Welcome to CHAT2Us Friendship With Support

On Monday we were lucky enough to enjoy a Fish & Chip Lunch. Members paid £5 and CHAT2Us picked up the remainder, with a little discount given to us by the lovely Manager at Frydays'. We have members who have various intolerance's and he was able to cater for them all! Thank you, it was much appreciated. You will find Frydays' on the corner opposite the Ferry terminal.

Disability Devices We received an email via Edith Kinghorn for Gosport Older Persons Forum . A Government consultation on changing the rules for using mobility devices on pavements, cycle lanes/tracks and roads. If you use a mobility device you should read and take part. Consultation closes on April 22nd giving you time to have a good read, and if you are part of a club or organisation getting your members opinions too. Championing disabled people’s travel needs Disabled peop

*Charlie visited Amsterdam during the Christmas break and thrilled us all by telling us what she had been up to and about her journey. As a disabled woman traveling with a mobility scooter it was surprising how easy she found it. We were lucky enough to see some of her photographs she took especially of the little pastel houses she saw. This was the topic of her afternoon Art & Craft Workshop where she had members drawing/painting them using her pictures. Last week our member

Our 3rd week back at the lovely Henry Cook Centre. Monday 26th we have Charlie back with us after her holiday creating paintings with wax. But to start Jeanette has bought some cakes to share and Ginny will have some too... so plenty of yummiest to eat! We will also have our AGM paperwork to have a chat about the past year and how it unfolded. Also we will have new Membership and Medical forms you need to fill in before undertaking our Motivational Mondays with Jacqui. See yo

Yes, it is now the 14th January 2026 already. It seems a long time since our Christmas Party for 2025 when we were enjoying the delights of Del Inces' tones keeping us singing along, and Johnny Reilly on the sound system keeping the music going! The night before our lovely Volunteers, Trustees and Manager, gathered around Charlies' home to help with the finishing touches to the Christmas meal and decorations that need finishing. This made the whole event special for us, it wa

Come and join CHAT2US for our yearly Members Craft Fayre, Monday 17th November 1.15-2.30pm. Buy s ome amazing crafts lovingly made by our members. Cakes to buy and cakes to eat! Join in our weekly raffle and see what you can win. No entrance fee but if you can, a donation to keep our Friendship With Support Group going would be wonderful! Refreshments available.

Today I received an email from the Co Op Community Fund accepting us for this years share of £5m funds.... but .... WE NEED YOUR HELP! We need you to sign up to the Co op App (we have 2 different Co Ops' in our area). The one with the Blue Logo is the one we want you to sign up to. Please see poster attached for details of where our local Co Ops' premises are. We are so grateful to the Co Op colleagues who voted for us to go forward. With your help we can earn more, all you h

To make everyone aware, there are two new covid virus's doing the rounds. And we have been notified one of our members who was with us on...

We start the morning with another visit from Rachel Webber! This time she will let us know all the good things happening at Brendoncare...

If you are feeling a bit stiff and need to loosen up a bit the lovely Jacqui will have you tapping your feet and get you moving again! ...

Next Monday, 22nd September, we are able to share a yummy lunch, something we usually do on the 3rd Monday of the month. However, we...

Come along today to meet Rachel Webber, MBE. Asdas' Community Champion who will be bringing along her set of games for us to play. There...

August 25th is a Bank Holiday, and looks as though the weather will be good, so go out and enjoy the day with your loved ones,new or old!...

We welcome Charlie Reilly who from August 4th will be running our Social and Craft Workshop. From 11am until 1pm we have plenty of chat...

After a few disastrous weeks at Thorngate we have returned to The Henry Cook Centre, members are so relieved. So much for my retirement...

It is with regret that we need to inform you our new Manager/Trustees, Charlie Hylands and Stacie Buchan, have resigned their positions...

If you will be joining us on Monday 9th June for our celebrations, it was suggested you might like to use the 'Long Stay' carpark across...

On Monday 19th May 2025 we will return to Thorngate, firstly because Henry Cook are having a refurbishment but then because we are moving...

We were sorry not to welcome Rachel Webber  back to the group this morning as she was having teeth trouble, hopefully the emergency...