Tag Archives: care homes

Partner profile: Southlands Retirement Apartments  

100% Digital Leeds has supported residents of Westward Care’s Southlands Retirement Apartments to partner with Leeds Older People’s Forum and Leeds tech company Axiologik, to improve residents’ digital skills and confidence. Southlands Retirement Apartments is a collection of retirement apartments situated in Roundhay in the north of Leeds. These self-contained apartments allow older people toContinue reading “Partner profile: Southlands Retirement Apartments  “

Partner profile: Leeds Community Health and Wellbeing Service

100% Digital Leeds is supporting homecare providers Be Caring and Springfield Healthcare to embed digital inclusion into their offer as part of the new Leeds Community Health and Wellbeing Service. The 18 month pilot service aims to support over 200 clients across West Leeds in their own homes, providing a person centred approach to careContinue reading “Partner profile: Leeds Community Health and Wellbeing Service”

Arts in Care Digital Programme 2024

The National Day of Arts in Care Homes  is an annual event championing, promoting, and encouraging arts engagement in care settings and highlighting the health and wellbeing benefits for all involved. In celebration of the National Day of Arts in Care Homes 2024, 100% Digital Leeds has developed an engaging programme of creative workshops openContinue reading “Arts in Care Digital Programme 2024”

Your Back Yard care homes project

Your Back Yard is a Leeds based social enterprise who work with local communities to support healthy lifestyles. Over the last nine months the organisation has delivered digital skills sessions across six care homes in Leeds. When working with care settings 100% Digital Leeds identified a gap in digital skills support provision. The team partneredContinue reading “Your Back Yard care homes project”

Arts in Care Digital Programme 2024 information webinar

The Arts in Care Digital Programme 2024 is back for a third year. 100% Digital Leeds is curating a programme of digital activities in response to the National Day of Arts in Care Homes, and with a focus around digital inclusion. The team is looking for organisations to contribute to a week of activities includingContinue reading “Arts in Care Digital Programme 2024 information webinar”

Creative digital opportunities for care residents

The Arts in Care Digital Programme, curated and facilitated by 100% Digital Leeds, is a safe and supportive space for older people in care to experience culture with a digital element. Whether that be taking part in a virtual drumming session, an online chair based gentle movement class, dialling into a comedy opera session orContinue reading “Creative digital opportunities for care residents”

Call out for submissions for Arts in Care Digital Programme 2023

In September the 100% Digital Leeds Team will be curating a week long programme of events over digital apps such as Zoom and Teams that carers and staff working in care settings can access for the benefit and entertainment of their care recipients. Taking place from Monday 25 to Friday 29 September, the week willContinue reading “Call out for submissions for Arts in Care Digital Programme 2023”

Arts in care showcase: strengthening partnerships between care settings and creative organisations in Leeds

100% Digital Leeds is hosting an event for activities coordinators and managers working in a care setting showcasing the wealth of arts and culture activities on offer across the city for the benefit of care recipients. Care settings could include: care homes, hospitals, day services, supported living, Recovery Hubs, and hospices. The event will take placeContinue reading “Arts in care showcase: strengthening partnerships between care settings and creative organisations in Leeds”