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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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April 8, 2025
Free webinar: How going digital can save you money: a guide with the DWP
AbilityNet are hosting a free webinar on Tuesday 20 May with their Disability Consultant, Lizi Green, who will highlight cost savings you can make by going digital.…
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March 10, 2025
Action on Loneliness: Finding groups local to you
Action on Loneliness has created a website tool to find meetings, gatherings or events within a 15-mile radius of your postcode. It aims to provide a space…
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March 6, 2025
Age-friendly Communities: a handbook of principles to guide local policy and action
The Centre for Ageing Better has published a handbook aimed at people working in or with local authorities in the UK to help them identify ways to…
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March 4, 2025
We are hiring!
Leeds Older People’s Forum are looking to recruit a Project Manager for the Enhance scheme. Please visit https://www.opforum.org.uk/get-involved/work-with-us/ for more information and to download the application pack.
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February 25, 2025
Older Adult Research Workshops
Are you interested in how older people contribute to research? Want to share your thoughts and help shape the future of involvement? We are inviting people over…
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