Morning Cruise meets Gatesville Senior Club

The Gatesville Senior club was created for the need for recreation for the seniors, and it was needed due to all the crime and conflict in their area the seniors need a safe space. The club was founded by Ruwayda Veerasamy, has been up and running for 2 years. the club is not for soup kitchens or knitting its for recreation for the seniors socializing,doing exercises and making sure their  needs are catered for. This is a mixed club, different religions different  cultures and everyone is welcome.
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Surrey Estate, Gatesville, Rylands, Green Haven Park, Bridgetown, Belgravia, Silvertown are the different areas involved in Gatesville Seniors Club. Its based in Gatesville but it caters for everyone. The seniors give wisdom to the newer generations on how to live and grow with your family. Because family is  of utmost importance they basically teach you how to interact with your family.

One of the lessons they mentioned was they must fulfill their education to build their community but the bad thing is drugs. Drugs destroys decent homes, therefore they can educate themselves with the opportunities they were never given and build a strong bond with their families and their communities.

These seniors keep fit and healthy by doing different activities and maintaining a healthy balance diet. With the issue concerning abuse against senior citizens the Gatesville Senior Club addresses these issues  with the Minister of Social Services and Dan Plato, and they visit seniors affected by abuse and speak to them on how to deal with these issues. As they mentioned they have encountered 2 senior citizens abused by their children, Gatesville Seniors Club asked these  2 seniors to join their club and they had assistance from the Social Development. After they joined their lives changed automatically, their children got rehabilitated and they seniors do not have to worry they have their safe space.


This is the month of Communication,  and they are teaching their seniors how to use communication as a tool.  If you communicate you open more doors of understanding. They have many diffferent communication assistance health line, SASSA, Home Affairs, Arts and Culture and many more, because each month is different.

How to contact Gatesville Senior Club

Fowzia Veerasamy on 061 774 6547