The Old Fire Station is a warm and welcoming community centre just off Holloway Road. Whether young or old, there are lots of activities going on here that you can get involved in:
- Get fit at one of the online exercise classes suited to your age or needs
- Get creative with our friendly, helpful arts groups
- Join in with one of our support services, such as In-Touch.
COVID Safety Update: Whilst in the building we will be maintaining the following standards: Social distancing, mask wearing, regular hand sanitising/hand washing & asking people to sign-in using the NHS Test and Trace App. We will be doing this to keep everyone as safe as possible.
IF YOU ARE NOT ABLE TO WEAR A MASK YOU MUST BRING CONFIRMATION OF A NEGATIVE COVID TEST. We will not be able to admit anyone to the session without a mask or confirmation of a negative test if you are exempt from wearing a mask. This can be either the result of a PCR test OR the official confirmation text message from a negative Lateral Flow test. You will need to show this to a staff member or facilitator when you arrive at the centre.
You can get a lateral flow test from most pharmacies. Registering your lateral flow test is easy to do using the government website - https://www.gov.uk/report-covid19-result
Please do not come to our centre if you have come into contact with someone who has Covid-19 symptoms or if you have any of the following symptoms or feel unwell:
- High Temperature
- Continuous cough
- Loss of taste and smell
- We ask everyone to wear a face-covering/mask in the building (unless you are exempt)
- Please keep your distance from others
Reception at the Old Fire Station is open for in-person enquiries every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday from 10am to 4pm.
For our current timetable of activities, please visit Timetable.
What you say about our online classes
Creative Writing
The Zoom creative writing sessions have been great for me in lockdown, especially as I am shielding. Oriana sends us very comprehensive and interesting worksheets so we can prepare beforehand and then read out to each other during the session. It’s so good to connect in this way with fellow writers and get the amazing encouragement from Oriana and members of the group. It has been so good to be challenged creatively during this very difficult time and then share our work with familiar faces. Thank you so much Oriana for being so inspirational and considerate.
The Zoom creative writing sessions have been great for me in lockdown, especially as I am shielding. Oriana sends us very comprehensive and interesting worksheets so we can prepare beforehand and then read out to each other during the session. It’s so good to connect in this way with fellow writers and get the amazing encouragement from Oriana and members of the group. It has been so good to be challenged creatively during this very difficult time and then share our work with familiar faces. Thank you so much Oriana for being so inspirational and considerate.
T'ai Chi
It was much more fun doing the form with other people instead of practising alone and picking up all sorts of bad habits. I find I'm more motivated to get it right if I have Neil saying do this and do that all the time and also I can ask questions. As always with Zoom it was lovely to be able to see everyone.
If anyone isn't sure about Zoom, I would say It's well worth the initial struggle that everyone experiences to get the first session working as after that it's so easy to participate in groups like this as well as chat 'face to face' with your friends and family. EM
It was much more fun doing the form with other people instead of practising alone and picking up all sorts of bad habits. I find I'm more motivated to get it right if I have Neil saying do this and do that all the time and also I can ask questions. As always with Zoom it was lovely to be able to see everyone.
If anyone isn't sure about Zoom, I would say It's well worth the initial struggle that everyone experiences to get the first session working as after that it's so easy to participate in groups like this as well as chat 'face to face' with your friends and family. EM
Some resources to try
Our lovely tutors have put together these friendly videos to help you practice T'ai Chi, Gentle Exercise and Yoga at home.
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