Bee Together is a Time to Shine Project aiming to combat social isolation and loneliness in Older People with a Learning Disability (OPLD). The learning from the…

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…

Time to Shine has ambitious targets to achieve by 2021 and I rely on monitoring information submitted by all delivery partners every quarter to help me chart…

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…

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…

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…