November will be Will Aid Month. During this month participating solicitors donate their time and skills to draw up a basic Will for clients without charging their usual fee. Instead, they invite their clients to make a voluntary donation to Will Aid. Donations support the vital work of the nine Will Aid charities to help people in need in the UK and around the world.
The suggested donation is £100 for a single will or £180 for a pair of mirror wills (less than the usual fees charged) but you are free to donate as much or as little as you choose.
There are a number of solicitors locally taking part and many are offering online or telephone appointments as well as face to face.
To find out more and how to make a will aid appointment go to https://www.willaid.org.uk/will-makers
If you are eligible for a Covid Booster and still haven’t had it you no longer have to wait to contacted by the NHS.
You can now book online NHS – book or manage a booster dose of Covid Vaccine or call 119 if:
aged 50 and over
aged 16 and over with a health condition that puts you at high risk from COVID-19
a frontline health and social care worker
AND it has been at least 6 months since you had your second dose of a Covid vaccine
If you would like to attend please email valerie@caringtogether.org.uk
A link to join the Zoom meeting will then be sent to you closer to the time.
Go to https://whatson.leeds.gov.uk/lightnight/all-events to see all that is happening across 10 zones.
This year Light Night Leeds will be taking some projects out of the city centre and bringing #ArtintheDark into different local areas and communities around Leeds. Kirkstall – Holbeck – Chapeltown – Woodhouse
The spectacular wonders of the natural world will come to life on the streets of Leeds for Light Night 2021
The hugely popular cultural showpiece will see a breath-taking programme of illuminated artworks take over well-known landmarks and locations across Leeds city centre on October 14 and 15.
Under the banner Back to Nature, this year’s event will be themed around nature and the environment, with artists from around the world creating pieces reflecting everything from the spectacular diversity of the animal kingdom to the beauty of trees and plants and even the unstoppable power of the weather.
The event will also encourage visitors to think about their own impact on the environment and how we can all play a part in combatting climate change and supporting the planet’s precious and fragile ecosystems.
Highlights this year will include the chance to catch digital lightning bolts, cast from the front of Leeds Civic Hall thanks to artist Seb Lee-Delisle, and the opportunity to take control of a circle of futuristic monoliths on Millennium Square with Canadian studios Jack World and Ottomata.
French artists Pitaya’s light sculpture at Leeds Dock will recreate a giant, endangered marine mammal in a powerful message about biodiversity, while Leeds Town Hall’s Victoria Hall will be hosting a captivating combination of light, music and performance created by artist Richard Evans exploring the critical issue of climate change.
And on Queen Square Luke Jerram’s remarkably accurate large-scale replica of the Earth, made with detailed NASA imagery, will remind visitors of the Earth’s precarious beauty.
This year’s Light Night will mark a return to a more familiar format after COVID-19 restrictions meant that last year’s events were socially distanced or enjoyed remotely. The 2021 programme has been modified to allow for additional safety measures but will still feature more than 40 installations and artworks spread across ten different zones, many supported by local businesses.
West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership have produced this poster to explain why GP practices are still working differently and to help you know how to access the right care and stay safe
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Tracy Brabin, the Mayor of West Yorkshire is urging everyone in West Yorkshire to get involved and #TellTracy about your policing and community safety priorities.
The consultation will feed directly into the new Plan which sets the strategic direction for West Yorkshire Police, community safety partners and commissioned services over the next three years.
Under the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, the Mayor must produce a Police and Crime Plan which sets out the strategic policing and crime priorities for West Yorkshire, and how she plans to meet them. The plan also has a requirement to set out the objectives and priorities of the work and activity of West Yorkshire Police and the Chief Constable for the next three years, and how the Mayor will hold the Chief Constable to account in delivering these objectives.
Your views and the information collected in this survey will be used to ensure the Mayor, along with her Deputy Mayor for Policing and Crime, Alison Lowe, is focusing activity and funding on the areas of greatest need and of greatest concern to the people of West Yorkshire.
You can find the survey here https://wh.snapsurveys.com/s.asp?k=163042341519
More information and details of other ways to get involved: https://www.yourvoice.westyorks-ca.gov.uk/police-and-crime-plan-consultation
