News and Blogs
Here you can find our latest blog posts and press updates. If you'd like to get in touch about a story, please contact us on agebettersheff@syha.co.uk
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Listening to ‘all the lives you would never have known about’
This blog is the first in a series of reflections from one element of our learning and evaluation programme, a longitudinal study that places the voices and experiences of the project participants at the heart of our evaluation process.
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Sharing Power
It’s the Social Care Institute for Excellence’s (SCIE) Co-production Week, and the spirit of the theme of sharing power, it feels a good time to share our experiences of sharing power within our governing board through co-governance.
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Age Better in Sheffield: why understanding personal impact is part of our legacy
This blog is my story with Age Better in Sheffield, the experiences I have gained and what we’re trying to learn about and support. - Alice Mathers, Core Partner
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#1 A reflection on the year
We're kickstarting our new 12 month blog series celebrating the first year of our latest projects!
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Associate Role Opportunity
We're excited to be recruiting for an Associate to join the team!
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Time to Talk
We're supporting the national Time to Talk Day. Have a read to find out why!
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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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Exciting Volunteer Opportunity
As we settle into the new year we're really excited to be launching our latest volunteer opportunity!
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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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Telegraph Voices: What can be done to tackle loneliness amongst older people in Sheffield?
A few weekends ago I met a gentleman called George who has recently moved into a retirement village in Sheffield. “I was withering away alone at home” he told me. “I knew I had to do something, but moving here hasn’t quite been what I thought.”
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Firth Park ward neighbourhood toolkit
The third Age Better in Sheffield Neighbourhood Toolkit has officially launched in Sheffield’s Firth Park ward. The toolkit has been informed by and co-designed with local residents of all ages, and is being posted to 7,000 homes in the area over the next few weeks.
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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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