Since 1994
"celebrating over 25 years of BEA"

• Set up in April with funding from Leeds City Council, as a response to the Community Care Act

• Sheila Mahon Co-ordinator, started on her own in office at St Peters Church

• Took on office at St Catherine’s Mill

• First AGM

• Office moved to 331 Upper Town Street

• Additional funding from the Lottery and Comic Relief

• Increased area to include Gamble Hill

• First minibus bought for £2,000

• Took on another support worker and a handyperson (7 staff in total)

• Funding from Opportunities for Volunteers

• Involved in campaigns against closure of residential homes and Owlcotes bus service

• Reached 1,000 members and 100 volunteers

• Holiday in Scarborough

• Buy fully accessible minibus

• 4,300 journeys organised

• More than 900 annual review and community safety visits to members

• National Service Framework for Older People

• Began extra care trips – half days with escorts for wheelchair users or just an arm to hold on to

• Attendance at groups increased by nearly 50%

• Attendance at trips and events increased by nearly 40%

• 9,000 passenger journeys

• About 1,200 members and more than 130 volunteers

• More than 7,500 attendances at group activities

• New social enterprise UpBEAt established

• More than 1,300 attendances on trips and events

• 8,000 participants in 650 activities

• Moved office to 230a Stanningley Road

• Temporary shop opened in Viewpoint, Bramley Centre

• 142 volunteers contributed over 10,000 hours, worth over £100,000

• 8,000 participants in 650 activities

• Responded to nearly 800 requests for help, information and support

• Blue minibus stolen – tremendous response from public

• Increased area to include Stanningley and Swinnow

• Set up OWLS (Older, Wiser, Local Seniors) in Headingley, Burley, Hyde Park and parts of Kirkstall

• First tweet from @BramleyElderly

• Westminster trip

• BEA volunteers featured on ITV’s This Morning

• Transported people to another Post Office when Bramley Post Office closed temporarily

• Jubilee carnival celebrations at Bramley Carnival

• Website www.bramleyea.org.uk launched

• Community asset transfer of Bramley Lawn from Leeds City Council

• New war memorial in Bramley Park with support from BEA

• Gala evening at Elland Road

• Opened Bramley Lawn

• New Community Shop at Bramley shopping centre

• Service at St Peter’s Church with BARCA-Leeds to celebrate 20 years of work