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HEART
Bennett Road
Leeds
LS6 3HN
Tel: 0113 369 7077
Email: infoowls@gmail.com
Website:
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Contact: Nadira Siddique

 Areas covered: Burley, Headingley, Hyde Park, Little Woodhouse and parts of Kirkstall

Membership of Older Wiser Local People (OWLS) is free and open to people aged 55 and above, living in Headingley, Burley, Hyde Park, Little Woodhouse and parts of Kirkstall. We provide a range of activities / services and up to date details of these are provided in our quarterly news sheet (The HOOTER), which is free to members.

Activities include:
An information service, A door-to-door supermarket shopping scheme, the Wednesday Lunch Club, the International Caribbean Lunch Club, a befriending scheme, a theatre group, a chair based exercise / discussion group, Bollywood screenings , a social group in partnership with the Association of Blind Asians and the Shree Hindu Temple, trips and parties, intergenerational activities including mentoring, face painting and circle time.

Services

Transport

Provides transport for the scheme's own activities
 

Help

OWLS has a policy of recruiting volunteers that live in the area covered by the scheme. We are particularly keen to recruit older volunteers. References are required and all volunteers are entitled to out of pocket expenses, training and informal support. We are especially keen to recruit volunteers to visit a local older person, usually once a week for around one hour. We ask for a years commitment and each person needs to complete a CRB check.We are also keen to recruit volunteers to drive our minibus. Training (the Minibus Driver Awareness Scheme) is provided.