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The latest updates from Leeds Older People's Forum
June 7, 2023
Only connect
Next week (12-18 June) is Loneliness Awareness Week, created and hosted by the Marmalade Trust. The theme this year is ‘Connection’, the same word, and the same…
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June 6, 2023
Pension Credit – £1.7 billion unclaimed each year!
Now more than ever, we need to ensure that all of the older people we work with are claiming every benefit they are entitled to. Many are…
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May 31, 2023
Update: June 2023
Here is a brief selection of our recent work, and what we expect to be doing next month. In May, among other activities, we have… In June…
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May 22, 2023
Teaching new dogs old tricks
My new job involves teaching new dogs old tricks. (See what I did there?) Once knowledge is embedded it’s easy to forget you needed to learn something…
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May 18, 2023
We’re recruiting a Friendly Communities Officer!
Our Friendly Communities project brings together Age Friendly Leeds and Dementia Friendly Leeds, with the ultimate aim of making Leeds an age and dementia friendly city. This…
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May 11, 2023
Carry on learning, with me and my new team
Spring has sprung, possibly (although I’m still wearing a woolly hat outdoors). I’m certainly in a very happy mood myself and about to spring into a new…
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May 4, 2023
Working through loss
For me, like so many others, work takes up a fair bit of time and energy. It’s inevitable that the way we respond, in our workplaces, to…
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April 27, 2023
Update: May 2023
Here is a brief selection of our recent work, and what we expect to be doing next month. In April, among other activities, we have… In May…
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April 27, 2023
Trending elders: our new quarterly survey
We are launching a regular quarterly trends survey and we need the insight and experience of our members to make it work effectively. Through ‘Trending elders’ we want…
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April 26, 2023
Support the campaign for a Commissioner for Older People and Ageing
As I read some of the 1001 Stories gathered from older people across Leeds, I’m struck by all the things that make a life. People talk about…
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