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‘You can dance, you can jive, having the time of your life’
August 8, 2022
To quote Abba, Dancing Queen to be specific. If not the most celebrated group...
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Older people
How can I help you?
January 1, 2022
An older gentleman we know has lived in the same house for many years. He...
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Social Care Future Event
July 7, 2021
Cath describes her experience and learning from hosting a workshop at the Social Care...
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Covid Buddies
July 7, 2021
The team at Community Circles has been working closely with teams in Suffolk during...
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Community
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Care homes and schools, the magic relationship – what’s possible during COVID
January 1, 2021
As well as thinking creativity around what matters to individuals, at Community Circles we...
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Thinking About Outcomes…
January 1, 2021
Cath reflects on how, in our desire to be helpful, we can leap to...
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Learning
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Older people
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Wellbeing
Community Circles – Brief Introductory Information
January 1, 2021
Lots of people are getting in touch to ask about Community Circles. There are...
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Encircled with love
January 1, 2021
At the beginning of 2014 my husband Dave was diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment....
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Karen’s Lockdown Story
November 11, 2020
Sight Advice has a number of wonderful volunteers. In this blog they focus on...
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Community
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Older people
Doing More of What Matters…
November 11, 2020
In the last blog from Age UK Doncaster, we heard about Richard and his...
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Older people
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Wellbeing
Making the Best of Lockdown
August 8, 2020
Circles at Age UK Doncaster faced similar concerns to others across health and care...
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Older people
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Wellbeing
One Page Profiles for End of Life
August 8, 2020
One page profiles are a snapshot of a person; rich, detailed information about what...
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Learning
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Older people
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Wellbeing
Volunteers Making an Enormous Difference
April 4, 2020
We have never underestimated the difference our volunteers make to people’s lives but now,...
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Community
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Older people
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Wellbeing
Today a Reader, Tomorrow a Leader
February 2, 2020
Imogen originally contacted the Community Circles Project hosted by Age UK in Doncaster looking...
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Community
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Older people
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All Hands On Deck
February 2, 2020
Sight Advice South Lakes is a charity which supports people with sight issues. They...
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Community
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Older people
Dancing The Night Away | Eric’s Story
October 10, 2019
Eric was in his 90s and had recently experienced some health issues and given...
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Circles Stories
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Older people
Cycling With Sight Loss
August 8, 2019
We are currently working with Sight Advice South Lakes, an amazing charity which is...
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Older people
Flourishing Relationships
July 7, 2019
One of Community Connectors describes how Alice and Fiona have become part of one...
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Care homes
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Circles Stories
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Older people
The Essence of a Circle
March 3, 2018
Essence – the basic, real and invariable nature of a thing or its significant...
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Care homes
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Older people
Doreen’s story
July 7, 2016
Coping with cancer
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Circles Stories
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Older people
Dennis’s story
July 7, 2016
Sharing my passion
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Circles Stories
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Older people
Tea and cake with friends
December 12, 2015
Margaret was very nervous about having a circle. What did it involve? Who should...
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Older people
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Wellbeing
A personal reflection…
May 5, 2015
My Mum passed away a couple of weeks ago aged 82; she was beautiful,...
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Carers
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Older people
‘My first facilitation of a circle’
October 10, 2014
My first circle of support with Winnie As I approached the series of flats...
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Home care
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Older people
