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…

These are almost the only people who have not volunteered to make RU OK? calls to isolated and lonely Leeds residents. In the last three weeks or…

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…

Time to Shine entered its final year under the most difficult of circumstances for everyone, so we decided to give you a monthly update of where our…

The recent experiences of living in lockdown have brought back memories of when my husband and I lived abroad for over 30 years. The strange similarities between…

The current situation with Covid-19 obviously means people can’t come to us as usual. So how do we get out into the community to host something that…

Are you OK? How are you doing? Is everything OK? These are questions I’m sure we’ve all asked and been asked many times in the past few…

Kindness has been important so far during the Covid-19 outbreak and lockdown. Many of us have seen stories of people reaching out to neighbours, communities coming together…

The British Red Cross recently put out a call for evidence as the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Loneliness was running a major independent inquiry into…