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Faces of 12 LOPF staff, in a Zoom meeting

September 29, 2022

Update: October 2022

Here is a brief selection of our recent work, and of what we expect to be doing next month. In September, among other activities, we have… ran…

Front of Leeds City Museum, on a sunny day

September 29, 2022

What is Overlooked?

‘Overlooked’ is an exhibition (opening at Leeds City Museum in February 2023) co-curated by a group of volunteers, aged 14-24, called the Preservative Party. The group have…

September 27, 2022

Resilient older women in the spotlight

A fantastic range of activities will be run to celebrate International Day of Older People (IDOP) 2022 in Leeds. This year’s theme – the resilience and contributions…

Two women, one much older than the other, walking arm in arm in sunshine.

September 22, 2022

Still being a friend

The success of the Cara project meant that Leeds Irish Health & Homes were keen to take their learning and experiment further, this time setting out deliberately…

Older women, outside, with arms oustretched.

September 20, 2022

Our dancing days need not be over

Would you like to know how to lift the mood, in moments of dance, of even the oldest and frailest people? Yorkshire Dance can tell you how…

Lots of people, viewed from above, crossing main roads in an urban environment

September 14, 2022

Reconnecting people to their communities

Health for All Connections supported younger older people with a series of groups and courses. They covered a range of topics, from woodwork and photography, to mindfulness…

Older woman talking, with younger woman, leaning close, listening

September 14, 2022

The cheering effect of a little sunshine

Sunshine In Leeds, a Time to Shine project run by Health for All, set out to provide a very practical service. It worked with people to help…

August 31, 2022

Update: September 2022

Here is a brief selection of our recent work, and what we expect to be doing next month. In August, among other activities, we have… welcomed new…

Group of older women sat together on a bench, with one in a wheelchair.

August 30, 2022

Reaching out to older people in Leeds

One of the pleasures of my role as Good Practice Mentor is being able to link people to information and expertise to help them do their own…

August 17, 2022

I’ve been thinking about evaluation, and why we do it.

Since sharing a presentation with Time to Shine’s local evaluators at a Campaign to End Loneliness workshop last week and having a look through the first monitoring…