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Kindness snowballs
We’ve seen lots of people wrapped up in extra layers this week as the temperature’s dropped in Sheffield. Some of our hillier parts have already seen a fair bit of snow, and forecasts are saying that it’s set to spread across the city over the next few days.
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World Kindness Day
The power of acts of kindness: “If it wasn’t for Betty, I’d probably be in the house all the time." Earlier this year we asked people to share stories of acts of kindness that they had experienced that had made a difference to them, and we’ve been listening out through the year for other stories of kindness and loneliness.
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Melting pot lunches… mixing things up and making things happen
Over the past few months we’ve held four melting pot lunches (an idea inspired by Kaleidoscope), where we’ve brought together 6 – 10 people with an interest in a particular area which has the potential to link in with reducing loneliness and isolation.
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Working Win Procurement
Age Better in Sheffield is looking to commission an established provider to act as a host project for an exciting partnership between Age Better in Sheffield and Working Win.
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Community celebration to honour Jo Cox’s legacy and bring Sheffield people together
On Friday 22nd of June, Age Better in Sheffield is hosting a Great Get Together event at the Niagara Conference and Leisure Centre in Hillsborough.
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Exciting new projects!
Earlier this year we updated you about the co-production work we’d started to help inform and shape the next three years of Age Better in Sheffield.
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We’re on a story hunt – can you help?
What really makes the difference is having real relationships with, and connecting with, other people.
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Loss and Loneliness
We’ve had some really moving and powerful conversations with people recently about how lonely it can be when a life partner dies, and how devastating the grief and loss of confidence can be.
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Conversations that Connect
When we connect with people, what’s left behind after the conversation ends is the way we make someone else feel. It’s not our words or our advice. It’s that the other person knows that they have truly been seen and that they matter.
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Melting Pot Lunches No.3 – Where are the men?
One of the key aims at the start of Age Better in Sheffield was to have a focus upon men, largely because the initial research found high levels of loneliness amongst men, particularly those aged between 50 and 64.
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Melting Pot Lunch No.2 – The Links Between Food and Social Connection
Age Better in Sheffield has been dabbling with the links between social connection and food in various ways since its inception. In order to achieve their aims of making Sheffield a city we can all be proud to grow older in; there have been cook and eats, Father’s Day pie and peas, Christmas Day dinners, […]
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Melting Pot Lunch Blog No.1 – The Outdoor City
Over the next few weeks, Age Better in Sheffield are hosting a series of Melting Pot Lunches which will see experts from across the city gathering together to discuss the contents of a range of different blogs.
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