February 2020
Thank you for all your friendship and support these past 10 years, especially for your participation in the outings and activities over Christmas, the raffle, the sharing of festive food, and support for volunteers Julie and Bernie’s retirement gift (left). Our next event is our Community Information Day, details to be announced soon.
The aim was to showcase the work of DTRA and the 50+ Group on behalf of tenants and residents, and celebrate what's been achieved in supporting local residents during the past two years.
It was a warm sunny day. Cecily made sure everyone had tea and cake, David was on hand to help answer digital technology questions as part the Digital Donnington project, and Dannah held a taster session for the 50+ Health & Wellbeing Project for older people and their carers.
19 October 2019
We had an enjoyable and well attended event featuring Franklin's Tower, Mark Bosley Band, Delnavaz (shown top), The Jesters (bottom), Scott Gordon Band, Firegrazer, Phil and Sue, Matt Sewell and Uke-in Be Anything ya Wanna.
The day raised £317 from donations and merchandise. The proceeds will go towards Donnington Doorstep family centre and DTRA's projects.
Thanks to everybody who attended, took part or helped out. More photos and videos at www.facebook.com/donningtoncommunitymusic
29 June 2019, Recreation Ground & Sea Cadets Hall
This was our first outdoor festival event held on one of the hottest days of the year! The festival brought together all local groups in the area. Donnington FC held friendly children's games, Donnington Doorstep hosted children's arts & crafts and Donnington Community Music hosted the busking tent.
Stall included Rose Hill & Donnington Advice Centre, Thames Valley Police, Full Circle, Story Museum, Wild Oxford, Oxford City Farm, Friends of Aston Eyot, Friends of Meadow Lane Nature Park, Oxford Badger Group, Age UK and Donnington Over 50s group.
Our thanks to all the volunteer festival organisers, and everyone who came, for making the day a success. You can see all the photos here.
7 May 2019
Cecily Kirtland, Over 50's Group’s manager, received a Certificate of Honour for her contribution to volunteering by Oxford’s Lord Mayor at this year's Town Hall awards ceremony. Cecily is a local resident who in 2010 initiated and founded the Over 50s Group. This is a popular community project that encourages Donnington’s most vulnerable older residents to get out of their homes to socialise weekly at ‘tea and chat’ sessions at Donnington Community Centre. The group has grown to 50 members, two of whom are over 100. Congratulations Cecily!
May 2019
A group of people from Goodgym Oxford ran (yes, RAN!) to Meadow Lane Nature Park and helped out doing loads of useful stuff like watering the trees and trimming back the brambles. Here's a report of their exploits: https://www.goodgym.org/…/goodgym-went-to-mow-went-to-mow-a
Thanks so much you wonderful people! Come back and see us again soon!
April 2019
The ASDA Community Foundation presented a cheque to the Bridging Donnington Over 50's Group to pay for equipment to be used to bring the IT project to people who cannot make it to the community centre.
Once we have recruited some more IT volunteers, we will be arranging sessions at other residences where older people live. We will bring along a laptop, projector and tablets for hands on sessions.
But first, we need some more volunteers. We don’t do formal training. You just need to be able to patiently answer questions on how to use phones or computers to do something. Can you help? Please contact David Newman at dtra50plus@gmail.com.
16 February 2019
Thanks to everyone who came along to our tree-planting work party today. We planted new trees, worked hard and ate home-baked cake brought out to us on the reserve! A real community effort. Can't wait to see the apple blossom in the Spring.
