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November 1, 2017

Time to Shine Commissioning Round is Open

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…
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October 30, 2017

Delivery Partners: Sensitive Data Training

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…
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October 27, 2017

Older people wanted to join our assessment panel

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…
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October 26, 2017

Creating an Ageing Movement

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…
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October 24, 2017

Chatty Café Scheme

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…
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October 24, 2017

Ageing Better Around the Country

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…
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October 17, 2017

Cliffs of Cara: Leeds rendition of The Cliffs of Dooneen

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…
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October 10, 2017

Is Light Night Age Friendly?

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,…
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September 29, 2017

Time to Shine in the News

Time to Shine’s recently opened photography exhibit has received some press attention, which will help spread the word about the problem of social isolation and loneliness as…
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September 26, 2017

Real-Life Stories: Digital Angels

Vera was tired of sitting on her own watching television. She lives alone and is unable to leave the house without help. Vera’s family bought her a…
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