The last of the 3 Creative Memoirs Project sessions was held today and focused on dance and memories of music. Once again the session was facilitated by Lauren and Trish from the School of Performance and Cultural Industries at Leeds University. Today they were accompanied by 2 members of the University Dance Society. This was once again… Continue reading Learning new moves.

Caring Together has two vacancies that are currently being advertised. Post 1: ACTIVITIES ORGANISER This post is funded for 2 years, by The Peoples Health Trust with money raised by Health Amaze through the National Lottery.   Post 2: COMMUNITY RESILIENCE WORKER This post is funded for 3 years, by The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.  … Continue reading Vacancies at Caring Together

Caring Together members received an invite to attend a Tea Party held yesterday at the University of Leeds. The party, an annual event for older people in the area, and organised and facilitated by students, was a great success. All who attended enjoyed the food, bingo, raffle and entertainment that was provided, Also remarked upon… Continue reading Anyone for tea and harmonies?

You’ll find Headingley LitFest events happening in bars, cafes, university venues, restaurants, libraries and community venues. The festival is now in its ninth year and runs from 29 February to 22 March 2016. There are lots of interesting events on, some free, like ‘A Song for my Father’ with Ian Clayton at Headingley Library tonight,… Continue reading Headingley LitFest 2016

  Caring Together members have started participating in an award-winning city-wide  letter-writing project matching School of English students as pen pals with older Yorkshire residents. With the act of letter writing becoming increasingly less common, this project considers the value of the letter and the power of cross-generational communication. The members have talked about building up images of those with… Continue reading Writing Back Project

The first Creative Memoirs Session, a joint initiative between Caring Together and the University of Leeds took place today at the Little London Community Centre. The members of the group write letters to students recalling what life held in store for them when they were in their ‘twenties’. Students will write back explaining what their… Continue reading Creative Memoirs

Leeds Town Hall January 2016 – March 2016 12:00pm – 12:30pm   An exciting photography exhibition showcasing the images and stories of the amazing buildings, places, people and activities that define our city. Curated by Leeds Community Foundation, a charity dedicated to bringing about positive change in local communities, the exhibition includes a collection of… Continue reading My Leeds in Focus

Caring Together are extremely pleased to be able to announce the success of a funding bid to Esmée Fairbairn to develop and deliver a Community Resilience Project. This will lead to: • Improved collaboration with local civic, religious and support organisations as well as local health centres and practices. • Increased volunteering opportunities • Development of… Continue reading More good news.

Our ‘lunch club’ will be at the community cafe, Little London Community Centre, Oatland Lane between 12 – 1pm. Come and and join us for a chat over some nice food at very cheap prices. We are there on the second Wednesday of each month but the cafe is open every Wednesday between 12-1pm

Something that might be of interest:  Leeds Civic Trust are holding ‘lunchtime lectures’ – half hour talks about Leeds history on Wednesdays throughout February at Trinity Church, Boar Lane in Leeds city centre.  And they are all free! This week it is the history of back to backs in Leeds – “the fascinating story of the… Continue reading A little slice of Leeds history – lunchtime talks from Leeds Civic Trust