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Leeds Older People’s Forum

May 21, 2019

Have I got older (people) news for you!? (May 2019)

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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May 21, 2019

Monitoring: it all adds up

Time to Shine has ambitious targets to achieve by 2021 and I rely on monitoring information submitted by all delivery partners every quarter to help me chart…
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May 16, 2019

What’s in a Name?

It might not matter for roses but it would appear that when you are recruiting volunteers to undertake peer evaluation it can matter quite a lot… A…
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May 16, 2019

Near Neighbours Small Grants

The Near Neighbours programme offers small grants between £250 and £5,000, as seed funding for local groups and organisations who are working to bring together neighbours, developing…
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May 15, 2019

“I enjoy waking up every day”

Hi, I am Graham Lister. I have been asked to relate my time with Canal Connections and the effect it has had on me since that first…
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May 9, 2019

Small funds, big impact

Lisa (Time to Shine Monitoring and Evaluation Officer) and I were delighted to meet with Leeds Community Foundation, on May 8, to hold an induction with the…
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May 8, 2019

Still, moving images

As a photographer I always get excited when I’m offered the opportunity to dip into new community-based worlds, seeing how other people live. I recently landed a…
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April 30, 2019

Prescribing Friendship

Kieran is a Volunteer Befriender for Leeds Mind’s Older People’s Support service SELF. Here Kieran tells us about his volunteer journey and the huge impact befriending can…
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April 26, 2019

Time to learn – Recruiting Volunteers to your project

Always a thorny topic, we will start to consider the issue in a short session as it seems to have cropped up in a number of this…
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April 24, 2019

Events and activities in Leeds during Dementia Action Week 20 – 26th May

The Dementia Friendly Leeds team have produced a Dementia Action Week Booklet 2019 containing a listing of events and activities taking place in Leeds during Dementia Action…
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