Social Activities

Monthly Coffee Mornings

We have introduced informal coffee mornings to provide an opportunity to meet up socially for a chat over a cup of tea or coffee with fellow members. These are held in a café in central Oxford from 10.30 to 11.45am on the last Tuesday of most months. Please see Events Calendar for further details.

Meals together

In most years, we have a tea party in Oxford before Christmas and a lunch during the spring. There may also be other get togethers to welcome new members or thank our volunteers.

Theatre outings

When a suitable play can be booked, an outing may be arranged to visit a theatre and to have a meal before the performance.

Walking group

The Centre has in recent years organised a series of walks, based on National Trust properties set in lovely countryside not far from Oxford. Participants made their own travel arrangements.

Wherever possible, we arranged an easier walk of two miles or so in the morning, followed by a walk of about five miles in the afternoon. The two could be combined, or just one undertaken. Each day’s programme also included somewhere for refreshments.

At present we have no walks scheduled as we have no Walks Organiser. However, we hope to arrange walks in 2025, and these will be listed in our Events Calendar and Members’ Newsletters.

Holidays

Our holiday to Chester in October 2023 was very enjoyable, with 37 members staying in a historic hotel in Chester and visiting a range of historic properties on the coach journeys north and south, and in the Liverpool and Cheshire area (see Stop Press).

The holiday planned for Kent in spring 2024 was unfortunately cancelled owing to restricted hotel availability, but it is hoped to arrange another holiday in the future.

For a full list of events, please see our Events Calendar.