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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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

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 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 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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