Leeds Older People’s Forum
January 4, 2023
Don’t panic! Do prepare
LOPF staff have recently attended a couple of meetings on ‘Emergency preparedness’. Initially with reference to planned power cuts, we then we looked at wider considerations. This…
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December 15, 2022
Time to Learn (one last time)
The Time to Shine programme came to an end in March 2022, and I have had one final year to continue to share our learning. The LOPF…
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December 13, 2022
Christmas creativity
One of the ways we will celebrate Christmas this year in my family is by going to a carol concert. We’re fully intending to drag the children…
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December 8, 2022
Food glorious food!
I’m not at all sure about ‘cold jelly and custard’ myself. As we move towards Christmas, it’s a good time to share the Time to Shine learning…
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December 6, 2022
Grief takes many forms
Following on from Grief Awareness Week I thought I’d take a moment to share some learning about bereavement and what Time to Shine projects discovered. In my…
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December 1, 2022
An Advent gift of learning
I’d like to share an early Christmas present with all of you. I’ve been working at a themed index to the Time to Shine learning for some…
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November 24, 2022
Warm Spaces need a Warm Welcome
As a Good Practice Mentor I can help you to achieve warm spaces welcomes, without needing an extra heater! Now so many people have opened up Warm…
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November 17, 2022
Getting men to join in
With International Men’s Day on November 19 it’s a good time to share the learning from Time to Shine and other Ageing Better projects on encouraging older…
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November 9, 2022
Plunging head first into Time to Shine’s learning
I am almost at the end of creating a huge document listing the learning from Time to Shine – it’s currently having some design magic performed on…
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October 6, 2022
Talking about loneliness: using the ‘L’ word
I’ve been to two very interesting webinars this week, looking at communications around loneliness. I wasn’t sure about attending them both as I thought they might be…
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September 22, 2022
Still being a friend
The success of the Cara project meant that Leeds Irish Health & Homes were keen to take their learning and experiment further, this time setting out deliberately…
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September 20, 2022
Our dancing days need not be over
Would you like to know how to lift the mood, in moments of dance, of even the oldest and frailest people? Yorkshire Dance can tell you how…
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