For older lesbians and
gay men in Croydon
Silver Rainbow is a friendly group of older gay people living in and around Croydon, who meet for lunch twice a month on Wednesdays and Thursdays (see the Diary for current dates) from 12 noon to 2:30.
Lunch at the Waterside Centre
Once a month on a Wednesday we have a cooked lunch, provided by
UNACC (Upper Norwood
Association for Community Care) at the Waterside
Centre beside South
Norwood Lake — see Directions. The two-course lunch now costs £4.00 (tea or coffee extra) and needs to be ordered the day before.
Other venues
Once a month on a Thursday we go out for healthy meals at a variety of inexpensive local lunchtime venues, originally in partnership with Age UK Croydon, whose "Fit as a Fiddle" programme taught us about healthy diet and lifestyle choices. See where we're going next and where we've been already.
Latest news
A documentary featuring
Bernard, one of our oldest members, has won the Gold Award in an
international audio festival in Chicago
– see the News page for more details.
See the video
Click here to see the video featuring some of our members at a recent lunch (filmed by Leon Ancliffe for the LGBT Consortum).
Other CAGS activities
Silver Rainbow is affiliated to Croydon Area Gay Society (CAGS). Membership of CAGS costs £6 a year (for non-earners) and offers:
- monthly newsletter
- theatre and restaurant visits, days out to museums and places of interest
- two social events a month in members’ homes
- Special Interests Network so members can keep in touch with each other by phone or e-mail.
There’s full information about CAGS, and an application form you can download, on the CAGS website.
Silver Rainbow is a service from Croydon Area Gay Society, working in partnership with
Age UK Croydon.
For a list of other LGBT groups in Croydon, see
LGBT Croydon.
For a directory of other LGBT groups and events around London, see
LGBT London.