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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

At Time to Shine we see and read a lot of interesting stories and resources about older people. We will share a few of these with you…

The final round (Round 11) of Time to Shine Small Funds is now open for applications, closing on Thursday 16 May. The Small Funds are managed by…