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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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An update, and a request!
Three years ago, we found out that Sheffield was receiving a £6m Big Lottery Fund investment to reduce loneliness and social isolation for people over 50 living in our great city.
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An Old People’s Home for 4 Year Olds
A new Channel 4 documentary exploring the effects of intergenerational connections has left the nation feeling inspired and hopeful.
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National Co-production Week Blog: Curiosity
Curiosity. Apparently it killed a cat. It’s also an important missing ingredient in the way we interact with the world and with one another.
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Join us for a FREE Big Lunch!
Aged 50 or over? You’re invited to come along to Shirecliffe Community Centre to get together, make friends, and enjoy a free lunch of pie and peas!
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Age Better in Sheffield Innovation Fund 2017
Got a genuinely innovative idea to reduce isolation and loneliness in Sheffield?
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Let’s Talk Burngreave – What’s on Where!
We’re excited to share with you all the brilliant workshops, talks, activities and performances on offer at this Saturday’s event!
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Let’s Talk Burngreave – Saturday 19th March
What’s it like to grow older in the Burngreave Ward?What would inspire you to take action to help a neighbour or a family member be less isolated? Age Better in Sheffield is hosting an event in the Vestry Hall in Burngreave Ward to explore the community’s responses to the above questions. We’ll have conversations, and […]
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Unleash your inner creativity
Are you interested in photography, video, writing or journalism? We’re looking for volunteers to help us co-create a toolkit that will be sent to seven thousand homes in the Burngreave Ward.
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