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It is with regret that we record the death of Odwyn Berry on Wednesday 4 August 2010.
In Memory of Odwyn
Monthly Events
- Coffee Morning
Meet on the second Tuesday of the month at the Sunny Restaurant, Ham Road at 10.30 am for social chat. Morning coffee & biscuits - £2.00. Street parking.
- Lunches
- Third Sunday of the month: Meet 12.15 pm for 12.30 start at the Alexandra pub, Lyndhurst Road, Sunday roast £5.95. Plentiful street parking. Pulse & 700 bus routes.
- Last Thursday of the month: Meet at noon at the Broadwater pub, Broadwater (near St Mary's Church). Meals of your choice £4.00 upwards. Car park entrance from Broadwater Way; several bus routes.
- Open Meetings
Held at St Michael's Church Hall, Hayling Rise on the first Wednesday of the month, with speaker and/or entertainment. Doors open at 7.00 pm. Entry: members £2.00; visitors £3.00. Large car park.
- Walks
Details given at each Open Meeting during the season. Non-walkers are welcome to join us for lunch at a local hostelry.
- Evening Meals
These are arranged on an ad hoc basis and advertised at the Open Meetings and Coffee Mornings. Also, arrangements are made for Christmas Lunch and/or Dinner.
- Outings
Note that bookings generally close at the Open Meeting in the month before each trip, unless a trip is fully booked earlier.
- Lottery Syndicate
Subscriptions and payouts are due at the February, April, June, August and October Open Meetings. One line is played for each two persons in the syndicate for the 8 week period covered.
Future Events
Coach outings in the second half of 2010 include:
July - Eltham Palace
August - Barnsgate Manor
September - Biggest Coffee Morning in the World
October - Old Tyme Music Hall in the New Forest
November - Portsmouth
Focus on Worthing Friendship Centre
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On an outing to Barnsgate Winery |
On holiday at Ringwood |
An Open Meeting |
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In 1993 a group of socially minded folk decided that there was a need for a club for active retired people in Worthing other than the somewhat specialist groups of U3A and Probus etc. They set up a small committee and approached the ARP050 Head Office to see if funds could be available for the setting up of a Friendship Centre. Things went well and the establishment of the centre was publicised in the local press and the first meeting was held in Ferring Village Hall on 11th May 1993.
Many tides have ebbed and flowed since those early days and now the Centre is well established having survived the demise of ARP050 and, after a brief flirtation with the ill-fated Heyday, is happily a member of the Friendship Centre Federation.
Our main meeting is held in a church hall in the north of Worthing in the evening on the first Wednesday of the month. The programme consists of centre business, raffle, tea/coffee and biscuits followed by a guest speaker. We run a national lottery syndicate and contributions to this are made on alternate monthly meetings. A coffee morning get-together is held on the second Tuesday in East Worthing and many of those members who cannot make the evening meeting join with those of us lucky enough to be able to attend both. At both meetings outings and special events can be booked. We also meet for lunch on the third Sunday and the last Thursday. Our newsletters and programme of events are available at each venue.
During the summer months, individual members arrange walks. We are fortunate that both the South Downs and the coastal area are nearby. These always end with a pub lunch and those members unable to do the walking can join us there.
Like other centres our membership varies having reached a peak of 120 in the ARP days dropping to 100 a year or so ago as an independent Centre. We have currently 70 active members. Guests are always welcome to visit us and it would be a pleasure to meet members from other centres who may be holidaying in the area.
Worthing Friendship Centre is an Independent Centre and a Member of the Friendship Centre Federation
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