The NHS Retirement Fellowship exists to maintain friendships and to provide opportunities to make new friends through a range of social and leisure activities.
If you are over 50 years of age, retired or still working, and have worked in the NHS or worked for a contracted service, including volunteers who give their services to the NHS in any way you are eligible to join. Also eligible are those who worked in the Social Service sector. Partners / spouses of members are also eligible for membership.
Further Information about the NHSRF email:
Cardiff Branch:
Alternative Website Addresses:
National (www.nhsrf.org.uk): CLICK HERE
Wales Region (www.nhsrf-cymru.co.uk): CLICK HERE
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Our last field trip for 2018-9 . We will be visiting WWT Penclacwydd near Llanelli. We have visited there on several occasions previously so you will probably know how to reach it. If not let me know and I will respond as soon as possible after the 7th. As usual we will be meeting in the cafe at 10am.
I hope you have all had a most enjoyable Christmas and wish you a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous 2019.
With regards to you all
Don.
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3-Arches 09:15
Cost : £27
Monday 11th February 2019 10:30am (use your bus pass)
£10.99 for three games, at the Red Dragon Centre, Cardiff bay. Car parking is free when you spend £6 or more.
Awaiting 2019 Visitor Schedule for March 2019
£35. (Ferry: £30, Landing Fee: £5 )
A special event to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the formation of the NHSRF and the 70th anniversary of the National Health Service.
The event for Welsh members will be held at Bedwellty House & Gardens, this property is closely associated with Anaurin Bevan and the formation of the National Health Service.
Updated Information
The date is the same 25th July at Bedwellty House, but we will now have a two course lunch instead of a buffet tea. Therefore we will need to be there for 12-30 for lunch at 1 pm.There will be no cost to our members, but coach travel will cost £9. As places will be limited it will have to be on a first come first served basis.
(Norman has already paid!!!)
Please let Norman know if you wish to attend.
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The club has renewed our subscription for the next 3yrs for our internet domain name
NHSRFCardiff.org
So if you have any information that you think might be of interest to the other members please let one of the committee know and we can publish it on our website.
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Did you notice the new LOGO for the NHSRF for the 40th anniversary year.
This was designed by one of our committee - David Manning - and was the winner of a nationwide competition
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Walking Group Xmas lunch 2017
at Oystercatcher Pub, Penarth.
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The Cardiff branch have excelled in the recent Photography Group competition with Jill Evans and Peter Elkington gaining commendations for their entries and Maureen Salmon gaining commendations with two of her prints. This from an total of 140 entries is excellent. Please pass on my congratulations to Jill, Peter and Maureen.
I received 107 digital copies of the competition entries and these can be seen on the facebook site "NHS RF Photography Group" ; a number will feature in a small exhibition at the AGM and conference at the end of November.
I have attached a couple of flyers giving details of the new competition as well as an ongoing call for pictures that the Fellowship can use for new promotional materials and the upgrading of the website.
Anthea Zell
Photography Group Co-ordinator
The following photos were submitted to the recent competition by branch members :
Castlerigg Stones (Maureen Salmon)
double rainbow (Maureen-Salmon)
Snow scene (Peter Elkington)
Mountains & Lake (Jill Evans)
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Older news
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Congratulations to the Branch on the 10th anniversary of its formation. Picture shows the cutting of one of the two iced cakes that were provided for our members following a lively sing song lead by our guest entertainer Hank Hillman.
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Member Peter Elkington has informed the Chairman that he was the winner of last months National Photography competition with his photograph entitled - "The Old Ways"
Thursday September 3rd 2015
The Metropole Hotel Llandrindod Wells
Keynote speaker
Dr Andrew Goodall
Director General of Health & Social Services Chief Executive NHS Wales
Cardiff Branch at the 2015 Welsh Conference
Winners of raffle at the Wales Regional Conference
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National Photography Competition
Further success in the national photography competition for member Maureen Salmon.
Her photo titled "Having a splashing time" was runner up in the latest competition.
See page 7 in the current Fellowship newsletter
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Why not dig out your old "Box Brownie" and Join Maureen on the winners list.
Click on logo below for latest information
Fellowship Newsletter (September 2014)
Fellowship Newsletter (August 2015)
Fellowship Newsletter (January 2016)
Fellowship Newsletter (May 2016)
Fellowship Newsletter (January 2017)
Fellowship Newsletter (May 2017)
Fellowship Newsletter (September 2017)
Fellowship Newsletter (January 2018)
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Headway Cardiff & South East Wales, a local brain injury charity.
I am looking to contact local, retired NHS staff to find out if anyone would be interested in volunteering for us here in either our Independence & Wellbeing Centre or within our community groups to help support people who have been affected by an acquired brain injury
Kathryn Jones Volunteer Coordinator///////////////////////
We're Cardiff's local hospice and cared for over 750 patients in the city last year. We also care for their families with bereavement support, welfare advice, and social support.
Many thanks, Diolch yn fawr,///////////////////////
Formerly known as RNID is asking if members of NHSRF would consider volunteering to help to relieve social isolation in this group of people.
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Good afternoon Norman.
I am emailing today as I work on a dementia project funded by the national lottery to support people living with dementia to engage in activities. We offer support in a one to one setting and also in group settings.
We are looking to recruit volunteers to support with the project in the aims of if the funding is no longer continued the people being supported will still receive that support.
I would be more than happy to send you over information if this is something you feel you could publicise for us or know of anyone who may be intertied in becoming a volunteer.
I look forward to hearing from you.
Many Thanks
Susan Johns
Gofal
DIAL Case worker
Susancurriejohns@gofal.org.uk
Gofal |
From: Sandra Ricardo [mailto:sandraricardo@btconnect.com]
Sent: 25 January 2018 12:11
To: norman.bishop@sky.com
Subject: Volunteering as patients for medical students
Good day
I don't know if this is something the membership/family members/friends might be interested in participating in?
Thought I'd spread the word anyway.
Volunteers can be healthy or not!
Best wishes.
Sandra
Assessments Team
Tel No. +44(0)29 206 87770
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Older Notices
Latest NHSRF/CSIS Photographic Competition Flyer
Genetics Public Meeting in Cardiff
Friday 19th October
Whitchurch : 09:00am
Three Arches : 09:15am
Malmesbury has over 1000 years of history including the original Market Cross, the 12th Century Abbey and king Athelstan's tomb.
Westonbirt Arboretum was mainly planted in the mid 19th century as part of the Westonbirt House estste which is now grade one listed.
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Whitchurch : 08:45am
Three Arches : 09:00am
A trip to the ever popular Xmas market for those unusual presents .
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Meet at the Marriott Hotel @ 1:00pm
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Tuesday MAY 1st
Chavenage House
Chavenage House
May
Friday 11th
Malvern Spring Show
Cost : £24 (£15:50 WWT Members)
Pickup times : Whitchurch 9:00am
: Three Arches 9:15am
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If lunch is required, please inform Norman beforehand so that the Chef is aware of numbers dining.
Car Parking is available at the rear of the Pub (£1 refunded against any food and drink purchases or the Village Car Park (Free).
Buses that stop at Llanishen Village are numbers 28, 28B and 86.
The afternoon is FREE (food and drink optional).
Cost: £25
Pickup times : Whitchurch 9:00am
: Three Arches 9:15am
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Thursday 23rd November
Cost : £9
Pickup/Departure Times:
Three Arches 10:00
Whitchurch 10:15
Tuesday 19th December
Cost : £21:95 (10% increase!)
Payment required in advance to secure seat.
12:30 for 1:00pm start
Thursday 19th October
Cost : £20
Pickup/Departure Times:
Three Arches 11:00am
Whitchurch 11:15am
Earlier Trips
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Cost: £37
Pickup/Departure Times:
Whitchurch Common 8:00am
Three Arches 8:15am
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AMMENDMENT……………Please note!!!
Change to published pick up times
Pickup/Departure Times:
Three Arches 8:45am
Whitchurch Common 9:00am
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Pickup/Departure Times:
Whitchurch Common 8:00am
Three Arches 8:15am
See Newsletter No 6 for Further Information
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Thursday 31st August
Cost: £15
(Includes lunch and light refreshments)
Pickup/Departure Times:
Three Arches 8:15am
Whitchurch Common 8:30am
For further information email Don on:
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For further information email Don on:
Our visit coincides with the Literary Festival which is centered around Blackwell’s Marquee and Worcester College. Other University Colleges are also used as venues. The programme for the festival has not yet been released. Oxford has many historical and cultural landmarks to visit. There’s shopping at the Westgate Centre or the Covered Market, and much more to discover.
If lunch is required, please inform Norman beforehand so that the Chef is aware of numbers dining.
Car Parking is available at the rear of the Pub (£1 refunded against any food and drink purchases or the Village Car Park (Free).
Buses that stop at Llanishen Village are numbers 28, 28B and 86.
The afternoon is FREE (food and drink optional).
If time allows – coffee stop at Bewdley prior to boarding the train at Bridgnorth at 12:20. Arrive at Highley 12:51. Time for lunch at the Flag & Whistle and a short walk to the Engine House Visitor Centre. Depart Highley at 15:06. Arrive Kidderminster at 15:53.
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For further information email Don on:
See chairman for further details
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Our next field trip will take place on Wednesday 19th (October).
We will be going to the Steart Marshes nature reserve near Bridgewater. This is a relatively new reserve run by the Wetlands and Wildfowl Trust but there is no entry fee. It is part of the Bridgewater Bay N N R. Car parking is available and excellent toilet facilities are available in the car park. It is a substantial site but the pathways are very good. There are at least three modern hides with excellent views which will provide shelter in the event of poor weather. There are however no catering facilities on site so please bring a picnic with you.
We will meet at 09.30in the car park
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See chairman for further details
See chairman for further details
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After winding through the mighty oaks that line the long drive of this Gloucestershire garden on the edge of the Cotswolds, you see a weathered-copper onion dome straight out of India. The south front, complete with curving orangery, unfurls above a Repton landscape that has remained unchanged since the mid-19th century. The garden is blessed by a series of spring-fed pools, connected by gurgling water which eventually tumbles into the Island Pool in the valley bottom, before joining the River Evenlode below.
Cost: £27
Pickup times:
Whitchurch: 08:45am
Three Arches Pub: 09:00am
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Said to be the finest example of a small medieval manor in England, Cothay dates back to the 14th century and has been lovingly restored with period furniture.
Cost (inc 75 mins house tour) £28
contact chairman for availability
Pickup times:
Whitchurch: 08:45am
Three Arches Pub: 09:00am
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Dear Fellow Birders
I hope you are all well and had an enjoyable Easter holiday period.
Our next field trip will take place on Wednesday 13th April. We will be going to the Dare Valley Country Parc in/near Aberdare. It is relatively easy to find. Go north on the A470, take the A4059 turning to Aberdare, follow the signs to the town centre, follow the one way system bearing left at the war memorial, turn left into Monk Street, half way up the hill turn right at the brown tourist sign ,and when you reach the entrance to the park, take the long driveway to the Visitor Centre where there is a generous parking area.
The Visitor Centre also provides toilet, coffee and lunch facilities. We will gather in the coffee shop at 10am.
The potential sightings are widespread including tits and finches, water birds, warblers and raptors (especially peregrines).
Please let me know if you are going to join us.
Some parts of the park especially the woodland can be damp so come prepared.
Best wishes
Don
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Lacock Village, Abbey & Fox Talbot Museum
The museum celebrates William Henry Fox Talbot, who created the first photographic negative and established this as a birthplace of photography.
The Abbey offers two distinct experiences; peaceful ground floor monastic cloisters and first floor furnished rooms.
Lacock village with its timber framed cottages has been used as a filming location for Harry Potter, Wolf Hall & Pride and Prejudice.
There are many places to eat, drink and shop in the village.
Cost :
£13 NT members, £24 non-NT members
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/lacock
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Forde Abbey, Historic House and Gardens
Built almost 900 years ago by Cistercian monks, transformed by the Prideaux family into a post-Renaissance palace.
30-acre country garden of interest all year round, including spring bulbs, rockery, bog garden, herbaceous borders, arboretum, working walled kitchen garden, lakes and cascades., with England’s highest powered fountain.
Gift shop & Eeles Pottery.
Plant nursery.
Undercroft Tearoom.
Cost : £26
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Located in the heart of the Cotswolds, Sudeley Castle & Gardens has played an important role in England’s history for over 1,000 years.
Outside, the castle is surrounded by a breathtaking 1,200 acre estate and ten award-winning gardens. The centrepiece is the Queens Garden, so named because four of England’s queens – Anne Boleyn, Katherine Parr, Lady Jane Grey and Elizabeth I – once walked upon the original Tudor Parterre.
Sudeley Castle & Gardens is also the only private castle in England to have a queen buried within its grounds – Katherine Parr, the last of Henry VIII’s six wives. Today visitors can explore the beautiful 15th century church where she lies entombed.
http://www.sudeleycastle.co.uk/
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March Tuesday 15th
Haynes Motor Museum OR Lytes Cary Manor
http://www.haynesmotormuseum.com/
http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/lytes-cary-manor/
Pickup Times:
Whitchurch Common : 9:00am
Three Arches Pub : 9:15am
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Cardiff (Llandaff) BBC Studios Tour(s)Learn more about some of the programmes made at Broadcasting House, including Wales Today and Crimewatch. Discover how television programmes are made and find out about radio programmes broadcast on BBC radio Wales and BBC Radio Cymru. Have a go at creating your own news bulletin or take part in an interactive radio drama!! No two tours will be the same but they will always be informative, entertaining and fun (well at least that’s’ what the information leaflet says!!)
Tours take approximately 90 minutes and involve a certain amount of walking and standing.
There is no guarantee of spaces being available in the car park. Bus: 60, 62 & 122 stop in Llantrisant Road Bus: 33 / 33A stop in Cardiff Road
We have 3 time slots reserved………..10:00, 12:30 & 14:30
Cost £8:50 Payment must be made at the conclusion of the next meeting to secure your place.
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Marriott Hotel Tuesday 15th December 1:00pm
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Thursday 14th January Combined trip with SIG Ornithology
WWT members £14 Non members £20
Pick up points 3 Arches 9:00
Whitchurch Common 9:15
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Bernard Knight will be talking at Rhydypennau Library on Wednesday 25th November at 7:30pm
“The Pathologist’s Casebook” – career & some of his famous pathology cases.
Telephone Su on 029 20754657 or suthomas@cardiff.gov.uk to confirm your attendance
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Whitchurch Common : 8:45am
Three Arches Pub, Heathwood Road : 9:00am
Our coach is pre-booked to allow members to be dropped off and picked up later in a designated “zone” (within easy walking distance to the Christmas Fayre) Return to the pick up zone will be 17:00 / 5pm (don’t be late!!!)
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Enjoy the festive season with a visit to the Worcester Victorian Christmas Fayre from Thursday 26th November to Sunday 29th November 2015.
Worcester Christmas Fayre is the leading Victorian-themed street market in the West Midlands, celebrating its 23rd anniversary this year
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Make it an exciting, fun packed day out by combining your trip to the Fayre with a visit to Worcester’s historic attractions and exceptional range of independent boutiques and popular High Street names, or take the weight of your feet and relax in one of the city’s many cafes, pubs and restaurants.
| date | event |
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| Fri 6 Mar - Sat 31 Dec | King John, Magna Carta and Worcester Cathedral Exh at Worcester Cathedral |
| Thu 5 Mar - Thu 31 Dec | Magna Carta Exhibition at Worcester Cathedral |
| Wed 1 Apr - Wed 23 Dec | Talks by King John Tomb at Worcester Cathedral |
| Fri 9 Jan - Thu 24 Dec | The Worcester Story at Discover History |
| Tue 1 Sep - Wed 23 Dec | View King John's will and artefacts at Worcester Cathedral |
| Mon 25 May - Mon 28 Dec | Voxrox at Malvern Cube |
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Roman soldiers line up for battle at Chedworth Roman Villa © National Trust.
Chedworth Roman Villa was home to some of the richest people in the country during its heyday in the 4th century. Visit the intriguing ruins of one of the largest Romano-British villas in the country. Marvel at some of the amazing inventions brought to this country by the Romans - including mosaics, bathhouses, latrines and even underfloor heating. Get up close to the mosaics, some of which were excavated just this year, on our state of the art walkways. Walk in the footsteps of the Victorian gamekeeper who unearthed the first clues to what lay beneath an ordinary field in the heart of the Cotswolds in our newly refurbished museum. Reflect on your visit with a glorious walk through the surrounding woodland and don't forget to treat yourself to something delicious in our new café.
Spa town on the edge of the Cotswolds prior to a guided tour of Chedworth Roman Villa at 2:00pm on Monday 12th October 2015.
Whitchurch Common : 9:00am
Three Arches Pub, Heathwood Road : 9:15am
Wednesday 28 October 2015
Target species: Waders, Avocets, migrants and Starling roost
For further information email Don on:
Report:
We had a very successful day. Highlights were - Excellent views of a Marsh Harrier, Greenshank, Redshank and nine Common Snipe, large numbers of Lapwing, Shovelers and Teal, a young Whooper Swan, some Common Scoter in the Severn and a total of 45 species seen.
Click here for species report.
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William and Mary-style country house, garden and park Built in 1701 by Thomas Vernon, a lawyer and whig MP for Worcester, Hanbury Hall is a beautiful country house. Inside, a mix of interiors await to be discovered, from the restored Hercules rooms and recreated Gothic corridor, to the recently re-decorated smoking room and stunning staircase wall-paintings by Sir James Thornhill which underwent major restoration work in 2010 and look magnificent. Surrounding the house are eight hectares (20 acres) of recreated early 18th-century gardens and 162 hectares (400 acres) of park. Features include the intricately laid out parterre, fruit garden, grove, orangery, orchard and bowling green. A walk around the park will lead you into the surrounding countryside.
Whitchurch common: 8:45am
Three Arches: 9:00am
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With lunch stop at The Jolly Sailor, Saltford.
All boats have a full Bar open when under way and W.C. facilities. Commentary via the P.A. system is available.
Whitchurch common: 8:00am
Three Arches: 8:15am
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Friday 19th June
Flower Show (open 10:00 to 17:30)
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Special guest Mary Berry (the queen of British baking). Mary will open the show on Friday 19th June, and will be meeting lucky visitors and signing copies of her new book, 'Mary Berry's Absolute Favourites'.
Pick up points:
Whitchurch Common 8:30am
Three Arches Pub 8:45am
Reminder
If you wish to book for Lunch or Tea in the Flower Show Marquee please bring cash / cheque to our next branch meeting on June 3rd
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Friday 5 June 2015
(evening visit - weather permitting)
Target species: Nightjars
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A new SIG has been established to bring together members who would appreciate a social outing to the theatre / concert hall. If you would like to suggest a visit please contact the chairman.>
New Theatre Cardiff
Thursday 10th March 2017 2:30pm
Tennessee Williams play “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”
Fred Olsen Cruise Lines are offering 10% discount to NHSRF members off any of their cruises.
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