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March 7, 2024

Local women, International Day

It’s International Women’s Day. We want to mark it by highlighting the difference older female activists continue to make in our communities and to all our lives.…
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October 31, 2023

Update: November 2023

Here is a brief selection of our recent work, and what we expect to be doing next month. In October, among other activities, we have… In November…
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July 26, 2023

Pride – an age friendly space?

As Pride month has drawn to a close, we think about Leeds Pride on 6 August (presumably due to an awkward Yorkshire temperament). So it’s time for…
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June 7, 2023

Only connect

Next week (12-18 June) is Loneliness Awareness Week, created and hosted by the Marmalade Trust. The theme this year is ‘Connection’, the same word, and the same…
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May 22, 2023

Teaching new dogs old tricks

My new job involves teaching new dogs old tricks. (See what I did there?) Once knowledge is embedded it’s easy to forget you needed to learn something…
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May 18, 2023

We’re recruiting a Friendly Communities Officer!

Our Friendly Communities project brings together Age Friendly Leeds and Dementia Friendly Leeds, with the ultimate aim of making Leeds an age and dementia friendly city. This…
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May 11, 2023

Carry on learning, with me and my new team

Spring has sprung, possibly (although I’m still wearing a woolly hat outdoors). I’m certainly in a very happy mood myself and about to spring into a new…
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April 27, 2023

Update: May 2023

Here is a brief selection of our recent work, and what we expect to be doing next month. In April, among other activities, we have… In May…
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March 30, 2023

Update: April 2023

Here is a brief selection of our recent work, and what we expect to be doing next month. In March, among other activities, we have… In April…
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February 28, 2023

Update: March 2023

Here is a brief selection of our recent work, and what we expect to be doing next month. In February, among other activities, we have… In March…
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