Ipswich Library - Events for Older People


Ipswich County library regularly runs the following activities for older people.

Top Time - Time of Your Life

A weekly meeting aimed at older people with a friendly and varied programme of activities. It runs every Thursday, from 3.00pm to 4.00pm. Tea, coffee and chat available.

Time of Your Life Events Diary
Thursday Topic Further Info
October
2 Black History Join us for a talk by Rosa Weeks
9 Card Making Try making a greeting card
16 Chair based exercise Easy exercise from the comfort of a chair with Julie Stokes
23 Stained Glass Talk by Naomi Brangwyn
30 Gentle Dance Dance East
November
6 Glass Painting Unleash your artistic side and help paint a section of our glass panel to be hung in the library on completion
13 Chair based exercise Easy exercise from the comfort of a chair with Julie Stokes
20 Quiz Time Join us for a fun movie quiz
27 Gentle Dance Popular gentle dance session using ribbons. Helps to promote flexible joints.

Further activities will be updated as they are confirmed.

When did it start?
The first meeting was held on Thursday 27 September 2007. The session was hosted by local author Maureen Wills talking about writing and publishing her two books - Chronicles of Ringshall and Dragons of Honeysuckle Valley. Since then there has been a variation of activities including talks on first aid, computing, poetry, massage, ancestry and personal safety.

Maureen Wills and members of the Time of Your Life club Time of Your Life members

At Home Library Service Reading Group

This friendly group is for all older people, including users of the At Home Library Service and their carers, families or volunteer visitors. We offer a stimulating and varied programme of books and topics to read and discuss. The group meets on the first Tuesday of every month from 10:30am - 11:45am.

Please feel free to drop in on our next meeting which will take place on Tuesday 7 October. We will be discussing our reading aspirations and ideas for the group for the next year. This is your group so please help us shape it to meet your needs - we look forward to your company!


The group that's 'Full of Life'

In April 2008 the group, in partnership with other AHLS reading groups in Suffolk, published a book called 'Full of Life'. Find out more details here.

More group details

This monthly Book Group is run by the At Home Library Service and supported by Suffolk Artlink who also pays for transport to and from the sessions. If you require use of the free transport then contact the library at least one week before the event.

Memerbs of the AHLS Book group Members of the AHLS book group

So far, groups have had visiting speakers, local authors talking about their publications, Caribbean readings and poetry workshops as well as creative writing workshops. 

Activities and events at Ipswich County library
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