We had the pleasure of welcoming a good number of our members, students from the Leeds University Union Music Impact in the Community, the Lord Mayor of Leeds and friends, Hilary Benn and some funders to our AGM Friday.
It is the first one in our premises! It was lovely, it was ended with some wonderful music followed by a cuppa and food.
Thank you everyone in the community for coming along and ‘Caring Together’, what a year.
The University have asked us to share this to see if anyone is interested in taking part.
They are conducting some research to investigate pedestrians’ crossing behaviour while interacting with Automated Vehicles and they are particularly looking for people aged 65 or over to take part.
The study will take approximately 1.5 hours in total, and participants will receive £20 in cash as a token of appreciation. They can also help with transport costs.
All participants need to:
• Have been in the UK for at least a year
• Be a regular pedestrian
• Aged between 18-35 or above 65 years old
• Have normal or corrected to normal vision
• Not be pregnant
• Not use any cardioactive medications, such as antidepressants, antipsychotics, or anti hypertensives
• Not suffer from claustrophobia, severe motion sickness, feelings of disorientation, serious mobility problems affecting the back, knees and hips.
You can apply to take part here: https://leeds.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/hi-drive-hiker-criteria-oct
It was lovely to welcome members to our first film afternoon in our Charing Cross premises. Hot drinks and cake were on the menu, as well as popcorn and sweets.
The film was ‘Respect’ – The story of Aretha Franklin and seemed to be enjoyed by all, although it was a bit emotional at times.
The next one is on Thursday 16th November at 1pm (at Caring Together). We can’t tell you what the film is – you will have to come along to find out!
We like our new space in the Caring Together premises. Removing an internal wall has got rid of an underused room and opened up the main space to give us much more room for events and activities.
Come and see for yourself – maybe at our falls awareness session on Thursday 21st at 11am.
Fortunately we managed to pick a dry day for our recent outing to St Aidans.
The reserve was looking lovely, as always, and it was wonderful to be able to escape the hustle and bustle and reconnect with nature for a while. A short talk from one of the rangers kicked off our visit and then some went off to explore before relaxing in the cafe, and others stayed on the cafe terrace and soaked up the atmosphere, enjoying the amazing view across the lakes.
As the cost of living continues to impact so many households, this week-long programme of free events will give useful advice on a range of money matters to people in Leeds.
Organised by Leeds City Council with the Money and Pensions Service and other partners there is a series of free online webinars wth help and tips on subjects including keeping energy costs down, money and mental health, budgetting advice and handling financial difficulties.
Details of the programme and how to book can be found here
You could also find more help and guidance at the Money Helper website: http://www.moneyhelper.org.uk/
A great team effort meant that our Summer Newsletter was packed into envelopes and either hand delivered to many members and supporters or in the post to others within a couple of hours of being printed this afternoon.
Thank you to all who helped!
Issue-100-Summer-2023
It was standing room only for a while at our Celebration Afternoon Tea this week!
Members enjoyed afternoon tea and we were entertained with live music thanks to students from Leeds University (LUUMIC)
As always, this was a communal effort, involving members and volunteers as well as our staff. Making decorations and setting up the space, contributing home made scones, cakes and coronation trifle, preparing food on the day as well as serving and keeping on top of the mountain of washing up, donating prizes and lots of other things to be used on the day, and turning up to support us. Everyone had a part to play.
We had several skill share sessions leading up to the event and this produced decorations for our window and tables.
