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December 15, 2017

Final Report: Street Links – Richmond Hill Elderly Action

Street Links was about finding local vulnerable and isolated older people, and gently connecting them with their neighbours and the local community. This project came to a…
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December 13, 2017

Final Report: Raat Di Roti – Touchstone Sikh Elders

Raat di Roti means ‘Evening Meal’ in Punjabi. They were part of Time to Shine until October 2017, when their project came to a close.  Volunteers invited…
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December 11, 2017

Final Report: Community Connect – Community First Yorkshire

Community First Yorkshire were formerly known as Rural Action Yorkshire. Their initial Time to Shine project, Community Connect, came to a close in June 2017.  The project worked…
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December 8, 2017

Final Report: More Than A Mealtime – Cross Gates and District GNS

Now that we are into our third year of Time to Shine, some of our projects from the first round of commissioning have drawn to a close.…
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December 1, 2017

Happy Holidays from Time to Shine

It’s been an amazing year here at Time to Shine; we’ve reached so many people and learned so much about how to reduce social isolation.  We saw…
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November 30, 2017

The legacy of Young At Arts

Young at Arts: LEAF Partnership Case Study by Shabina Aslam The Leeds Arts Education Forum – LEAF Partnership is a natural partnership given the location, ethos and outreach aims of the stakeholders:…
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November 30, 2017

Bee Together

By Anna-Marie Garbutt, Project Coordinator, Bee Together Bee Together is a Time to Shine project aimed at older people with learning disabilities. Leeds is one of the only Ageing…
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November 30, 2017

Henpowered

Julia Edmunds, Time to Shine Learning Facilitator, reports back from ‘Ageing, Loneliness and Dementia’: a learning event at Hatfield Hall, Wakefield that took place on 16 November…
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November 15, 2017

Making Canals More Age Friendly

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…
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November 10, 2017

Time to Shine Small Funds Now Open

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…
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