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February 22, 2016

Happy LGBT* History Month!

Since 2005, the United Kingdom has marked February as LGBT* History Month. At Time to Shine, recognising the needs of older people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and/or…
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February 19, 2016

Yorkshire MESMAC and Age UK Leeds launch Older LGBT*Q Project

Older LGBT*Q people are invited to attend the launch of Yorkshire MESMAC and Age UK Leeds partnership project for Time to Shine. 11th March, 1pm-4pm at Age UK, Bradbury Building,…
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February 15, 2016

Want to Help with Time to Shine Communications?

We are looking for individuals to help us develop and implement an effective communications strategy. This is a great opportunity to get involved and help with the overall mission…
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February 8, 2016

Time to Shine is recruiting new members to the Core Partnership

The Core Partnership is the leadership group for the Time to Shine project. The partnership is looking to recruit two new members to two vacant places. We…
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February 5, 2016

Hello From Hanna

By Hanna Wilcock, Learning Facilitator, Time to Shine Hello, I’m Hanna and I am the new Learning Facilitator on the Time to Shine project. You will probably be seeing me…
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February 5, 2016

The Age of Loneliness?

‘The Age of Loneliness,’ Sue Bourne’s documentary about social isolation, could just as easily have been called Lonely People Talk About Their Lives. From students to divorcees,…
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February 1, 2016

Time to Shine Update – February 2016

Time to Shine Update We are very happy to announce that the Time to Shine website launched on 28 January. Here you can find all the information about the…
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January 29, 2016

Ageing Without Children: Report Launch

By Emily Axel, Age Friendly Campaign Officer 26 January 2016: Ageing Without Children launched their report on people’s experience of getting older when they don’t have children—either by choice…
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January 20, 2016

Young at Arts: First Ten Weeks’ Wrap-up

By Emily Axel, Age Friendly Campaign Officer Young at Arts, run by the LEAF Partnership (Leeds Grand Theatre & City Varieties, Northern Ballet, Opera North, Phoenix Dance…
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January 11, 2016

Chinese Seniors’ Project Launch Event

By Jim Garside, Administration Officer, Time to Shine Time to Shine attended the launch event of the Chinese Seniors’ Project. The project was launched on 11th January along…
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