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The latest updates from Leeds Older People's Forum
June 9, 2025
Loneliness Awareness Week – Mint!
No, not teenage slang picked up from my children(although it was a lovely moment), but mint, the plant, currently growing prolifically on my allotment and the cause…
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June 5, 2025
International Day of Older People’s Funding Webinar
Date: Tuesday, 24 June 2025Time: 2 pmLocation: Online Age Friendly Leeds is hosting a webinar to share our plans for grant funding to help celebrate the International Day of…
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June 5, 2025
“Pride, Poverty, and the Power of Community: Supporting Our Older Generations with the Respect They Deserve”
As we await the spending review and a change in policy on winter fuel payments, I’m reminded of just how resilient our older generations are. They’ve lived…
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May 27, 2025
Alcohol in Later Life: Forward Leeds Campaign
National Alcohol Awareness Week starts on Monday, July 7. This year, the focus is on a key public health message for Leeds: Alcohol in Later Life. In preparation for…
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May 16, 2025
Just One More: Helping Leeds Eat More Veg Every Day
Just One More is a local campaign to encourage people across Leeds to eat Just One More portion of vegetables every day as a snack or in…
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April 30, 2025
May 19 – 25 | Dementia Action Week
Dementia Action Week is an annual awareness raising campaign run by the Alzheimer’s Society to encourage people to act on dementia. This year, the focus is on dementia diagnosis and calling…
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April 29, 2025
Photos wanted: Ageing Well Leeds Archive and 2026 Calendar
The All Age Activists Intergenerational Group are calling for Leeds-based photos celebrating positive ageing with an emphasis on older people for the Ageing Well Leeds Archive and 2026…
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April 25, 2025
Thriving, Not Just Surviving: How Enhance Is Shaping Support for Older People
As Enhance enters its fourth year of delivery, the programme is consistently proving how sustained partnership working, flexible delivery, and community-rooted approaches can meaningfully reduce clinical demand…
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April 24, 2025
24 – 30 April | World Immunisation Week
World Immunisation Week in 2025 will be from April 24 to April 30. The theme for 2025 is “Uniting for Universal Vaccine Coverage”. This week-long event, led…
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April 11, 2025
Volunteer your time to research
Leeds Older People’s Forum collaborates with local and regional universities on research that focuses on, or may impact, older people. We ensure that older people are meaningfully…
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