Phab, as a National Organisation, has many amazing volunteers, and celebrates their contributions with a number of awards. One of these is the Paul Hope Award, and Helen, our chairperson for several years was nominated. We hoped she would be as successful as Simon and Mary, The winners of the awards were announced at a… Continue reading Helen has won the Paul Hope Award !
Christmas Dinner 2022
For many years Oxford Phab has joined together for a traditional Christmas Dinner, to which we invite people who have been particularly supportive, or have some special connection with the club. Due to Covid we had not been able to do this since 2019, which made this one particularly special. A team of volunteers peeled… Continue reading Christmas Dinner 2022
Mamma Mia – Here we go again ! (again)
We enjoyed Mamma Mia the musical so much when it came to Oxford in 2017 that as soon as we knew it was coming back in 2023 we booked it again at the New Theatre. We were not disappointed – an evening full of familiar songs and well executed dance numbers left us humming the… Continue reading Mamma Mia – Here we go again ! (again)
Christmas Bingo
One of our Christmas traditions is that we play Bingo for chocolates and other small prizes, brought in by members, and enjoyed by other members. We have our own bingo machine, and re-usable bingo cards, which we mark off with old plastic bottle tops as counters. With a jolly caller, enthusiastic players and plenty of… Continue reading Christmas Bingo
Club night with Christmas Crafts
With Christmas approaching it is useful to be able to make little personal gifts for friends or family, or to decorate our homes with festive decorations. We also added a little to the board of memory we had made at the Phab Southeast Fun Weekend, as not all our members had gone to that.
Phab South East Fun Weekend 2022
After a longer than usual interval, caused by the Covid-19 Pandemic, we returned to Chichester Park Hotel, who had made us so welcome in 2019 (and 2017 and 2015). As on previous occasions the staff were very helpful with things like given out extra room key cards for some of our members who might need… Continue reading Phab South East Fun Weekend 2022
Oxford Light Night and Games
Oxford celebrates turning on its Christmas lights with an evening of activities at various venues, one of those being Wesley Memorial Church, We started the evening in the Sanctuary – the main part of the church, where we chatted amongst ourselves and with church people and members of the public. We also ate Pizza, Stollen… Continue reading Oxford Light Night and Games
Annual General Meeting 2022
Like last year, our Annual General meeting was hybrid, with the physical part of the meeting at Wesley Memorial Church. As Covid is still with us, having an online connection allowed members who could not come in person, through testing positive or other reasons, to join in. Using automatically generated subtitles allowed the chair and… Continue reading Annual General Meeting 2022
Pizza Night !
Activities involving food are always popular, and tonight was no exception ! With a team in the kitchen making pizza bases our members could add toppings of their choice and return them to the kitchen for cooking. We had a wide selection of toppings to choose from so each one came out different. Almost a… Continue reading Pizza Night !
Zumba with George Martini
One of the highlights of our online sessions, when we could not get together in person during the Covid pandemic were our Zumba sessions with George Martini. These allowed people to participate who would not have been able to get to an in-person Zumba session. Also, as one member observed ‘You can turn your camera… Continue reading Zumba with George Martini