August 2015

Brunswick Older People’s Project (Bopp), also known as St John’s, has been given a new name and it will now be known as The Hop 50+. The name change has come as a result of a re-branding exercise for Impact when a focus group, including regular Bopp visitors and staff, decided that the project needed […]

On Saturday 27th June, 10am-4pm, we will be holding an Open Day at St John’s Centre and Café in Palmeria Square, Hove. Come along and get involved in our 30 minute taster sessions, where you can try a number of the activities that regularly take place at the centre, including boccia, chair yoga, pottery painting,

On Friday 12th June, The Larches Cafe, Coldean, will be hosting a dementia information morning from 10.30-11.30am. The session will be led by Caroline Carter from Dementia Friends, with endorsement from The Alzheimers Society. Anybody can attend the session to gain a better understanding of what dementia is and how it can affect a person’s

9 September 2014  – Nomination forms for the Brighton and Hove Older People’s Awards 2014 will be available from tomorrow: download from this website, cutout from the Argus or contact us on 322940 if you know someone aged 50+ who deserves an award this year. Forms will also be available in community venues around the city.

24 July 2014 – Staff, trustees and residents from Brighton and Hove City Council celebrated the opening of Stopover 3 with residents. Stopover 3 provides a last step towards living independently for young women in supported housing in Brighton and Hove.

3 October 2014 –  Visit our Older People’s Day 2014 page to find out more.

16 October 2014 – PCC Katy Bourne visited WASP After School Club to present a cheque for £5,000 (which one of the children swiftly ran off with, followed by several others). Katy, who was a play worker in her early 20s, spent an hour with the children, teaching several how to play pool; watching an

20 October 2014  – Bernard Jordan, who caused a stir when he went to Normandy last year without letting anyone know, received the Brighton and Hove Older People’s Award for Courage last week. The judges were looking for someone who had shown extreme courage and who had been brave, plucky, fearless, daring and intrepid! The

13 November 2014 –  Latest TV visited WASP in the build-up to the 2014 Children in Need television appeal, and spoke to Garry Allan, Senior Supervisor at the After School Club, about the benefits which the funding brings to children and their families in Whitehawk.  

Horsham District Council working together with Impact Initiatives are delighted to welcome all members of the community to their first “Big Winter Warm Up” at the Dingemans Centre, Shooting Fields, Steyning on Wednesday 3 December 2014. This free event will be jam packed with information and advice for keeping residents safe, well and warm this