Category: Caring Together

On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week Boccia once again came to Caring Together. We had a session at Woodhouse Community Centre and one at Little London Community Centre. Boccia is a fun, precision ball game, similar to bowls. Boccia can be played by individuals, pairs, or teams. The aim of the game is to throw… Continue reading Anyone for Boccia!

Age Friendly Leeds has launched a new scheme called “Come In and Rest” and more than 40 local businesses and organisations have already signed up. Participating organisations put a sticker in their window to signal that they’re age friendly premises where older people know they are welcome. With 47p of every £1 in the UK… Continue reading “Come In and Rest”

Caring Together held a 1st Aid Training Session for volunteers at the Little London Community Centre last Thursday. The session was delivered for free by the British Red Cross. Many thanks to them for this. We are committed to on-going training for all of our volunteers across a wide range of areas. If you are… Continue reading Volunteer’s 1st Aid Training

Caring Together held it’s Springtime Tea Fundraiser last Thursday at Little London Community Centre. This was fantastically successful with over 90 people attending the afternoon event. Everything on the day from the prizes on offer for the raffle and the quiz and the buns and cakes were made and donated by our own volunteers as… Continue reading Springtime Tea

DEMENTIA FRIENDLY CINEMA MEMORY MATINEES: JAILHOUSE ROCK THE HYDE PARK PICTURE HOUSE 9th April 2018 · 2:00pm The Hyde Park Picture House, 73 Brudenell Road, Leeds, LS6 1JD · Get directions ORGANISED BY: The Hyde Park Picture House CERTIFICATE: U FORMAT: DCP Are any Caring Together members interested in attending this performance? If so let… Continue reading ”Let’s rock, everybody, let’s rock”

Caring Together were recently contacted by Beth Cook, Health & Wellbeing Manager – Yorkshire Cricket Foundation who said; ‘I’m please to inform you that like last year, we will be providing tickets to certain YCCC Match Days this year! The  first fixture this year  takes place on Friday 20th April and is a County Championship… Continue reading Anyone for Cricket!

World Storytelling Day is a global celebration of the art of oral storytelling. It is celebrated every year on the March equinox, on (or near) the 20th March. Caring Together took part in this last Tuesday and it proved a success with members. Two extracts from local authors were used for this session and this… Continue reading World Storytelling Day

Caring Together Spring Time Tea Little London Community Centre   Tea, Coffee and Homemade cakes Traditional Irish Music, Quiz and Time for Tea Prize Draw Thursday 29th March 2018 2pm-4pm All monies raised help towards the work of Caring Together in the local community    

  Helen Beckett, Diabetes Nurse of Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust delivered a pre-diabetes awareness session yesterday for members and volunteers around Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. There will be another of these sessions arranged for later in the year . This will be held once again at the Little London Community Centre. Caring Together are also… Continue reading Diabetes Awareness Sessions

Due to improvements in the weather, the Diabetes Awareness Training session will go ahead as originally planned at the Little London Community Centre this afternoon. Thanks for bearing with us. We couldn’t be sure of the state of the roads and pavements when we cancelled this morning.