When was the last time you went out on a canal boat?  For many of our Age Friendly Steering Group members, it had been a while, but…

Closing date 12noon Wednesday 10 January 2018 The Small Funds Programme has been established to help third-sector groups develop ways of reducing loneliness and isolation and strengthen…

In case you haven’t heard, our latest and final commissioning round for Time to Shine is open.  Funding is available for third-sector organisations who want to help…

Time to Shine are hosting a training session about collecting sensitive data. We know that some questions we ask are participants can be tricky, particularly the ones…

Older people are at the heart of everything we do.  Time to Shine’s final commissioning round is now open and we’ve got an exciting opportunity for older…

By Hillary Wadsorth, Time to Shine Manager (Job Share) At the recent Ageing Better Conference, a panel discussion addressed the question of “How do we change attitudes about ageing?” Chaired by…

Time to Shine has contributed to the larger Ageing Better community in a number of ways. Other areas have adopted some of our monitoring and evaluation resources…

A new initiative called the Chatty Café Scheme has been set up in the North of England to reduce loneliness and get people talking.  The scheme encourages…

Time to Shine asked us to report back about our learning from the Cara project at a celebration event.  The remit was to try to make it…

A group of Leeds locals did a bit of mystery shopping to answer the question: Is Light Night age friendly? Leeds is host to numerous exciting events,…