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

In September, among other activities, we have…

• launched Driving Change Together, with funding from the Road Safety Trust
• progressed with the qualitative and quantitative evaluation of Enhance
• ran a monitoring and evaluation induction for Brighter Days grant recipients
• submitted a funding bid for Motability’s Travelling with Confidence grant programme
• held our well-attended AGM, ‘Credit where it’s due’
• welcomed a new LOPF member AbilityNet
• held a learning session with End of Life Doula UK
• held a webinar as part of Leeds Digital Festival
• held a Dementia Friends session for The International Piano Competition

In October 2023, we expect to…

• collect and analyse Enhance monitoring data to understand the programme’s impact during the first 18 months
• host Ageing Well, an Age Friendly event for International Day of Older People (IDOP), at Headingley Stadium in partnership with Leeds Rhinos Foundation, on October 5.
• support and promote IDOP events in Leeds
• analyse and use the next Trending Elders survey
• share findings from our mid-term evaluation of our media literacy project BOSS
• deliver two Wise Up To Ageism sessions

Rob Cook
Communications Officer