THIS PAGE IS NOW CLOSED
LOMCA, including the Active Living Centre, ALC
LOMCA – The Last Supper !
The Active Living Centre (ALC) was formed in March 2007, initially as part of the Community Activity Project (CAP), meeting in the Recreation Field building. It supported anyone over 50 years of age from Leigh on Mendip, and the surrounding villages, with the aim to reduce social isolation through a day time activity. However, its early success meant that the numbers attending were quickly too many to hold meetings in the Recreation Field and so the ALC moved to the larger Memorial Hall, as part of the Leigh on Mendip Community Activity group (LOMCA). Monthly ALC meetings were successfully held every year, through to the start of Covid in 2020, with typically 35 members attending meetings, with sometimes over 40 members present, to enjoy a mix of speakers and in-house events held, together with the much-welcomed LOMCA lunch. However, Covid resulted in many members either moving away to be nearer to their family, or members took the decision to not leave home to avoid mixing with other people. Numbers fell to less than 15 when the group was able to restart post-covid and we have since then steadily lost members through age. The decision was taken by members in the AGM in 2023 to move toward closure of the ALC, when it was no longer financially viable, and this decision was upheld in the AGM in June 2024, with closure anticipated for late 2024.
The last meeting of the Active Living Centre is in the Bell Inn at 11.00am on Monday 16 December 2024 – this will be a member-only Christmas lunch. LOMCA will close later in 2025.
The LOMCA trustees would like to thank the many volunteers, charities and businesses who have supported us over the years through the ALC, the Social Evenings, the Kurling and Cake meetings, and the LOMCA Heritage group.
For more information, or for bookings, please ring Graham on 07561 347891 or e-mail: graham@grahamcroft.plus.com