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Silver Rainbow and Full of Life Week

Ross and the Silver Rainbow display This is Full of Life Week: "Celebrating the lives of older people in Croydon and bringing generations together." This morning Jim and I put up the Silver Rainbow display (created by Roger, as usual) in the Croydon Clocktower, and our Silve

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Added by Ross on October 19, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

New date for Crocus Executive Meeting

The Crocus Executive Meeting originally scheduled for the 15th of September has now been re-scheduled for Monday the 5th of October. Continue

Added by Ross on September 14, 2009 at 9:30am — No Comments

Silver Rainbow on Radio 4

One of the members of Silver Rainbow (for older gay people in and around Croydon) was the subject of a programme ("An Interior Life") on BBC Radio 4 (5pm, 23 August 2009). We heard Bernard speaking about his life as a gay man, his situation after the death of his partner, and the difference that Silver Rainbow had made to his life. For a few days you can… Continue

Added by Ross on August 26, 2009 at 6:35am — No Comments

Garden Party photos!

We had another successful garden party ("Mardi on the Grass") on the 9th of August. There are some more photos in the CAGS Newsletter, which you should be receiving in the next few days if you're a CAGS member. And don't forget if you've signed up to the "CAGS" special interest group o… Continue

Added by Ross on August 26, 2009 at 5:30am — No Comments

Croydon at Pride

For the first time, CAGS had a stall at London Pride this year. We wore our CAGS t-shirts, and handed out information about Crocus, Aurora,… Continue

Added by Ross on July 4, 2009 at 11:30pm — No Comments

Peter Tatchell talk

There was a very good turnout for Peter Tatchell when he spoke at The Brief on the 2nd of June. His talk covered the progress we had made and the things that remain to be done to achieve full equality for gay and lesbian people. TherE was a good exchange of questions, and the c… Continue

Added by Ross on June 3, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Trans campaigner talks in Croydon

Denise Anderson, trans campaigner, was the speaker at the CAGS meeting in April, part of "The Brief Encounter" series. She told us about her own transition, and her reassignment surgery which she had privately in Thailand. She considers herself bisexual and lives wi… Continue

Added by Ross on April 16, 2009 at 6:30am — No Comments

Aurora adopts a new Consitution

Aurora logo Aurora (Croydon's LGBT Network) adopted a new Constitution last night at the regular bi-monthly meeting. The Constitution had already been approved at the January meeting, but needed a second vot

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Added by Ross on March 18, 2009 at 6:04pm — No Comments

Crocus holds its first AGM

Crocus, Croydon's LGBT Network, held its first Annual General Meeting on the 4th of March. The interim officers (Chair, Secretary, and Webmaster) were all confirmed as permanent officers, and we also elected a Vice-Chair. Currently the Secretary is also acting as Treasurer, but the plan is to appoint… Continue

Added by Ross on March 5, 2009 at 7:30pm — No Comments

Silver Rainbow comes third in a nationwide poll!

Silver Rainbow, Croydon's service for older gay and lesbian people, has come third in the country in the category "Older LGBT Groups" in the Pink Paper Readers Awards. See http://news

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Added by Ross on January 15, 2009 at 10:00am — No Comments

Another successful "Brief Encounter" event

CAGS (Croydon Area Gay Society) held the second of our talks in the "Brief Encounter" series on the 2nd of December. This time we had two speakers - Allan Horsfall and Ray Gosling. Allan spoke about the early days of the gay equality movement, and Ray told us about their ongoing work for gay people u… Continue

Added by Ross on December 2, 2008 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Silver Rainbow - helping Croydon achieve Beacon status

On the 17th of November a couple of us represented Silver Rainbow (our friendly lunch club for older gay people) at an event in the Access Ability Centre in Boulogne Road, to promote Croydon as a “Beacon Council” in respect of “Positive engagement… Continue

Added by Ross on November 17, 2008 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Successful start to the Brief Encounter talks

On Tuesday CAGS held the first of its series of bi-monthly talks, called "The Brief Ecounter". Brian Paddick, former Deputy Assistant Commissioner in the Metropolitan Police, and subsequently Lib-Dem candidate for Mayor of London, addressed a packed gathering in The Brief in… Continue

Added by Ross on October 12, 2008 at 9:00am — No Comments

Croydon Community Network

I went to the Croydon Community Network meeting at the Braithwaite Hall today. This is a quarterly meeting arranged by CVA (Croydon Voluntary Action) which brings together the various community groups. The theme of the meeting was "Being Greener for Wellbeing in Croydon": we he… Continue

Added by Ross on September 18, 2008 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Aurora reprieved

This evening's meeting of Aurora, Croydon's LGBT Police Consultation Group, debated a motion that Aurora should be closed down through lack of support. The motion was defeated, so Aurora lives on, and new officers were elected. Ideas are now being sought from members and supporters of Aurora as to h… Continue

Added by Ross on September 9, 2008 at 10:30pm — No Comments

CAGS out and about

Despite the wettest August for many years, we had a couple of good days out. At Wakehurst Place some of us heard the history of the house while others explored the botanical gardens, and afterwards Stanley served

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Added by Ross on September 8, 2008 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Mardi on the Grass

Just got round to posting this, although the event was a few weeks ago now! Anyway nearly 60 people came to the Garden Party in Purley on the 10th of August - we think this was the biggest ever. Brian (Chair of SLAGO) presented the SLAGO Cup and… Continue

Added by Ross on September 7, 2008 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Crocus planning meeting - date change

The Crocus planning meeting, originally planned for the 8th of September, has been postponed to the 24th. See here for more details. Continue

Added by Ross on September 6, 2008 at 10:00am — No Comments

Brighton Pride in rain and sun

Four of us represented Croydon in the Brighton Pride parade yesterday. Roger had been inventive as usual and our costume was very distinctive. One bystander asked whether we belonged to a gay Druid group, but our headdresses (each inscribed front and back with the name of one of Cro… Continue

Added by Ross on August 3, 2008 at 9:00pm — 1 Comment

Aurora lives! - for now...

Monday's regular meeting of Aurora (Croydon's LGBT Police Consultation Group) spent quite a time discussing the future and purpose of the group. Following recent resignations amongst the officers it had be