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March 21, 2018
More than a Mealtime: What We’ve Learned
More than a Mealtime was started by Crossgates and District Good Neighbours CIC and has since scaled up to exist in other parts of the city. People…
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March 19, 2018
Want to Know More about Social Isolation?
‘Want to know more about’ is a series of information sessions that cover topics that are important to you and your local community, brought to you by…
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March 2, 2018
Community Correspondent: Still Alice
My yesterdays are disappearing and my tomorrows are uncertain By Steve, Leeds Older People’s Forum Community Correspondent Hi my Name is Steve I’m 69 years old and…
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March 2, 2018
Bee Together welcomes Leeds University students
Bee Together is happy to welcome Students from Leeds University’s Sociology in Action-Urban Impact Programme: Abbey Fish and Louis Prosser. The School of Sociology and Social Policy, through…
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March 1, 2018
Round 7 of Small Funds is Open for Business
Small Funds, our project delivered by Leeds Community Foundation, is open for applications as of 1 March 2018. Local organisations can apply for between £5,000 and £10,000 to…
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March 1, 2018
Newly Commissioned Projects: 2018
We are happy to announce that our final commissioning process has come to a successful close. Our panels have chosen eleven new projects to fund, for a…
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February 26, 2018
Ageless Thanet: An App for the Ages
Everyone loves a rewards scheme. In Thanet, they’ve taken that idea and run with it to promote age friendliness all over the city. Ageless Thanet is one…
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February 23, 2018
LGBT History Month: What We’ve Learned from Sage
February is LGBT History Month. It’s a time to celebrate progress that’s been made, honour the people who have done hard work toward LGBT rights so far,…
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February 21, 2018
Training Available from Time to Shine
Time to Shine’s number-one priority is learning. We want to learn what works to reduce social isolation and loneliness amongst older people. Second to that is sharing. We…
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February 19, 2018
Jo Cox Commission on Loneliness: Manifesto
All throughout 2017, the Jo Cox Commission on Loneliness did work all over the country to carry out one of the late minister’s legacies: a national conversation and…
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January 30, 2018
Cara’s song is going for a song
Cara’s song is going for a song. Due to popular demand ‘Cara Song’, Cara’s reworked rendition of Cliffs of Dooneen, is now available to download for £1. The…
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January 30, 2018
Village Halls Week
The first national Village Halls Week, which started on Monday 22 January, was a celebration to champion the work that volunteers do to keep village halls, and…
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