Category Archives: Caring Together

National Day of Reflection 2022

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On the second anniversary of the UK lockdown – a day to pause and reflect on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic over the past two years and on the lives of those we have lost.

Whether a death is recent or long ago, and whether or not it was due to Covid-19, every year there are millions of people bereaved. The restrictions we’ve all been living under have meant that many people have had to grieve without friends and family around them.

Marie Curie UK are the driving force behind this day and they will be hosting free online events all day – you can see what is happening at https://www.mariecurie.org.uk/get-involved/day-of-reflection/talks

  • At 12pm, there’ll be a minute’s silence and people are encouraged to come together to honour loved ones who have died and reflect on the challenges we’ve overcome by observing a nationwide minute of silence.
  • Civic buildings in Leeds will be lit up in yellow during the evening.
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Leeds Bereavement Forum will run a virtual death café between 3-4pm to provide a dedicated space to encourage discussion about death and dying in a relaxed environment. For more information visit Leeds Bereavement Forum’s National Day of Reflection Death Cafe | Leeds Bereavement Forum (lbforum.org.uk) and email for the zoom link jane.robinson@lbforum.org.uk

Next week Caring Together will be holding our ‘Nature Filled Spring Get Together. We will be coming together and creating our own small space of remembrance for loved ones no longer with us

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Scam warning

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We have been made aware of a man in van turning up at homes in Woodhouse & Little London saying he has been sent to do repairs, in an attempt to gain entry.

Please don’t let anyone in if you are not expecting a workperson to come and carry out repairs.

And even if you are expecting someone, please check ID, and call the company you were expecting, to check if you have any doubts.

Neurodiversity Celebration Week….

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‘This week is Neurodiversity Week which aims to bring about worldwide neurodiversity acceptance, equality and inclusion in school, workplaces and community. It gives us some space to take a moment in the year to recognise all members of the neurodivergent community and celebrate the every day experiences and strengths of diverse thinkers’

See below for some stories and then below some events happening online this week

https://www.leedsconservatoire.ac.uk/about-us/news/neurodiversity-celebration-week-neurodivergent-creatives/

See below the Neurodiversity Celebration Week
2022 Events Schedule – click on the link

https://www.neurodiversityweek.com/events

They’ve created a diverse schedule of events for you to enjoy during Neurodiversity Celebration Week 2022! From introductory webinars, panel discussions and more, our wide range of events aim to educate and encourage conversations around neurodiversity, providing a safe space where you can join thousands of people in celebrating different minds.

All events are free of charge.

Please note that these events are not being recorded, to encourage our participants to speak openly about their personal stories and experiences

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Advice for older people to stay safe and well as COVID-19 restrictions are lifted

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NHS Leeds CCG | West Yorkshire CANN

We are sharing some advice from Leeds NHS around older people keeping safe and concerns they may have as restrictions come to an end. Key points are below and you can read more at https://www.leedsccg.nhs.uk/health/coronavirus/take-care-of-you/

“As we enter a new phase of living with the virus we would like to share with you some key advice and messages that may make you feel a bit safer and secure, when adjusting to new guidance. We know many older people may have had difficult experiences during the pandemic and we would like you to know we are here to offer advice and signposting.

COVID-19 continues to be a feature of our lives, so this next phase is around learning to live with it and managing the risk to ourselves and others.

Rates of COVID-19 infection are high and we should all continue to be cautious, help to reduce the risk of spread and protect people at highest risk of serious illness.

If you have not yet had your vaccine, we are here to support you whenever you are ready.

You are no longer legally required to wear a mask, social distance or self-isolate, but our advice is to continue to wear a mask in enclosed and crowded spaces such as public transport and health and care settings. Public Health advice still recommends self-isolation if you test positive for COVID-19.

If you are still working you no longer need to work from home.

Where possible, meet outdoors and let fresh air into homes and other enclosed spaces.

Many people will be excited about the return to the way things were before COVID-19, whilst others, may be more cautious.

Please get both doses of the vaccine and the COVID-19 booster if you are eligible to make sure you have the highest level of protection.

It is also important to reduce the risk of spread by washing hands, getting tested if you have symptoms, and isolating if advised to do so.

Top Tips

We want to make the advice as relevant and as clear as possible. We have created these Top Tips for you to use:

If you wish to wear one, keep a mask handy – in a purse, pocket, the car or your bag

Do keep washing your hands for 20 seconds or more

Remember to carry some hand sanitiser and use it regularly

Avoid busy, indoor spaces and meet outside if you wish

Take an extra step – try to keep some distance from others where you can

Let the fresh air in – open more windows or sit near a door

Please ask friends and family to take a lateral flow test before they visit you

Please ask family members to take extra care and follow the hands, face, space guidance if you are helping out with child-care or going on trips.

Councillors’ Advice Surgery at Caring Together

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Our local councillors for Headingley and Hyde Park ward (which also covers most of Woodhouse) will be holding their monthly Woodhouse advice surgery at our premises tomorrow.

They will be at Caring Together on Charing Cross shopping centre (Woodhouse Street, LS6 2PY – across from the Londis shop/Post Office) from 5pm – 6pm, Tuesday 8th March

Any resident who needs help or advice from the councillors is welcome to come along at this time.

Leeds Lit Fest 2022 – online and in person

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Leeds Lit Fest starts today and runs until 6th March. The city’s award winning festival of words and thought returns for its fourth year and there is a mixture of online and in person events. Many of these are free or pay as you feel.

It will include author talks, a literary quiz, songs from the commoners choir, storytelling, writers workshops, movie nights and lots more

You can see all the events here https://www.leedsinspired.co.uk/collection/leeds-lit-fest-2022 or visit the website for lots more information www.leedslitfest.co.uk

Online event from M&S Archive

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The next online event from M&S is tomorrow

Friday 25th February at 12.30-1pm

M&S on Film: Marketing M&S! Adverts, adverts and more adverts, looking at how cinema and TV were used to market products. Exploring the history of M&S advertising through archive film collection, from Swinging Sixties cinema adverts to iconic food campaigns.

A colour screenshot from a 1960s advert for M&S clothing. Three women stand in an ultra-modern 60s kitchen looking at plates of canapes.

Online Event

This is a pre-recorded talk featuring original archive images introduced by the Archivist, who will be available to respond to questions during and following the talk.

Running time – 30 minutes.

Click here to join the event, the talk will start automatically at 12.30pm.

Visit the M&S Archive website https://marksintime.marksandspencer.com

“Living with Covid” plan – changes from today

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Earlier this week the government annouced it’s ‘Living with Covid’ plan meaning that almost all of the covid rules have now been relaxed.

From today it will no longer be a legal requirement to self isolate if you test positive for Covid 19, however the guidance is still to stay at home and avoid contact with others to prevent spreading the virus.

Covid is still around and while the legal restrictions are no longer in place the advice, from government and, emphatically, from health experts is to continue to take precautions to keep yourself and others safe

  • Get vaccinated
  • Let fresh air in if meeting indoors, or meet outside
  • Consider wearing a face covering in crowded, enclosed spaces
  • Stay at home if you are unwell or if you test positive for Covid
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From 1st April free lateral flow tests will no longer be available. In the meantime you can still get free lateral flow tests online at https://www.gov.uk/order-coronavirus-rapid-lateral-flow-tests for home delivery (note you can now only order once every 3 days) or https://test-for-coronavirus.service.gov.uk/collect-lateral-flow-kits to collect from a pharmacy. You can also call 119 to get lateral flow tests.

Also from 1st April, not everyone will be able to book a PCR test if they have symptoms. Tests will still be available for some vulnerable groups, likely to include over 80s and people who are immunosuppressed. The exact list is still being drawn up.