Some more Christmas cheer arrived at Caring Together this morning, courtesy of the staff at Zurich in Leeds who collected money to enable them to make us 16 festive hampers which they delivered to us today to give out to some of our members. This was part of the ZurichFestive Challenge and is just one of… Continue reading It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…..(part two)

Our office was a hive of activity as the Caring Together Elves , Volunteers, were busy wrapping boxes and packing them with lots of goodies to make up hampers. All the food that went into the hampers was donated to Caring Together by members, volunteers supporters and also from Grove Methodist Church. The hampers will be… Continue reading It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…… (part one)

  Some of our members were able to join in on the Little Community Primary School ‘Festival of Light’ event this year, which the school hosted on Friday 25th November 2016. The children made lanterns to carry and walked around the area with their parents/carers and some of our members ending with a Community Supper. The… Continue reading Festival of Light

The Wordsworth in Woodhouse  project has now ended. The collaboration between Caring Together, the Wordsworth Society and Leeds University ran for 8 weeks and culminates in a exhibition as noted below: ‘The exhibition ‘Creative Communities: Wordsworth in Leeds’ will be on display in Leeds Central library (in the main lending library) from Monday 9th January… Continue reading Wordsworth in Woodhouse

The garden at Woodhouse Community Centre is looking lovely in the winter sunshine today but it is very cold out there!! Make sure you keep warm today and take care if you need to go out. Caring Together is a ‘Winter Friend’ in Leeds and we also have a small stock of warm bedding, socks,… Continue reading Wintry Woodhouse (and Little London)

Our walking group encountered some creatures you wouldn’t normally expect to see in Kirkstall! Yesterday’s walk from St Chad’s to Kirkstall was the last one of 2016 and thankfully the weather allowed it to go ahead. Our walking group is taking a break now, over the winter months.  They will resume fortnightly Wednesday morning walks in… Continue reading Welcome to the Jungle

Once a month a small group of people, mainly retired aged from 50 to over 90, meet in the circle bar of  Leeds’ very own City Varieties. The group is called The Fashionable Lounge. ”Memories are shared, heart-warming, moving, revelatory and funny. Everyone has their own story to tell. No-one is ever left out. A feeling of cosy… Continue reading The Fashionable Lounge

A Caring Together member recently approached us to ask about Walking Football. He said that he played football regularly when younger and would like to give it a try for social and fitness reasons. We advised him where sessions in Leeds already take place but he was wondering if there were any people in Woodhouse,… Continue reading Walking Wingers

  Caring Together has been successful in its recent application for a grant from the Winter Well-being programme which has been funded by Public Health, Leeds City Council and one of Leeds Community Foundation’s donors. The grant will enable Caring Together to more fully support older people in Woodhouse and Little London over the coming… Continue reading Winter Warmth Community Grant Scheme

Lisa Keyworth of the SAFER Project  was back at Caring Together on Tuesday, stimulating discussion around scams and frauds. Lisa gave information about postal and telephone fraud and how to protect yourself from doorstep criminals. The SAFER project is a community protection and empowerment programme, working with older adults across West Yorkshire aiming to raise… Continue reading SAFER Project