This weekend sees the 10th annual Leeds Pride event in Leeds and because it is the 10th birthday celebration it is happening over the whole weekend, with events on the Saturday leading up to the main event on Sunday 7th and is the biggest Pride celebration in Yorkshire This year for the first time there… Continue reading Pride of Place for Older People at Leeds Pride

Caring Together groups this week were treated to a little bit of Olympic nostalgia leading up to the 2016 Olympics in Rio this summer.  Andy from the Discovery Centre brought in items relating to Brazilian history as well as from Olympics past.  This prompted some really interesting discussions in the groups and is getting us… Continue reading Olympic Spirit comes to Woodhouse & Little London

What was it like to be a young person in the 1940s, 1960s, or even the 1990s?  The Decades of Youth exhibition which opened on Saturday at Abbey House Museum uses the memories of Leeds residents to show us. Our own Tuesday and Midweeker groups were able to contribute some of their stories about growing up… Continue reading Decades of Youth

The sunshine abandoned us today just as we set off on our assisted outing to the Roundhay Fox but we didn’t let that  deter us. A long lunch was the order of the day as we decided that maybe it wasn’t the best day to walk round the gardens. And we were already making plans for… Continue reading Lunch at the Fox

The Tuesday Group and Mid-Weekers Group recently visited Oulton Hall seperately for afternoon tea. A brilliant day was had by all and many of those in the groups had a stroll around the grounds afterwards.

After an absence of many years the Little London Community Day was resurrected last weekend. Organised over a short time period with many local organisations and individuals involved, the day was a resounding success. Caring Together was involved from the beginning and on the day hosted a cake stall. Many thanks to those Caring Together… Continue reading Little London Community Day

Once again Caring Together have had a stall at the Unity Day in Hyde Park. The weather was kind to us and and the sun shone all day. This year, in addition to a tombola, we had a ‘grab a bag’ stall. Both of these were enormous successes. A big thanks to all of our… Continue reading Unity Day

  Las week a group of our members went on a day-trip to Knaresborough and a great time was had by all. See Mary and Marilyn taking the opportunity of a welcome beak by the river for a photo opp.

Drivers working for First in Leeds will take strike action on Friday 8 and Monday 11 July. Strike action will take place: from 2am on Friday 8 July, for 24 hours. on the morning of Monday 11 July. Further information on First’s website (opens in new window). Train services and buses operated by other companies… Continue reading Further Strike Action on Leeds First Buses