Here is a brief summary of our recent work, and what we expect to be doing next month, …

October 2020

Our staff team continues to work effectively from home, with the challenges that brings.

We have:

• Continued to hold weekly skills share sessions with Neighbourhood Networks
• developed work with Let’s Dance agency to create our legacy website
• developed and published new reports and briefings on learning from Covid-19 and made reports from other Ageing Better programmes available
• produced a range of blogs, activities and resources related to Time to Feel Good About Ageing. (Key message 5 of Age Proud Leeds campaign).
• Promoted widely new Age Proud Leeds activities, Tell us one good thing about ageing! and Celebrate an older person.
• provided further detail for the proposal to the National Lottery Community Fund, for Time to Shine to be extended by a year
• established a Key learning: digital technology section on the website
• started filming about the Neighbourhood Networks’ response to the pandemic
• shared learning from Neighbourhood Networks about lessening the digital divide, with other Leeds partners at the Digital Leaders Festival
• promoted the role of Leeds third sector at Local Care Partnerships

November 2020

Among other activities during this month, we expect to:

• receive and share news about the Lottery decision for a potential year 7
• hold weekly skills share sessions with Neighbourhood Networks
• publish a learning report about Shine Magazine
• produce a co-production toolkit, and associated training, with our local evaluators at the Centre for Loneliness Studies at Sheffield University.
• seek funding for intergenerational projects
• step up the campaign Time to Shine a Light on Loneliness
• continue to promote and celebrate Time to feel good about ageing
• launch the Neighbourhood Networks Digital Working Group to continue building their capacity to support more older people to get online
• support delivery partners to prepare for Covid compliant Christmas activities

Linda Glew
Time to Shine Programme Manager (Legacy)