https://neweconomics.org/2011/07/five-ways-well-new-applications-new-ways-thinking)
Tower Hamlets Volunteer Centre: https://www.vcth.org.uk (https://www.vcth.org.uk)
Greenfield and Marks (2004) paper mentioned in the intro: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15358800/ (https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/15358800/)
Get in touch with us:
Tweet us: @StHildasEast (https://twitter.com/StHildasEast) or use the hashtag '#linkageletstalk'
Facebook: www.facebook.com/sthildaseast (http://www.facebook.com/sthildaseast)
Get involved or volunteer with LinkAge Plus: https://sthildas.org.uk/projects/linkage-plus/ (https://sthildas.org.uk/projects/linkage-plus/)
(Graphic Design: Alex Abadjieva, Music: George Gershwin (Oh, Lady be Good), Production: Rosie Fuest)
27 Oct 2021
Episode Two: 'Staying Active' with Dancing East
In this episode we look at the first of the five ways to wellbeing: being active. Laura Harvey, Head of Creative Programmes at the English National Ballet, tells about their community driven outreach approach and the many benefits of Dancing East, dance classes for older people. We then meet John Sadaful who is a longstanding participant of Dancing East. He talks about his life as a devoted father and mechanic, and why he loves taking part in the class each week.
Useful Links:
Find out more about Dancing East: https://www.ballet.org.uk/project/dancing-east/ (https://www.ballet.org.uk/project/dancing-east/)
'The Five Ways to Wellbeing' : https://neweconomics.org/2011/07/five-ways-well-new-applications-new-ways-thinking (https://neweconomics.org/2011/07/five-ways-well-new-applications-new-ways-thinking)
Get in touch with us!
Tweet us: @StHildasEast (https://twitter.com/StHildasEast) or use the hashtag '#linkageletstalk'
Facebook: www.facebook.com/sthildaseast (http://www.facebook.com/sthildaseast)
Get involved or volunteer with LinkAge Plus: https://sthildas.org.uk/projects/linkage-plus/ (https://sthildas.org.uk/projects/linkage-plus/)
(Graphic Design: Alex Abadjieva, Music: George Gershwin (Oh, Lady be Good and Fascinating Rhythm), Production: Rosie Fuest)
12 Oct 2021
Episode One: Pat and Carol
In episode one of LinkAge - Let's Talk, we meet Pat and Carol, two born and bred East Enders. They discuss growing up in East London, watching the city change, music that takes them back to their youth and so much more. They also introduce LinkAge Plus and tell us more about what the organisation provides and means to them.
Get in touch with us and find out how to get involved:
Tweet us: @StHildasEast (https://twitter.com/StHildasEast) or use the hashtag '#linkageletstalk'
Facebook: www.facebook.com/sthildaseast (http://www.facebook.com/sthildaseast)
Get involved or volunteer with LinkAge Plus: https://sthildas.org.uk/projects/linkage-plus/ (https://sthildas.org.uk/projects/linkage-plus/)
(Graphic Design: Alex Abadjieva, Music: George Gershwin (Oh, Lady be Good), Production: Rosie Fuest)
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