St. Mark's Church, Woodcote, Purley

17/06/2026

We look forward to welcome in Fridays at our dementia friendly cafe for support, chatter, laughter, quizzes, and delicious cakes.

10/06/2026

06/06/2026

What a lovely afternoon at the café yesterday! 🎶

A huge thank you to Steve the pianist for leading a wonderful selection of songs that had everyone singing along. There was plenty of laughter, uplifting company, and a fantastic atmosphere throughout the afternoon.

Our guests also enjoyed delicious homemade cakes and refreshments, making it a perfect afternoon of music, friendship and fun.

05/06/2026

Lovely Friends, our Place to Be Cafe annual Fundraising Evening (live music, cheap drinks and good company) is on 10th July 2026 at the Addiscombe Catholic Social Club, CR0 7EN. Our wonderful weekly cafe offers friendship, support, and activities for people living with dementia and their carers and is run entirely by volunteers.

Please let me know if you can attend. If you can't attend, you can still buy a ticket as a donation and receive 5 raffle tickets. Raffle prizes to follow! £10 per ticket.

Thank you for your support and hope to see you on the night. Lena x

04/06/2026

Friday 5th June 2026
Sing Along with Steve Urie
At The Place To Be Cafe
St Marks Church Hall, Church Road, Purley
2pm-4pm

We are looking forward to welcoming Steve back to our café this Friday for a good old-fashioned sing along session. We also will be enjoying quizzes, crosswords, puzzles, chatter, friendship and of course delicious home-made cakes.

Come and join us. We welcome this with dementia, their carers and the young at heart.

01/06/2026

A little correction....I was ordained deacon at Perertide St Pauls Cathedral in 2000 and ordained priest Trinity Sunday 2001 St Johns Bethnal Green

01/06/2026

Thank you to all who contributed to celebrating with me yesterday.
I feel incredibly humbled and was a tad overwhlemed yesterday. I have been sitting in my new chair today very comfortable my thanks to St Marks congregation for the chair and the Canterbruy Gin! Sitting in my chair I looked through the travel book one of the gifts from the St Swithuns congregation.The pic below contains as many as I could fit in- blessed to be in Purley and The Diocese of Southwark. There will be more pictures......

31/05/2026

Today our fabulous fun vicar Fiona is celebrating 25 years since she was first commissioned as a deacon at Saint Pauls Cathedral in 2001. Many congratulations to you and thank you for your service.

30/05/2026

A big thank you to Sally from Energie4Life for a fun and informative session at The Place To Be Cafe yesterday on staying active and maintaining muscle strength as we get older. 💪

The highlight of the afternoon? Our seated YMCA workout, of course! 🎶😄

Take a look at the photos and see us striking our best Y-M-C-A poses!

28/05/2026

The Place To Be Cafe
Friday 29th May 2026
2pm-4pm
St Marks Church Hall, Purley

We have a wonderful speaker joining us this week to present a very relevant information and wellbeing session, looking at how simple exercises can support strength, balance, mobility, and independence for both carers and people living with dementia.

Sally, a local Personal Trainer who supports a number of older adults, will demonstrate a range of gentle NHS-recommended movements and explain how they help with everyday activities such as standing up safely, walking with confidence, improving posture and balance, and helping to reduce the risk of trips and falls.

They’ll be cool drinks and ice cream to enjoy too as well as lots of laughter and chatter.

We welcome those with dementia, their carers and the young at heart.