JulieP

Hi, have you tried: http://www.mannasociety.org.uk/ or http://aceofclubs.org.uk/

Agree with the others that the Elms is the only residential care home in ED and seems to be very well liked by residents and their families. Hill House (the Abbeyfield home in Sydenham) has now closed. Castlebar is still open and has nursing and residential places. There is also Greenhive in Peckham/Nunhead which is a residential care home (and another home from the same company on Sumner road in Peckham). As Pugwash says, there is a shortage of care home places in SE London so if nursing care is also required, this reduces the options available. There are three nursing homes in Southwark borough (Burgess Park in Camberwell, Tower Bridge (on Tower Bridge Road) and Queens Oak in Peckham). Lew Evans house (SE22) provides extra sheltered accommodation but this is not 24 hour care in the sense of a residential home. If you get in touch with social service, they should be able to help determine the level of care required.

There will be Christingle services at St John's on Goose Green at 3pm and another at 4.30pm

Hi Sue, Yes - there will be carols at 11 then midnight mass starts at 11.30.

My 8 year old has been going to South London Dance Studios since the age of 3 and has done ballet, modern and tap. However, she has now been banned from ever participating in another show (because we had to pull out as she wants to miss one practice session to attend a friend?s party). She loves dancing and has enjoyed doing shows / exams so she cannot stay there. I have looked at some of the schools locally and many seem to cater for younger children or only do ballet. Does anybody have any recommendations for schools where she will be able to continue with what she was doing - but perhaps with a bit less pressure? Thanks

Both of ours were stolen earlier in the year. Police gave us the same advice - also make sure you carry the v5 doc around in case they stop you. We didn't get any fines or hear anything more about it. Got new plates from halfords and they were attached with special screws which are supposed to make them a bit more difficult to take off.

I have a scanned copy my marriage certificate as a pdf on my iphone which seems to be acceptable. Have been stopped on several occasions and staff have said that although it's obvious they are my kids, they still have to go through the motions.

Pickle Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I will, once all my kids are at school, look at > retraining. > > I have an accountancy degree, and worked in CA > firms, and investment banks. Money good, quality > of life, shite. I also play flute, and did so > professionally for many years in an orchestra in > NZ, as well as teaching. Was brilliant, but very > unsociable hours and these days I lack the > time/motivation to put the hours of practice in. > > These days I find myself thinking I'd enjoy > working with the elderly. Terribly paid, and > tends to be the focus of documentaries for all the > wrong reasons, but it's something I am > increasingly finding myself drawn to. > > Before I had my son I was thinking of doing a > personal trainer course, and I still think I would > enjoy that sort of work. > > Maybe I should combine the two?! > > For now I'm enjoying being a stay at home Mum :) Combining exercise and working with older people is certainly feasible! There are training courses you can do (on top of exercise instructor courses) to teach exercise classes to older people to prevent falls and assist with rehabilitation after stroke. See http://www.laterlifetraining.co.uk/courses/ for details. I am a physiotherapist (not retrained but been so since leaving uni). I work with older people and this includes exercise and I love what I do - so another option could be to retrain as a physiotherapist?