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November 23, 2022

We’re recruiting a Digital Inclusion Co-ordinator!

Leeds Older People’s Forum is working in partnership with 100% Digital Leeds and four delivery partners to deliver BOSS (Be Online Stay Safe). Working with Black and…
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November 22, 2022

Pause to understand the menopause

Statistics say that a million women leave the workforce at any one time due to debilitating symptoms of perimenopause. In desperation, some women reduce their working hours,…
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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 16, 2022

Travel Connections: speeding along

Travel Connections has been up and running for several months now, during which LOPF, along with our delivery partners, has arranged for over 200 people to take…
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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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November 3, 2022

Have you had your winter boosters?

For people over 50, getting a COVID-19 booster and flu vaccine is one of the most important things they can do to protect their health. Older people…
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October 27, 2022

Update: November 2022

Here is a selection of our recent work, and what we expect to be doing next month. In October, among other activities, we have… run the last…
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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 29, 2022

Update: October 2022

Here is a brief selection of our recent work, and of what we expect to be doing next month. In September, among other activities, we have… ran…
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September 29, 2022

What is Overlooked?

‘Overlooked’ is an exhibition (opening at Leeds City Museum in February 2023) co-curated by a group of volunteers, aged 14-24, called the Preservative Party.  The group have…
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September 27, 2022

Resilient older women in the spotlight

A fantastic range of activities will be run to celebrate International Day of Older People (IDOP) 2022 in Leeds. This year’s theme – the resilience and contributions…
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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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