A lot of what we do at Caring Together is supported and shared by the community, our members and volunteers. This week we had volunteers helping every day, in the office, out in the community, with web posts and in our regular groups. THANK YOU!
Caring Together Volunteer helping out in the office
Every Sip Counts…..
“Did you know… dehydration puts you more at risk of an E. coli infection?”
Thanks Donna (NHS Infection Prevention & Control Nurse Specialist) for sharing your knowledge on E.Coli last week to keep us well. Please see below links to the leaflets she shared with us.
Guide to staying hydrated: the facts
https://www.leedscommunityhealthcare.nhs.uk/seecmsfile/?id=3608
Urinary Tract Infections: Information for Patients
https://www.leedscommunityhealthcare.nhs.uk/seecmsfile/?id=3561
Donna will be back to see us again later in the year – I will post the dates and times once confirmed
‘Lunar New Year’
Digital technology is tool at our disposal for creative tasks. It can benefit us all. The portability and ease of use of our mobile phones and tablets gives us the ability to share and learn together. Last week, we shared some innovative art quickly and easily with members. In celebration of Lunar New Year, we used a website to enter the year we were born, and out what our animal was. We were also able to practice writing our names on handmade book marks (from Recycled Christmas Cards).
Note: information was sourced from the internet, so we do apologise for any inaccuracies
Twice a month we set aside some time to come together and share a meal. Evidence suggests sharing mealtimes is good for your well-being. Lunch time meet ups it gives us the opportunity to socialise, sit and chat together in a relaxed informal way with Caring Together members, supporters and our colleagues.
Our next two in February 2020 will be:
Wednesday 12th February 2020
Meeting @ 12 noon at Little London Community Centre
and on
Monday 24th February 2020
Meeting @12 noon at Fisherman’s Lodge (formerly Bryon’s), in Headingley
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No need to book just come along, or call us if you wish to go in together.
“Thank you to the Caring Together team, volunteers, members and supporters for bringing the event together, for those who joined us, and with making the food and table decorations and helping on the day”
Coming to you on the 1st February 2020 in Leeds Kirkgate Market, the World’s first EVER Yorkshire Pudding Festival!
A celebration of the Yorkshire Pudding, an essential part of the Nation’s roast dinners. The Festival is open to all and will host a range of food vendors creating their take on the humble Yorkshire Pudding, mixing, stuffing and smothering them with a delicious array of home cooked dishes from around the world.
In addition to the food stalls there will be a variety of Yorkshire traders selling Yorkshire products. A welcoming bar where you can grab a drink with your chosen dish (or dishes!) and sit back and enjoy the live entertainment that will be on throughout the day.
10am – 4pm
Feminist Archive North hosted a guided look at some of their archive materials last week
“While the archive contains some materials relating to Mary Gawthorpe and the “Votes for Women” campaign, it is dedicated more to events since the 1960s, and display we viewed today concentrated on letters, leaflets, journals and interviews documenting women’s participation and sufferings through crises such as the 1970 Leeds clothing workers’ dispute, the 1984-85 miners’s strike, and the perennial issue of violence against women. Noteworthy too was the collection of scripts by Andrea Dunbar (most famous for the play and film “Rita, Sue and Bob Too”) and items concerning her tragic family history in the Buttershaw area of Bradford.” Alistair
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Feminist Archive North is based in Special Collections, which is part of the Brotherton Library at Leeds University. All their materials can only be viewed in the Special Collections reading room. They do not allow material out on loan
The Feminist Archive North office is currently only staffed on Thursdays, 10am-4pm. Special Collections, where materials can be viewed, is generally open Mon-Fri 9am-5pm and Saturday 10am-1pm, though this can vary according to term dates
Caring Together are once again offering some space to enable your imagination to flow. Our creative writing sessions our back for 2020. A small group come together weekly:
Main Hall of Little London Community Centre, Oatland Lane, Leeds 7
Thursday’s – 2pm – 3.45pm
Crocheting is good for you!
Well the jury is still out on this one because a few of us were still left scratching our heads. Yet watching the others who have mastered it, and those still persevering and willing to give it a go I can see that crocheting brings you together, and is so forgiving. In no time at all if you miss a loop it can be corrected. I was going in a straight line, yet, “no problem”, someone said, and it was quickly made into a square. Truly amazing. There is instant gratification of creating small works of beauty in the form of colourful circles and squares that we all felt no matter our contribution.
We are back again this week to continue on. It is open to all
Wednesday 29th January 2020 @2pm – 3.45pm Main Hall, Little London Community Centre, Oatland Lane, Leeds 7
