Sarah Olney, MP to visit The Avenue Club
We are very excited that Sarah Olney, our local MP, will be visiting The Avenue Club on Friday 5th November.
Member & Volunteer completes The London Marathon
Congratulations to Andrew Brown, one of our Members and Volunteers, who completed the London Marathon on 3rd October. Despite the aches and pains after running 26 miles, he still came to Choir on Tuesday! He ran to raise money for Prostate Cancer and Kew Neighbourhood Association. Well done Andrew!
Macmillan Coffee Morning
29th September 2021
Creative Writing
Our Creative Writers have been busy and would like to share some of their recent work here.
Avenue Club News – January 2021
Dear Avenue Club Members We hope you are keeping warm and safe. With January coming to an end and many of you receiving your vaccinations, we are hoping there is a chink of light...
Christmas 2020
COVID-19 updates
Lisa Celebrates 20 Years at The Avenue Club
Lisa Turned 20!
POSTPONED: Talks and Events
Unfortunately, due to the Covid 19 lockdown, our fascinating series of Talks and Events has been postponed. Hansons Valuation Day Monday 16th March 2020, 11am - 3pm By popular...
Avenue Club news on events in 2019
Christmas Lunch Wednesday 18th December 2019 A fun time was had by all at The Christmas Lunch. Our staff and lovely volunteers produced a beautiful 3 course lunch with all the...
Great In Britain: The Movie
Monday 25th March 2019 Doors open 6.30pm, programme starts 7.20pm at Kew Community Centre, St Luke’s in The Avenue, Kew TW9 2AJ Admission by ticket only - £10 each. Cash...
Ukulele Concert
Our Ukulele Club members ‘The Avenukes’ put on a fantastic concert and raised the roof with a variety of popular songs. If you would like to give the ukuele a go, they meet on...
Christmas Lunch
We were delighted that over 100 of our members came along to our Christmas Lunch on 19th December to start the festive season. Staff and volunteers worked hard in the kitchen to...
Bring & Buy Sale
The annual Bring and Buy Sale was, once again, a huge success with over £1700 raised for the Avenue Club. First prize in the raffle was a wonderful handmade quilt produced by the...
The History of London in Six Talks and Four Visits
This series will attempt the impossible: to compress almost 2000 years into ten Wednesday afternoons. Beginning on 3 October we will trace the movement of London from the edge of...
Tuesday Talking Pictures
Every week, starting with David Lean’s “Brief Encounter” we will watch excerpts from a film and have a discussion about it. There will also be time for gossip about the latest...
Opera in Performance
Following on from our last very successful series of Lectures, Ross Alley is returning to the Club with a series of “Opera in Performance” lectures which will focus on works...
Choir Concert and Tea
Tuesday, 3rd July at 3.00 pm - £6.00 This year’s Choir Concert is a tribute to Armistice Day following World War I. Please see our Choir Tea poster here There’ll also be tunes...
C&C Creative Arts Concert
This event will showcase C&C’s innovative and award winning Creative Arts service for older people. The programme will include: choir performances by residents from Cecil...
Guided Tour of Dorney Court
Dorney Court is one of England’s most uniquely beautiful Tudor Manor Houses set amidst acres of mature parkland and encircled by well tended yew hedges. The remarkable and...
RAF Museum, Bentley Prior
Did you see the BBC documentary with the McGregor brothers? Bentley Priory played a pivotal role during the Battle of Britain as Headquarters Fighter Command. Discover the...
Heave Ho my Hearties
Come with us to Greenwich, the historic heart of the British Navy. First, we will have a guided tour of the handsome Royal Naval College’s Banqueting Hall and Chapel. You can...
Picasso : Paper & Clay Exhibition
We will be having a tour of their “Picasso : Paper & Clay” Exhibition. Picasso’s insatiable curiosity and tireless urge for creativity often led him to mediums beyond...
Outing to Broughton Castle
Broughton Castle is a moated and fortified manor house near Banbury. Set in parkland and built of the rich local Hornton ironstone, it was selected by Simon Jenkins as one of...
The Buildings of Richmond Park
Max Lankester continues his very interesting series of talks. This time he will describe the buildings of Richmond Park – some long gone and others still part of the landscape....
Pilates
The focus of the class is Applied Pilates, Health and Wellbeing. This smaller class allows for a more prescriptive approach and can be tailored towards individual needs i.e...
Strength Training Talk and Demonstration
Strength Training (ST) is the least understood and most important aspect of anti-ageing therapy. ST and balance programmes mean both falling less AND breaking less easily if you...
An Invitation to the Opera with Ross Alley
We are delighted to welcome Ross whose enthusiasm for his subject shines through his lectures and you will come away with a deeper and more meaningful appreciation of everything...
Talk by Lord Holmes of Richmond, M.B.E. Thursday, 11th May
Chris Holmes is Britain’s most successful Paralympic swimmer with a tally of 9 golds, 5 silvers and 1 bronze. Since entering the Lords in 2013, Chris has focused his time on...