Leeds Older People’s Forum
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The latest updates from Leeds Older People's Forum
December 3, 2020
Ready, Steady Census!
The census is coming. By taking part, you can help inform decisions on services that shape your community, such as healthcare, education and transport. The census is…
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November 30, 2020
Time to Shine update: December 2020
Here is a brief summary of our recent work, and what we expect to be doing next month … November 2020 Our staff team continues to work…
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November 25, 2020
Yorkshire Dance presents: new podcast series about their work in care homes
It’s been a difficult time recently, hasn’t it? Like everyone, our work has been impacted by the current situation but here at Yorkshire Dance we’ve been finding…
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November 25, 2020
Digital Inclusion: new working group
Last week I met up with representatives from 12 local Neighbourhood Network Schemes, along with Rachel Benn and Liam Garnett of 100% Digital Leeds, for the first…
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November 19, 2020
Festive activities planner – help us share what’s going on
Every year here at Time to Shine we get phone calls from older people or their friends and relations about the festive season. We guess this year…
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November 19, 2020
Are you engaging?
I was in Leeds shopping and, as it was a miserable day, I called into the Arch Café and saw a poster advertising the Older People’s Engagement…
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November 17, 2020
Have I got older (people) news for you!? (November 2020)
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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November 11, 2020
Neighbourhood Networks: balancing risk and meeting need in lockdown
Our first November SkillsShare brought representatives from eight of the Leeds Neighbourhood Network Schemes together to look at service delivery during the second national lockdown from 5…
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November 11, 2020
Time to Shine to run for an additional year!
At Time to Shine, managed by Leeds Older People’s Forum (LOPF), we have been working to reduce the impact of loneliness and social isolation among older people…
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October 29, 2020
Time to Shine update: November 2020
Here is a brief summary of our recent work, and what we expect to be doing next month, … October 2020 Our staff team continues to work…
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October 28, 2020
A lifeline in desperate times: lockdown learning from Time to Shine delivery partners
From March 2020 most Time to Shine delivery partners rapidly adapted their services and support to provide an organisation-wide response to Covid-19. As lockdown eased, we asked…
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October 21, 2020
Supporting older people during Covid-19 – grants available now!
Funding is now available to support and increase the capacity of third sector organisations to respond to the Covid-19 pandemic in Leeds. The funding is provided by…
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