The idea of social prescribing has started to become well known in the last few years, and there are now around 100 local schemes in the UK.…

The Leeds Older People’s Forum AGM provided a wonderful opportunity to hear first-hand the experiences of older people in the city. Many people spoke of the positive…

One year ago, Lily Craig and Lauren Clarke, completed a week of training at the University of Bradford to qualify as Dementia Care Mappers (DCM) for Yorkshire…

We know that older people can be particularly lonely and isolated over holiday periods. Time to Shine will be working with Leeds Community Foundation to make grants…

Time to Shine has been really lucky to have funding for 6 years – a much longer term than the average funding term. The huge benefit of…

We are delighted that the 11th and final round of our Small Funds programme, which has been managed by our delivery partner Leeds Community Foundation, has been…

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…

I’m very pleased to say that I have planned a Time to Shine learning programme to take us through the remainder of 2019. (See details below.) These…

For over a million of the oldest people in our country, television is their main form of company. Right now, that’s under threat. Will the BBC’s intention…

“I’ve always wanted to use a SMART phone or tablet but I was never able to do it and I couldn’t find anyone to show me and…