30 April | ‘Serious Game’ Workshop
What’s your experience of adaptations and home improvement services? Tell researchers from the University of Sterling about it - and have fun while you’re doing so! Researchers at the University of Sterling are part of [...]
16 May | Dementia Action Week Event
Leeds Older People's Forum (LOPF) will be hosting their Dementia Action Week marketplace event at Headingley Stadium, on Thursday 16 May, 11am - 2:30pm. The event will be hosted by Andrew Edwards and will have [...]
12 – 13 July | Ageless Festival 2024 Tickets Now On Sale!
Yorkshire Dance's Ageless Festival returns this July with an unmissable line up of performances, talks and workshops which invite you to reimagine age. The events will be taking place over a two-day period between Friday [...]
30 April | Free Training for staff and volunteers in Leeds on Pension Credit and Attendance Allowance
Leeds Older People's Forum is pleased to have arranged training specifically for Leeds, delivered by Independent Age. This 1 hour 30 minutes, online course (via Teams) aims to give frontline workers an introductory overview of [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Funding available for Active Travel Hubs
The West Yorkshire Combined Authority Active Travel Team have funding available to create Active Travel Hubs within communities. These hubs would act as a one-stop-shops that cater for people’s walking, cycling, scooting and wheeling (using [...]
Mature Driver Appraisals: keeping older people driving safely for longer
Leeds Older People’s Forum and the William Merritt Centre are leading a pilot scheme to support older drivers to drive safely for longer. The Mature Driver Appraisal is part of our Driving Change Together project. Book your [...]
Trending Elders Survey Results
Leeds Older People's Forum (LOPF) has been running a project called Trending Elders. Trending elders is a quarterly survey of member organisations, through which they gather up-to-date intelligence on the issues affecting older people in [...]
Household Support Fund Leeds – Cost of Living Grants
The Household Support Fund (HSF) is a Central Government fund to help people in need pay for food and fuel. Applications have now closed. This funding was administered by Forum Central for organisations to distribute [...]
Orange Travel Wallets Scheme for West Yorkshire
The West Yorkshire Combined Authority has recently launched a new initiative called the Orange Travel Wallet scheme, to help people with communication difficulties or disabilities to use public transport. The bright orange wallet is a [...]
Be A Winter Friend
Would you like to sign up to become a Leeds Winter Friend and support those around you who may be more vulnerable at this time of year? What is a winter friend? A Winter Friend is [...]
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 [...]
Winter Wellbeing Messages for the Older People Workforce
The risks for vulnerable groups during winter increase. To raise awareness of this and to increase understanding of services and support available for those most at risk Leeds Older People's Forum and Public Health hosted [...]
Research study into Inflammatory Arthritis
Do you or someone you know have inflammatory arthritis? If so, a team from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) would like to hear from you. They want to talk to people about how [...]