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August 20, 2020
Ageism in the LGBT+ sector: made for a Venn diagram?
As many of you will know from school, unless you were fast asleep on that day in double maths, a Venn diagram is a visual way of…
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August 18, 2020
Are we dyeing for ageism?
Our Age Proud Leeds campaign has been encouraging people to talk more about ageism, including the way we can take on negative ideas about being older which…
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August 13, 2020
Have I got older (people) news for you!? (August 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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July 30, 2020
Greater than the sum of its parts: what we have all learnt from Covid-19
Time to Shine delivery partners have done a great job over the past few months, adapting their methods and supporting their beneficiaries as best they could. From…
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July 30, 2020
Time to Shine update: August 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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July 29, 2020
Are you claiming your pension credit?
If you are state pension age and you are finding it hard to make ends meet each month, or you worry about how you’re going to pay…
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July 28, 2020
We are Age Proud!
Age Proud Leeds has been a super campaign, recognised countrywide. And one of the key elements of it has been your decision to raise awareness of what…
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July 24, 2020
Have I got older (people) news for you!? (July 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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July 17, 2020
Summer Time Out
Are you breathing a big sigh of relief as you head for the summer? It feels like we are over the worst of the first part of…
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July 14, 2020
Co-production: responding to a changing world
Co-production has been around for a while but in today’s changing world it has never been more relevant or necessary. It is the opposite of ‘one size…
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July 10, 2020
Ageism and poverty
One of the big drawbacks of using sweeping generalisations to describe a group of people based on their age is that it can be very misleading. Assuming…
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June 30, 2020
Time to Shine stories: are you ready to shine?
Covid-19 has given many of us cause to reflect on life, loss, social connectivity and, perhaps, the things we’d like to do differently now the world is…
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