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September 5, 2024

Seeds we plant today….

Of the 200+ businesses and organisations across Leeds who have committed to be Age and Dementia Friendly, around 40% are organisations which work directly with older people.…
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July 31, 2024

Where there’s a will……

Back in 2019, when LOPF launched the Age and Dementia Friendly Business Scheme we had in mind the type of organisation we wanted to target: GP surgeries,…
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July 2, 2024

Sunny Bank Mills makes it 200 Age and Dementia Friendly businesses!

Sunny Bank Mills in Farsley is the 200th organisation in Leeds to have committed to being age and dementia friendly! Our Friendly Communities team manages the Age…
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April 12, 2023

Leeds reaches 100 age and dementia friendly businesses

I’m very proud to say that we now have 100 businesses and organisation in Leeds  committed to being age and dementia friendly! This fantastic milestone was reached…
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February 21, 2023

10 reasons to be our 100th friendly business

We run Leeds’ Age and Dementia Friendly business scheme. More than 90 businesses have already signed up. Could your business be number 100? The scheme is open…
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January 18, 2022

Generations talking: “We can learn so much from each other”

After two years of ‘zoom chats’ members of an intergenerational project have made a film about their experiences of ageism, to encourage more talking between the generations.…
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