Category Archives: Community News

Your poo can save you!

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The NHS in Lpoo-campaign-large-800x634eeds, along with Leeds City Council, have launched a campaign to raise awareness of bowel cancer and how important it is for people to complete and return their bowel cancer screening kit.

In Leeds the testing kit is posted out to people aged between 60 and 69. Completing and returning your testing kit could save your life as it gives us the chance to detect the disease in its early stages.

Things that increase your risk of getting bowel cancer include:

  • Age:Around 72% of people diagnosed with bowel cancer are over 65
  • Diet:A diet high in fibre and low in saturated fat could reduce your bowel cancer risk, a diet high in red or processed meats can increase your risk
  • Healthy Weight:Leaner people are less likely to develop bowel cancer than obese people
  • Exercise:Being inactive increases the risk of getting bowel cancer
  • Alcohol & Smoking:High alcohol intake and smoking may increase your chances of getting bowel cancer
  • Family history and inherited conditions:Having a close relative with bowel cancer puts you at much greater risk of developing the disease.
  • Related Conditions:having certain bowel conditions can put you more at risk of getting bowel cancer

Happy Birthday to us!! 20 years of Caring Together

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Our 10th birthday celebration in 2005

Caring Together is an amazing 20 years old this year!

And today we are celebrating with a big party at TJs Club in Woodhouse.

20 years of supporting older people in Woodhouse & Little London

We have met some wonderful older people along the way – and we hope to meet more in the next 20 years (and beyond)

So a very happy birthday Caring Together – and many happy returns!

Red Nose Day – and a thank you from us!

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Today is Red Nose Day – the major fundraising event for Comic Relief.

Since its launch in 1988, Red Nose Day has become something of a British institution. It’s the day, every two years, when people across the land can get together and do something funny for money at home, school and work.

There’s a fantastic night of TV on the BBC, with comedy and entertainment to inspire the nation to give generously.

Comic Relief spends the money raised by Red Nose Day to help people living tough lives across the UK and Africa.

Here at Caring Together we have been fortunate enough to receive funding from Comic Relief on several occasions over the years and we have been very grateful for this support that has helped us with various aspects of our work with older people in Woodhouse & Little London.

So today, we would like to say a big thank you and wish them well with today’s fundraising

Pay as You Feel at Woodhouse tomorrow

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6-bigThe Pay as You Feel Cafe is at Woodhouse Community Centre again tomorrow.  From lunchtime onwards.

Come along for a nice meal – we don’t know what it will be but it’s sure to be delicious! The cost is very reasonable as it is whatever you feel you can pay.

Also today at the Pay as You Feel Cafe in Armley there will be a Knit & Natter group at 4.30pm and a ‘Waste Food Feast’ from 7pm.  Details on their Facebook page

International Women’s Day 2015

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iwd logoToday is International Women’s Day – an event that has been happening since 1911. 

So today we would like to say Happy Women’s Day to all our female members and volunteers .  It’s a day to celebrate women of all ages and we’d like to ask you to take a moment to think about all the women who have been important in your life – mothers, daughters, sisters, partners, friends, neighbours, carers – the list could go on.

(And, in case you were wondering, International Men’s Day is on November 19th)

Busy day at Woodhouse

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Lots happenin9237249041_ee4e6e1f5ag at Woodhouse Community Centre today.

The Real Junk Food Project are running their fortnightly Pay as You Feel Cafe – lovely meals made from food that would have gone to waste and the Princes Trust are holding a Fun Day from 12noon to 3.30pm.  Jumble, books, buns and activities.

So you could come for a nice lunch and then grab yourself a bargain – into the bargain!

 

Zurich help us to spread Christmas Cheer

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hamper and calendarsA big big thank you to the staff at Zurich Insurance company who collected food to make up 20 lovely Christmas hampers for us.

The hampers are being distributed to our 20 oldest members and are part of our winter support visits

We are very grateful to Zurich for these wonderful gifts at this special time of year

Sporting Memories put our Memoirs Group in the news!

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sporting memoriesCaring Together’s Memoirs Group have been taking part in the Sporting Memories project recently and this week they have appeared in the Yorkshire Evening Post.

“THAT FEELING when Geoff Hurst’s hat trick helped secure victory for England in the 1966 World Cup, the pride when Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile or even the excitement when Leeds won the 1957 cup final at Wembley.

Unlocking sporting memories has become a powerful tool to help tackle loneliness, depression and dementia among older people across Yorkshire…………………”  To read the rest of the article click here