The Power of Music Fund
Supporting People Living with Dementia through Music. About the fund The Power of Music Fund will be accepting applications until 22 December 2023. Dementia choirs, musical activities for carers and other initiatives supporting people through [...]
Ageing Well Survey
Are you aged over 50 and live in Leeds? If so, Leeds City Council would like to hear from you in their Community Engagement - Ageing Well Survey 2023. The Director of Public Health for [...]
Launch of LOPF’s Mature Driver Safety Campaign
Leeds Older People's Forum (LOPF), in partnership with William Merritt Centre have launched as part of Road Safety Week (17-24 Nov) the Mature Driver Safety Campaign: Mature Driver Appraisal. This will give drivers the opportunity [...]
Household Support Fund Leeds – Cost of Living Grants
The Household Support Fund (HSF) is a Central Government fund. Next grants panel to be held w/c 20 November, please send applications for this date. This funding, administered by Forum Central, is to be distributed [...]
Leeds Streets for all – Have your say on travel issues in your area
This week Connecting Leeds has launched a public consultation to better understand issues related to travel in Leeds. They are consulting on one area in Leeds at a time for a period of six weeks, [...]
Community Christmas Call Companions
Re-engage has developed a service dedicated to ensuring that older people do not feel alone over the festive season. What is a Community Christmas Call Companion? Community Christmas call companions offers lonely and isolated older [...]
Flu and Covid Winter Vaccinations for Frontline Third Sector Team members
COVID-19 and flu vaccinations are available for third sector health or social care professionals, including volunteers, in frontline roles. For some, flu and COVID-19 are unpleasant illnesses. But for many, particularly those with certain health [...]
Share Your Experiences of Home Care Support with Leeds City Council
Do you receive home care support or support people who do? If so Leeds City Council (LCC) would like to speak to people who have home care support arranged through LCC, to share their experiences [...]
Have Your Say on How Buses Are Run
The West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) is conducting a consultation on how buses are run in West Yorkshire. The WYCA believes the way local buses are run needs to change to achieve the ambitions for better [...]
17 Oct. LOPF Digital inclusion for older people event #GetOnlineWeek
Leeds Older People's Forum are hosting an event as part of #GetOnlineWeek: Digital inclusion for older people on Tuesday 17 October. To Celebrate Get Online week 2023, Leeds Older People’s Forum in partnership with 100% Digital [...]
Maximise your use of a Warm Welcoming Space this winter
During winter there will be a number of different sessions aimed at helping you and your organisation maximise your use of a Warm Welcoming Space this winter. Whether you are commissioning or running a warm [...]
Safeguarding Adults training for Volunteers
Leeds City Council have developed a free Safeguarding Adults training course for volunteers across Leeds. This training gives an overview of Safeguarding Adults specifically aimed at volunteers in Leeds. It covers: What safeguarding adults is [...]
A Travel Blog from LOPF’s Jenni Scott
Leeds Older People's Forum Administrator Jenni Scott has written an article about the complexities of technological advancements in transportation. Jenni speaks about how these advancements can leave even the most tech savvy feeling confused. And [...]
Trending Elders Survey
Please complete Leeds Older People's Forum's (LOPF) survey for organisations working with older people LOPF wants to identify what is actually happening to and for older people in Leeds. One of the best ways to [...]
Small Charities, Large Impact: A Blog from LOPF CEO Jo Volpe
As part of Small Charity Week 2023, which took place on 19-23 June, Leeds Older People's Forum (LOPF) CEO Jo Volpe wrote a blog which reflects on LOPF's role and impact as a small charity. [...]