Prof Sue Read

In Our Time: A Retrospective by Phil Hardaker @KeeleUniversity @ArtsKeele Thank you @PhilipHardaker1 for sharing your fascinating, reflections and insights into your life work: places, pottery and people. we are proud to be friends, collaborators and part of your community 👏

Thank you @DrRuthChambers and Paul Eden @RAPARUCIC for joining Tea & Tech earlier to share resources for #HealthAndWellness It was great to explore apps for wellbeing and receive copies of ‘Be smart, stay well: using digital aids to help manage your health and wellbeing’. TY 👏

“Fighting for human rights often involves fighting for the right to be human” #actiononpoverty #actiononpoverty24 #universityofstaffordshire

Join our coffee morning at Parkfield House on the 1st October to celebrate International Day of Older People 2024 #IDOP24 supported by BJF volunteers. Find out more about the essential part volunteers play in our community #volunteersmakeadifference

@AmigoniDavid @jogideon @Ageing_Better @JonRouse9 @AgefriendlyMCR @KeeleInclusion @BethJohn64 Excellent morning!

Excellent event today on #AgeFriendlySoT inspired by @jogideon here launching; great contributions from Charlotte Lewis @Ageing_Better, Cliff Hathaway, and @JonRouse9 in conversation with @AgefriendlyMCR Ways ahead for @KeeleInclusion and @BethJohn64

Huge thanks Simon Street @StaffsPolice for an excellent awareness talk on preventing cyber crime. We all learned a lot in our Tea & Tech session today! BJF Tea & Tech is in partnership with @OLGBT_N_Staffs and supported by @yourMHA #digitalinclusion #cybersecurityawareness

@elonmuskADO Yes

🚨Out now! Our spring /summer newsletter. See what we've been upto over the past year and what we have planned for 2024!👀 #ChampioningPositiveAgeing bjf.org.uk/newsletter/

@BethJohn64 @HUBBFoundation_ Thank you both for your support with this, an excellent project that should have a memorable impact to a range of people.

Thank you Ruth and Carl for checking and giving feedback on the clear information recipes that you worked on with us. It was great to hear you say “I feel proud” “it made me realise how experienced I am”. @HUBBFoundation_ in partnership with BJF #clearinformation #hubbpots

Good news! The closing date for applications for the position of Director of Finance has been extended to Friday 29th March. Apply at: bjf.org.uk/vacancies/ @VASTstaffs @SupportStaffs

The greed of main banks (reportedly £44bn profits in 2023) is appalling and is having a huge impact on older community members who often rely on cash and may struggle to access banks as many high street banks are closing.

Free Community Library for people aged 50+ every Thursday 10am to 12pm. Free hot drinks and biscuits, a quiet space for reading and relaxing, take a book home and return it at your convenience. Free carpark, what's not to like! 64 Princes Road, Hartshill, Stoke on Trent. ST4 7JL

A fantastic turnout @PORTVALEFC for the #KnowYourNeighbourhood celebration, filled with singing, dancing, community and inspiring people.

A big thank you to our team of dedicated volunteers (Dorothy, Diane and Jon) who have done a wonderful job today at the #KnowYourNeighbourhood event @PORTVALEFC engaging with the many people who turned out to celebrate, and championing BJF through the day.

Come join us @PORTVALEFC tomorrow, Feb 13th, for a Know Your Neighbourhood celebration, with project partners and funders including ⁦@OLGBT_N_Staffs⁦ @yourMHA @FatherHudsons ⁩ ⁦@ace_national @CreativeLivesCL

🚨Photography Competition - Extended🚨 We are looking for inspiring images that reflect our city on the theme of “Life and Love in Stoke-on-Trent”. The winning entries will have their photographs printed and put on display at the Potteries Museum. ➡️stoke.gov.uk/xfp/form/1877

@BethJohn64 @adamcgratton @AtSTCiC @SocialPrescrib2 Great opportunity to meet new people in a warm, comfortable space with cake and hot drinks! Beats sitting at home alone in this cold weather …Great to see such a good turnout !

A great turnout for our Great Winter Get Together #GWGT2024 nothing brings people together for a chat like a brew and biscuit 🍪 ☕️😊

Lovely way to spend a Friday lunchtime! Looking forward to celebrating some of North Staffs' wonderful people and VCS organisations with @adamcgratton and @VASTstaffs - a real privilege to have been asked to muck in! 😊