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June 23, 2020
I’m an Age Friendly Ambassador
Hello there! My name is Anna and I recently signed up to be an Age Friendly Ambassador. I work in Leeds as a theatre producer, ensuring that…
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June 18, 2020
Make it easy to read
Bee Together is a Time to Shine funded project, managed by Health For All, aimed at combating social isolation and loneliness in older people with learning disabilities.…
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June 18, 2020
Phone a new friend with OWLS
Lockdown has been a particularly lonely time for people who live alone. In Kirkstall and Headingley and Hyde Park areas alone, there are 1500 older people in…
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June 17, 2020
Armley Helping Hands – from afternoon tea to methadone!
How life has changed since the pandemic: from planning afternoon tea, to buying nappies to delivering methadone! All in the day’s work at Armley Helping Hands (AHH).…
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June 16, 2020
Promoting an age friendly culture: how Time to Shine are driving forward their Age Proud campaign
With thanks to Vicky O’Donoghue and Age Better in Sheffield, for permission to publish their blog. Time to Shine, led by Leeds Older People’s Forum are pressing…
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June 15, 2020
Shine On!
When the lockdown began in March we had to stop many of the plans at Time to Shine in their tracks! It felt so sad and not…
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June 10, 2020
What do you expect at your age?
Ageism, like all types of discrimination, works on a number of levels. Individual people are ageist, and the structures within society are ageist too. These ‘structures’ include…
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June 4, 2020
Time to Shine a Light on Loneliness
Time to Shine at Leeds Older People’s Forum has been working with third sector partners across Leeds since 2015 to reduce social isolation and loneliness. During this…
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June 4, 2020
Ageism should come with a health warning!
Ageism can have harmful effects on our health and wellbeing. This is revealed in the largest examination to date of the health consequences of ageism in the…
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May 28, 2020
We are many groups, but One Community: the Leeds Irish Community’s response to Covid-19
On 15 March a local businessman, musician and Leeds Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann Chair, Séan Gavaghan contacted me at Leeds Irish Health and Homes (LIHH). We discussed whether…
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