Sam (multi-talented community outreach worker at Mildmay Community Centre) chats with Hardeep about her work and life. We also learn about gardening and community cooking at the centre.
Learn how to be a podcast host with Radio Together
Friday afternoons in Hackney Wick
You don’t need any technical skills to do this — just the ability to tell a story about your life or ask someone else to tell you a story.
Initially, we will take care of the tech side, but you can learn that as well if you really want to. There are many ways to make your own podcast show, even if all you have is a smartphone.
If you are interested, come over to the regular podcast learning session …
Hardeep talks to Winston the Geezer about his life with dance and music. Winston is the Monday afternoon dance instructor at Mildmay Community Centre (to join the group, just be there at 1 pm).
From 2006 until overwhelmed by illness, Derek was the mobile tech guru for older people.
Derek passed away Tuesday 19 July 2022.
Nobody has made a greater contribution to real social and digital inclusion in this area.
Photo: 50+ Digital Drop-in, Open School East (Rose Lipman building) – December 2014.
Note (16 August 2022) from John …
A very quiet man, always ready to help with us with our phones and laptop problems.
I certainly benefited along with a great many others with his help.
Considering the bewildering problems we came up against with our gadgets, it never seemed to faze Derek, and we invariably walked away content with his solutions.
Left to right – Stephen, Trevor, Derek (December 2009)Derek with Posh Club flyer, Open School East (January 2015)Derek in action at Open School East (December 2014)
We are contantly looking for new initiatives to support — free, predictable, open and accessible to older people — on transport routes that pass close to neighbourhoods in Hackney, Islington, and adjacent boroughs.