March 30, 2021

Coffee Pot Memory Café – our story

Trevor has shared the story of the Memory Café, the congregation at Drighlington Methodist Church have been running for their local community. Five years ago when we…

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March 30, 2021

Opening up Community Cafes

The lockdowns have been hard for all of us, but for people who are living with dementia it has been devastating. The pressure on carers has also…

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March 24, 2021

Celebrating women: the 70s and 80s

I am writing this in the aftermath of the murder of Sarah Everard, and as Reclaim the Streets is changing the focus from what women should do…

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March 16, 2021

Have I got older (people) news for you!? (March 2021)

At Time to Shine we see and read a lot of interesting stories and resources about older people. We share a few of these with you each…

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March 10, 2021

End your day the feierabend way

I recently read a word that has two meanings – ‘feierabend’ – apparently the German word for the moment you end work for the day, and also…

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February 26, 2021

Time to Shine update: March 2021

Here is a brief summary of our recent work, and what we expect to be doing next month … February 2021 Our staff team continues to work…

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February 25, 2021

Time to Shine Small Fund – Intergenerational – now open for applications

Leeds Community Foundation has opened the final round of the Small Funds Programme, which they manage for Time to Shine. The theme is ‘Intergenerational’ Developing intergenerational activity…

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February 24, 2021

Age Friendly heating solutions

Since we launched our local business in 2007, I’ve worked with many elderly customers across the North East of England and we’ve always done our best to…

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February 16, 2021

Have I got older (people) news for you!? (February 2021)

At Time to Shine we see and read a lot of interesting stories and resources about older people. We share a few of these with you each…

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February 11, 2021

Reasons To Be Hopeful

Would you like to learn a new creative skill?…make connections with other people? Are you aged 16-25 or 50+? Leeds Playhouse is looking for 100 people from two generations to…

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February 11, 2021

Can you help to develop Age and Dementia Friendly businesses in Leeds?

Time to Shine is looking for an individual/agency with exceptional skills and experience in corporate business development and marketing, to work on a freelance basis, to help…

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February 3, 2021

Digital inclusion for older people: free webinar, 25 February

We know that being online can help people to live better, easier, longer lives, and it is often those who lack digital skills and confidence who would…

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