Leading West End artist Ramin Karimloo performs a varied programme with a live band of stunning new songs from his album, alongside some much loved West End favourites including Music of the Night from The Phantom of the Opera,’Til I Hear You Sing from Love Never Dies, Some Enchanted Evening from South Pacific and Bring Him Home from Les Misérables.

Ramin Karimloo received global acclaim starring in The Phantom of the Opera 25th anniversary concert, performed at the Royal Albert Hall and broadcast around the world.

Please call the office on 020 7708 4497 to book your place. You will need to collect the tickets from the office before the performance.

Tickets will be on a first come first served basis but preference will be given to carers who have never had a chance to go on a Southwark Carers outing before.

Venue: Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX

A chance for carers to make new friends, share information and experiences and have fun.

Studies show that one of the biggest issues carers face is isolation, our support groups are organised to help carers extend their social networks and learn together.

Come and share your experiences with others, enjoy a drink and refreshments and have a laugh.

Lew Evans House, 188 Underhill Road SE22 0QH

For details: Call Irene on 020 7708 4497

We provide the wool, needles, tea, coffee and cakes (and tuition for beginners).

This year we will be knitting hats and scarves to sell in our new gift shop at the Southwark Resource Centre. If anyone has any fantastic ideas for knitted or sewn, arts and crafts for the summer months we would love to hear them.

Come and join us for a get together, have a laugh, learn new skills, take a break from caring and make new friends.

For details please call Rob on 020 7708 4497

Films shown include documentaries, news reels and history films that look at London in the 50s and 60s.

We hope that these films will stir up memories and get everyone talking about their experiences and own recollections of the events shown.

The documentaries will bring back to life many names, faces and colourful characters from the past.

Venue: 3rd Floor,Walworth Methodist Church, 54 Camberwell Road, London SE5 0EN

A jewellery designer will be attending the group to help you create your own necklaces, bracelets and brooches.

The designer will help you combine stones and beads to make a range of accessories which you can take home to wear or give to friends as gifts.

Venue: 3rd Floor, Walworth Methodist Church, 54 Camberwell Road, London, SE5 0EN

A chance for carers to make new friends, share information and experiences and have fun.

Studies show that one of the biggest issues carers face is isolation, our support groups are organised to help carers extend their social networks and learn together.

Come and share your experiences with others, enjoy a drink and refreshments and have a laugh.

For more information please call Irene on 020 7708 4497

Venue: Artesian Branch, 138 Grange Road, SE1

A joint support group run in conjunction with the Alzheimer’s Society for all carers of people with dementia.

The group offers the carers the opportunity to talk about their problems, learn from others and develop strategies to cope with caring for someone with memory loss.

For more information please contact Irene on 020 7708 4497 or email irene.kruger@southwarkcarers.org.uk

The Parliament gives pensioners opportunities to discuss the projected cuts to services at the Maudsley. Southwark Members of Parliaments and Councillors are all invited, as are members of the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust (SL&M) who will be given the opportunity to justify the planned closure of a ward for elderly people.

Come to the entrance to Portcullis House at 9.30 in time for a coffee or tea before the start of business at 10.00.

Venue: The Attlee Suite, Portcullis House, London SW1A 2LW

The V&A's exhibition, British Design 1948–2012: Innovation in the Modern Age, celebrates the best of British post-war art and design from the 1948 ‘Austerity Games' to the present day. Over 300 British design objects highlight significant moments in the history of British design and how the country continues to nurture artistic talent and be a world leader in creativity and design.

In 1948 London hosted the first Olympic Games after the Second World War. The ‘Austerity Games’ (as they became known) took place at a time of economic crisis in a city devastated by bombing, but they provided a platform for reconciliation and reconstruction. In 2012 Britain welcomes the Olympics once more, and while the spirit remains, the context in which they are taking place has entirely changed. British Design 1948–2012 traces those changes by exploring buildings, objects, images and ideas produced by designers and artists born, trained or based in Britain.

The displays examine the shifting nature of British design over 60 years: three galleries respectively explore the tension between tradition and modernity; the subversive impulse in British culture; and Britain’s leadership in design innovation and creativity. The exhibition reveals how British designers have responded to economic, political and cultural forces that have fundamentally shaped how we live today. They have created some of the most inventive and striking objects, technologies and buildings of the modern world.

Venue: Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London SW7 2RL

The human body is meant to move, dance is simply movement to music and anyone can do it. The energizing and uplifting qualities of bellydancing means that everyone - no matter what their experience, age, size or gender can enjoy it, get fit, have fun and appreciate the music.

Polly Hallam of Mrs Miggin’s Middle will be leading the group, we provide the music, coin belts, finger cymbals and veils.

Please wear loose comfortable clothes and bring a small towel with you.

Venue: 3rd Floor Walworth Methodist Church, 54 Camberwell Road, London SE5 0EN

For details and to book your place: Call Rob on 020 7708 4497

Discover the secrets of successful floral design through this 20 week course. If you would like to arrange flowers for your home, friends and colleagues, and special events with confidence, then this group is perfect. We are working with a florist to provide up to 20 carers with a full floristry course.

You will learn:

• to understand why arrangements look good and why they do not, using the elements and principles of design
• the trade secrets that will enable you to make a few flowers go a long way
• the latest trends and techniques with up-to-the-minute materials
• arrangements for large venues such as churches, marquees or reception halls
• flowers in a vase and handtied bouquets
• pedestals
• table decoration and top table designs

Places are strictly limited, if you are interested in joining the group please contact Rob on 020 7708 4497 to register.

Venue: 3rd Floor, Walworth Methodist Church, 54 Camberwell Road, London, SE5 0EN

Local artist Stephen Wright will be leading the group in creating a mural for the Carers Resource Centre.

Stephen is known for his work in mosaics and ceramics and has famously turned his house into a museum which chronicles his life.

His home known as the House of Dreams, is covered in paintings, mosaics and artwork inspired by travels and experiences.

At each session the group will learn a new technique which will be incorporated into the mural. These will include ceramics, card making, collage and memory painting using words to make pictures.

Venue: 3rd Floor, Walworth Methodist Church, 54 Camberwell Road, London SE5 0EN

A herbalist will be showing the group how to prepare and cook some wild foods.

In this group we will be using elderflowers, making drinks and foods from the flowers.

We will be learning about forraged foods, what to look out for and more importantly what to avoid and exploring what is in season at this time like larch, sheeps sorrel and pennywort.

Carers' Catch Ups provide you a chance to talk with staff, carers and board members to help us plan activities and make sure we are offering the services you need in the way that you want them.

Teas, coffees and cakes are provided.

Venue: 3rd Floor, Walworth Methodist Church, 54 Camberwell Road, London SE5 0EN

Local artist Stephen Wright will be leading the group in creating flags for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

Using mixed media the group will create flags and banners to show their patriotic side in preparation for the bank holiday weekend and jubilee celebrations.

Venue: 3rd Floor, Walworth Methodist Church, 54 Camberwell Road, London SE5 0EN

What a difference a story makes; using life story work to enhance care.

Life Story Work is a tool to enhance the care provided to older people, particularly those with dementia. The benefits for individuals, families/friends and for staff providing care include improving understanding of the individual, promoting relationships and facilitating delivery of person-centred care.

Life Story Work describes a biographical approach, which gives people the opportunity to talk about their life experiences. It involves recording relevant aspects of a person’s past and present life with the aim of using this life story to benefit them in their present situation. The potential benefits of Life Story

Work as an intervention for people with dementia and their families have been recognised for some time, in terms of promoting individualised care, improving assessment, building relationships between care staff and family carers as well as improving communication.

Venue: Southwark Carers, 3rd Floor, Walworth Methodist Church, 54 Camberwell Road, London SE5 0EN

Chelsea Physic Garden has a unique living collection of around 5,000 different edible, useful and historical plants.

London’s oldest botanic garden, Chelsea Physic Garden was founded in 1673 by the Worshipful Society of Apothecaries for the purpose of training apprentices in identifying plants. It subsequently became one of the most important centres of botany and plant exchange in the world.

The Garden’s warm microclimate means that many tender plants can flourish including a number of rare and endangered species. It has the largest outdoor fruiting olive tree in Britain and the world’s most northerly outdoor grapefruit tree. From pomegranates to gingkos, mulberries to eucalyptus, there are over 100 different types of tree in the Garden, many of which are rare in Britain. In the glasshouses there is a collection of tropical and sub-tropical species and a Victorian Cool Fernery.

Venue: 66 Royal Hospital Road, Chelsea, London SW3 4HS

Shortlisted for the 2011 Man Booker Prize, The Sisters Brothers is a dazzlingly original odyssey across gold-rush America.

It is the strange tale of two brothers' encounters with a remarkable cast of characters - losers, cheaters, and ne'er-do-wells from all stripes of life - which beautifully captures the humour, melancholy and grit of the Old West.

Venue: 3rd Floor, Walworth Methodist Church, 54 Camberwell Road, London SE5 0EN