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March 7, 2024
Local women, International Day
It’s International Women’s Day. We want to mark it by highlighting the difference older female activists continue to make in our communities and to all our lives.…
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October 31, 2023
Update: November 2023
Here is a brief selection of our recent work, and what we expect to be doing next month. In October, among other activities, we have… In November…
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July 26, 2023
Pride – an age friendly space?
As Pride month has drawn to a close, we think about Leeds Pride on 6 August (presumably due to an awkward Yorkshire temperament). So it’s time for…
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June 7, 2023
Only connect
Next week (12-18 June) is Loneliness Awareness Week, created and hosted by the Marmalade Trust. The theme this year is ‘Connection’, the same word, and the same…
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May 22, 2023
Teaching new dogs old tricks
My new job involves teaching new dogs old tricks. (See what I did there?) Once knowledge is embedded it’s easy to forget you needed to learn something…
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May 18, 2023
We’re recruiting a Friendly Communities Officer!
Our Friendly Communities project brings together Age Friendly Leeds and Dementia Friendly Leeds, with the ultimate aim of making Leeds an age and dementia friendly city. This…
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May 11, 2023
Carry on learning, with me and my new team
Spring has sprung, possibly (although I’m still wearing a woolly hat outdoors). I’m certainly in a very happy mood myself and about to spring into a new…
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April 27, 2023
Update: May 2023
Here is a brief selection of our recent work, and what we expect to be doing next month. In April, among other activities, we have… In May…
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March 30, 2023
Update: April 2023
Here is a brief selection of our recent work, and what we expect to be doing next month. In March, among other activities, we have… In April…
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February 28, 2023
Update: March 2023
Here is a brief selection of our recent work, and what we expect to be doing next month. In February, among other activities, we have… In March…
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January 31, 2023
Update: February 2023
Here is a brief selection of our recent work, and what we expect to be doing next month. In January, among other activities, we have… In February…
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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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