Information on health issues for the over 60s can also be found on the NHS Choices website
What's on in your area
Ashby Parva
Broughton Astley
Desford
Earl Shilton, Barwell and Elmesthorpe
Hinckley and Burbage
Loughborough
Measham
Newbold Verdon
Quorn
Shepshed
Ashby Parva
Barn dancing sessions
Tuesdays
Contact: 01455 284 285
Broughton Astley
Barn dancing sessions
Thursdays
Contact: 01455 284 285
Desford
Barn dancing sessions
Mondays
Contact: 01455 284 285
Earl Shilton, Barwell and Elmesthorpe
50s plus snooker afternoon
Earl Shilton Social Institute
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1pm
Contact: 01455 847 273
Age Concern group
Barwell Methodist Chapel
Mondays at 2pm
Tuesdays at 9.30am - general drop in for coffee and a chat
Barwell garden club
Contact: 01455 842 591
Dancing
Age Concern, Kings Walk, Earl Shilton
Tuesdays from 1.45pm - 3.45pm
Contact: 01455 847 666
Dancing with Ernie and Joyce
Age Concern, Kings Walk, Earl Shilton
Mondays from 1.30pm - 3.45pm
Contact: 01455 847 666
Exercise for the over-50s
The Stute, Earl Shilton
Mondays at 9.30 am
Contact: 01455 457 696
Keep fit
The senior citizen centre, Earl Shilton
Contact: 01455 633 673
Rambling club - Earl Shilton and Barwell
Contact: 01455 845 276
Women's Institute
Earl Shilton
Contact: 01455 843 618
Women's Institute
Elmesthorpe social centre at 7.30pm
Hinckley and Burbage
Age Concern exercise group
Westfield community centre
Mondays from 1.30 - 2.30
Carousel senior citizen's club
United Reformed church hall, Hinckley
Wednesdays at 1.45pm
Contact: 01455 238 683
Indoor bowls club
Salvation Army, Lancaster Road, Hinckley
Contact: 01455 637 682
Modern sequence dance
Age Concern, Westfield Community Centre, Hinckley
Thursdays at 9.30am
Contact: 01455 891 878
Old people's welfare club
St Mary's church hall
Thursdays at 2.30pm
Over 50s ten pin bowling club
Lakeside Bowl, Nuneaton
Mondays at 11am
Contact: 01455 634 025
Rambling club - Hinckley Ramblers
Contact: 01455 845 355 or 01455 848 166
Retired men's club - Hinckley
Westfield community centre
Tuesdays from 1pm - 4pm
Contact: 01455 637 514
Royal British Legion
Hinckley and district branch
Contact: 01455 614 662
Sequence dancing with tuition
St Mary's community hall
Tuesdays 8.30pm - 10pm
Contact: 02476 737 969
The over 60s club
Wykin Club, Hinckley
Thursdays at 1.30pm
Contact: 01455 636 937
Women's Instutute
Hollycroft
Contact: 01455 636 609
Young at Heart!
St Francis' Community Centre, Tudor Road, Hinckley
Thursdays at 2pm
Contact: 01455 617 185
Loughborough
Badminton for the over-50s
Loughborough Baptist Church
Assembly Hall, Baxter Gate
Wednesdays from 2pm - 4pm
Indoor bowls
Charnwood indoor bowls club
Browns Lane, Loughborough
Free bowls coaching on Mondays 7pm - 9pm
Contact: 01509 210 018
Keep fit for the over-60s
Fearon Hall community centre
Rectory Road, Loughborough
Wednesdays from 2pm - 3pm
Contact: 01509 230 629
Line dancing
Charnwood indoor bowls club
Browns Lane, Loughborough
Tuesdays from 7pm - 10pm
Over 60s club
Fearon Hall, Rectory Road, Loughborough
Wednesdays from 1.30pm - 3.30pm
Contact: 01509 230 629
Social dance, ballroom, Latin, social, sequence, rock 'n' roll
Charnwood club, Shelthorpe Avenue, Loughborough
Fridays from 7.30pm
Contact: 0115 937 2043
Measham
Sequence dance
Leisure Centre, High Street, Measham
Contact: 01530 274 061
Newbold Verdon
Gardening club
Contact: 01455 822 130
Quorn
Quorn folk dance club
Quorn village hall, Leicester Road
Wednesdays from 7.30pm - 9.30pm
The Old People's Fellowship
A day out is planned on November 12
Contact: Lilly Callaghan - 01509 414616
Shepshed
Over 50s badminton club
Hind Leys community centre
Fridays 3.30 - 5pm - free membership
Tea dance and social afternoon
Glenmore Centre, Thorpe Road, Shepshed
Thursdays from 2pm - 4pm
Contact: 01509 650 662
Free swimming for over 60s
Councils in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland, supported by the NHS and the Department for Culture are offering free swimming if you are over 60, or under 16.
Visit the L R Sport website for full details on how you can take advantage of this.
Older person's handbook
The
Older person's handbook has been designed to help people make the most of life and to deal with the sorts of issues facing them (as they get older). Most people want to do as much as possible to maintain good health and to live life as fully as possible as they age. This handbook gives advice, as well as ideas, about what might make a difference as you get older. It includes contact details of local organisations and services which can help people maintain their independence.
The handbook has been produced through a collaboration of agencies, led by Leicestershire County Council and Age Concern Leicestershire and Rutland including the NHS, District Councils, Voluntary sector organisations and the pension services.