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September 30, 2020
Time to Shine update: October 2020
Here is a brief summary of our recent work, and what we expect to be doing next month. September 2020 Our staff team are still mainly working…
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September 30, 2020
International Day of Older Persons 2020
International Day of Older Persons (IDOP) is on Thursday 1 October. IDOP is celebrated annually in Leeds, focusing on a different theme each year. This year’s theme…
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September 23, 2020
A little burdensome”: stigma and fear around dementia”
I opened a letter today, addressed to my mum who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s ten years ago. The letter happened to be from a ladies committee that…
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September 22, 2020
Later: art and ageing
A fantastic exhibition opened at Inkwell Arts just before lockdown. Later aimed to explore the possibilities and advantages of ageing with a collection of powerful and assured…
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September 22, 2020
Have I got older (people) news for you!? (September 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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September 18, 2020
Stories in the city
Sometimes at Time to Shine personal stories come along that are so lovely and so complete that we just want to share them. One of our Small…
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September 17, 2020
Creating social connections in a 15 minute city
Over the last 6 months, and along with most of the UK, I’ve found myself spending a lot of time at home. I’ve enjoyed meeting people who…
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September 1, 2020
Learning inclusion
People with learning disabilities are getting older and they need to be included in all activities for older people. They have grown up within a system that…
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August 28, 2020
Time to Shine update: September 2020
Here is a brief summary of our recent work, and what we expect to be doing next month, as we move from the Covid response phase into…
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August 27, 2020
No Parade? No Carnival? No Pride?….Still proud!
This bank holiday weekend we would normally be celebrating Leeds West Indian Carnival, but as we all know, things aren’t so normal at the moment, and haven’t…
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August 25, 2020
Is there an easy way to ‘fix’ loneliness?
One of our questions right at the start of the Time to Shine project was about ‘trigger points’. Not the things everyone was already pretty clear about…
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August 20, 2020
Covid-19: the devastating reality of bereavement
Every day we hear that the death toll from Covid-19 around the world has risen again. Tens of thousands of people have already been taken by this…
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