Following the hand over of monies raised from Sam Jones to Lisa Argyle a certificate of appreciation was presented to Aspire Community Benefit Society as thanks to residents of Delph View and Craven Road, family, friends and staff for their contribution in our sponsored stroll in September for walking, supporting us and baking on the… Continue reading Certificate of Appreciation

Lisa and Dot from Caring Together recently attended the Skippko exhibition of 30 years of Arts Projects in Leeds. Caring Together were glad to be there and examples of joint project work undertaken over the years are shown here. Some great collaborative work, and we hope, much more in the future.  

  The arrival of letters in the charity sector isn’t always the highlight of the day but today’s batch certainly cheered us up. Caring Together is delighted to be part of a new partnership with CLASSS (Community Leeds After School Study Support), it is small charity working with children aged 6 – 8 years. One… Continue reading Smiles all around on ‘World Smile Day!’

  It was the International Day of Older People on the 1st October. Caring Together, with funding from Leeds Older Peoples Forum, held an interactive film afternoon last Friday to celebrate this. The surprise film was Grease and all present were supplied with lyrics of all of the songs and sang and moved along to their… Continue reading ‘You’re the One(s) That (we) Want’

We had a Keeping Safer Review session at the Wednesday group last week with Jo from the Safer Team, West Yorkshire Trading Standards The SAFER project is a community protection and empowerment programme, supporting older adults (55+) in West Yorkshire. The project aims to provide residents with the knowledge, skills and confidence to protect themselves against Doorstep… Continue reading Keeping Safe

A big welcome back to all old and new students of our Leeds Universities and colleges. Caring Together has always striven to maintain and develop links with local educational institutions to our mutual benefit. We look forward to working in partnership with some of you again this year. This is a short film from our… Continue reading Welcome back all Leeds students

Caring Together held its AGM on Friday 22nd September at Little London Community Centre.  It was a great opportunity to showcase the work done over the past year and offer thanks to our staff, trustees, volunteers and members  for their stellar efforts in maintaining the tradition of offering a wide range of social and support… Continue reading Caring Together AGM

A lot of people can get a free flu jab from their GP, either because they are more at risk of very serious effects of flu, or because they are more likely to spread the virus. If you have one of the following conditions whatever your age then you are eligible for a free flu… Continue reading Protecting yourself against flu