Our Winter Newsletter has gone out to members and supporters. You can read the newsletter and inserts below
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We have our film afternoon tomorrow: Thursday 16th November 2023
at the Caring Together premises. The film starts at 1pm.
Refreshments will be provided. No need to book.
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
The theme for World Mental Health Day this year is ‘Mental health is a universal human right’ The day aims to raise awareness of Mental Health and encourage people to reach out to talk about their mental health and to access support when they need it.
You can find out about mental health support in Leeds on https://www.healthandcareleeds.org/health/mental-health-services/
The 24/7 service provides free, confidential support, advice, information and guidance for anyone registered with a Leeds GP who is concerned about their own or a family member’s mental health
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.
This year’s autumn flu and COVID-19 vaccine programmes are starting earlier than planned in England as a precautionary measure following the identification of a new COVID-19 variant. The NHS winter flu and COVID-19 vaccination programme provides vital protection to those eligible and their families over winter, keeping people from developing serious illnesses, and helping to minimise hospitalisations during busy winter months.
Residents of older adult care homes and those most at risk including those who are immunosuppressed and housebound older adults will receive their covid vaccine first and this starts from today. Eligible people are urged to come forward for their jab as soon as they’re invited.
From 18 September the NHS will start to invite people in priority order of risk and those eligible will be able to book an appointment through the NHS website https://www.nhs.uk/nhs-services/covid-19-services/covid-19-vaccination-services/ , the NHS App or by calling 119.
Those eligible for a covid booster this autumn are:
In autumn 2022, all over-50s were offered an extra dose, but the government’s advisers on vaccines recommended that only over-65s should automatically be included this year.
If you are also eligible for a Flu jab you may be offered it at the same time
Our Autumn Newsletter has gone out to our members and supporters. There’s lots happening as you can see in the newsletter and the many inserts below
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Just a reminder that we are closed for a long bank holiday weekend and will be back on Wednesday 30th August
5 July 2023 marks 75 years of the National Health Service.
Treating over a million people a day in England, the NHS touches all of our lives. When it was founded in 1948, the NHS was the first universal health system to be available to all, free at the point of delivery.
We want to say Thank You to the NHS and all it’s staff on this milestone day and long may it continue to look after us
Have a look at the milestones through the history of the NHS https://www.england.nhs.uk/…/about-the-nhs…/nhs-history/ or see more about the 75th birthday celebrations https://www.england.nhs.uk/nhsbirthday/
