A day at our Parkinson’s Cafe
During the Summer period our doors will open on the first and third Tuesday of every month, between 1400hrs and closes at 1600hrs at the H.C.A. (Hullbridge Community Association) Pooles lane. In the winter months its will be between 1300hrs to 1500hrs.
Four people are normally in attendance, Mr Colin Rickards (chairperson), Mrs Christina Rickards (trustee & treasurer ), Miss Emma Low (trustee), and Janet Blackwell (Volunteer Support ).
We open with a warm welcome and a nice cup of tea, coffee, soft drinks and Biscuits and sometimes Cake. We talk about how we all are and if there are any problems, we will try to help to solve them and offer advise. We have people that we can turn to for medical or other problems regarding P.D.
Janet is the intelligent one as she sets the Quizzes of the day, quite often she explains the meaning of sayings (Quotes) and sometimes she has been known to recite a poem or two ( Very clever Lady).
With what goes on, 2 hours does not seem long enough, but we do seem to cram a lot in. We also try to arrange trips with Cooke’s Coaches which we have done in the past, the club has also invited Lifestyle & Mobility from Southend, along to show us some of their walkers, Electrical wheelchairs, and Mobility Scooters.
Please come along and discover how friendly we are.
On Saturday 10th February 2024 we put on a Spectacular One man show by Dave Collison, He was Brilliant as Roy Orbison, the second part of the Show was his Human Jukebox which was amazing with his rendition of songs from the 50s, 60s, and 70s.