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Mark Rounding 🍉 @markrounding.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Here @ageukbradford we are celebrating our pride in the positive contributions of older people across the district on #olderpeoplesday by boldly wearing our colours. Join us by donning the colours of the Age UK ribbon or support our work by making a donation here www.justgiving.com/charity/ageu...

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Judith Cummins MP @judithcummins.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

Tomorrow! @ageukbradford.bsky.social are hosting their Silver Sunday Coffee Morning at their Queensbury Hub - 22 High Street Queensbury - tomorrow morning, 10-12 am. Come along to celebrate older people across the Bradford district, with coffee, cakes and a nostalgia themed quiz and jigsaws☕🧩

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Mark Rounding 🍉 @markrounding.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

‘Genocide, ethnic cleansing, mass punishment – all these descriptions still do not capture the lurid and varied ways in which #Palestinians in #Gaza are being killed: bombed in their homes, in their tents, burned alive in their hospital beds, shot while queueing for food and now starved.’ 🇵🇸🍉🇵🇸

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Protesting over Gaza’s starvation feels like screaming into a void – but we mustn’t stop | Nesrine Malik

Political platitudes and a few trucks of aid won’t save the children dying now. But they show leaders can’t ignore public opinion for ever, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

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Mark Rounding 🍉 @markrounding.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

‘’The people of #Gaza, including its older population, have been deprived of all they need to survive. More than words are required to bring an end to this conflict. The pervasive impunity that enables these atrocities and denies Palestinians their right to life must end." #AgeUKInternational

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No safe space left for older people in Gaza | Age International

Age International responds to news of further displacement of thousands of people in Gaza. Read more

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Mark Rounding 🍉 @markrounding.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Innocent people, older people, whole families, children; hungry, starving, slaughtered. 🇵🇸 #FreePalestine

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Age UK @age-uk.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

The Government's #WinterFuelPayment announcement makes this a good day for older people. Thank you to everyone who has supported our campaign. You spoke, they listened. Read our full statement here: bit.ly/3SEKv1l

Graphic with a pink and red background featuring text thanking the hundreds of thousands who signed petitions and took action to influence government decisions, stating "Thank you to the hundreds of thousands of people who signed petitions and took action to encourage the Government to change course. You spoke, they listened.

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Mark Rounding 🍉 @markrounding.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

'Situation is dire' - BBC returns to Gaza baby left hungry by Israeli blockade www.bbc.com/news/article... the untold horrors faced by millions of innocent Palestinians & the anguish & pain of their families outside of #Gaza. #FreePalestine end the genocide and free the hostages too. #ceasefirenow

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BBC returns to Gaza baby left hungry by Israeli blockade

Malnourished five-month-old baby Siwar is now out of hospital in Gaza - but as we found, she and her family are struggling.

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Helen Buckingham @hbuckingham.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

The voluntary sector does an awful lot which people believe, wrongly, to be state funded. If charities - which have been hit by all the cost increases affecting other businesses - go under, we are going to find out the hard way how much they actually contribute to the economy as well as to society.

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Mark Rounding 🍉 @markrounding.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

A busy week @ageukbradford.bsky.social welcoming @dramirkhangp.bsky.social & @itvnews.bsky.social to talk with members of one of our groups about staying active & healthy at home, and also a full staff meeting to plan our work helping older people live their best lives across #Bradford District. 👍

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Green Doctor Yorkshire @greendoctoryorks.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Did you know that in 2023/24 Groundwork Yorkshire's Green Dr team trained 480 front line workers on the impact of cold homes on health? #Health #FuelPoverty

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Mark Rounding 🍉 @markrounding.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Wishing #EidMubarak to family, friends, colleagues and everyone celebrating in Bradford and beyond especially those in Gaza and Palestine.

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Stay Up Late @gigbuddies.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

We hear so many great stories from @ageukbradford.bsky.social and their Buddies project! Good luck with the book club and dinner club!

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Mark Rounding 🍉 @markrounding.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Here @ageukbradford.bsky.social we work with older people to develop our work & they’ve been telling us what groups they want to have. Thanks to our #BuddyScheme partnership with @bradfordcouncil.bsky.social & @gigbuddies.bsky.social we’ve recently launched the following with more to come!

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Age UK @age-uk.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Do you know about these 4 NHS plans for 2025? ⬇️ In a few months, the #Government will publish its 10-year plan for the #NHS. Age UK's #Health Influencing team explains the importance of these plans and how they might affect the future: bit.ly/4hnoZIc

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Mark Rounding 🍉 @markrounding.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Thinking today of the amazing women who have influenced my life, the challenges they have faced, the successes they have had & also the challenges faced by so many today. It’s 2025 not 1925 women shouldn’t be facing this.

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Mark Rounding 🍉 @markrounding.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

Ramadan Mubarak to family, friends, colleagues & everyone observing #Ramadan2025 across #Bradford and beyond.

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Age UK @age-uk.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Loneliness is a year-round problem for many older people, but it can feel even worse in winter. Our new guide is here to help older people, their loved ones and carers tackle loneliness: bit.ly/3WEovWA #TimeToTalk

Graphic from Age UK explaining top tips on how to tackle loneliness. 1) Get out of the house if you can. 2) Try a bit of exercise 3) Eat and drink well 4) Keep an eye on alcohol intake 5) reach out to someone

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Amanda Peters @abergirl2011.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

Excellent news - this will make #Ilkley #Library a much more user friendly place. Good to see Bradford Council using external funding for important local work like this.

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Age UK @age-uk.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Let’s change how we age 💜 From providing specialist, impartial advice to research and campaigning, we want to change the lives of older people now and in the future. Donate, campaign or volunteer today: bit.ly/3ErsG1D

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Mark Rounding 🍉 @markrounding.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Here @ageukbradford.bsky.social we work hard to enable older people to have their voice heard by decision makers. Grateful to @annadixonmp.bsky.social for attending Age UK’s #TeawithyourMP event today listening and discussing with older people their issues & concerns.

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers. This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

A bird's-eye view of a former Auschwitz II-Birkenau camp showing a wide dirt pathway flanked by parallel rows of barbed-wire fences. Groups of visitors walk along the path, surrounded by the remnants of brick structures and barracks, now reduced to foundations. Green grass contrasts with the somber history of the site, as the path leads toward a guard tower in the distance.

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Elias Jahshan @eliasjahshan.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

With LGBT+ History Month approaching, if your work is planning events and you’re seeking speakers, I’d love to hear about opportunities😊 As the Editor of This Arab Is Queer who’s Palestinian, Lebanese, gay & deaf, I’m no stranger to speaking or panel discussions. I'm based in LDN & my DMs are open.

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Mark Rounding 🍉 @markrounding.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

It’s been a wintry start to the New Year & with temperatures set to plummet even further across #Bradford @ageukbradford.bsky.social is sharing our guide on staying warm people can also phone us 01274 391190 www.ageuk.org.uk/siteassets/d...

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Mark Rounding 🍉 @markrounding.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

Love enjoying, learning about & experiencing other cultures & was lucky to have spent an amazing two weeks in Riyadh. Such a modern, wealthy city with so much to see & do, was mind blowing in many ways!

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Mark Rounding 🍉 @markrounding.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

#liveyourbestlife ‘’The secret of middle-aged socialising, it transpires, is to do roughly what you always did – but earlier: hitting the club at 3pm means being home in time for the 10 o’clock news, and blissfully asleep by last orders.’’ www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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My family call it Old Lady Clubbing, but my giddy ‘nights out’ have lit up a dismal 2024 | Gaby Hinsliff

Dance till you drop, then home by 10pm – daytime events offer a glorious escape for those of us bogged down by responsibility, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Government’s decision to slash winter fuel payments set to be reignited as new evidence reveals more than one million older people are skipping meals because of financial concerns & millions more are turning down heating or reducing hours they turn it on www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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One million elderly people skipping meals amid winter fuel benefit crisis

The row over Labour’s cuts to pensioners’ energy payments is about to flare up again after damning new research

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Mark Rounding 🍉 @markrounding.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Loved #Manchester since I was a student there in the 80s. Always changing, always the same, modern & traditional & amazingly diverse, friendly & welcoming. #LoveManchester ❤️

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Mark Rounding 🍉 @markrounding.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

On #WorldAidsDay remembering so many of my generation who died too young & the amazing advances that now make treatment possible. People who are 50+ are the fastest growing group of people living with #HIV in the UK & still face so much stigma & discrimination. How will you help #EndHIVStigma?

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Mark Rounding 🍉 @markrounding.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

We’re looking for voluntary #Fundraisers to join the team @ageukbradford.bsky.social to raise funds to so we can help more older people feel less alone, be financially secure & more connected. Want to gain new skills or share your existing experience with us get in touch email: info@ageukbd.org.uk

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Mark Rounding 🍉 @markrounding.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Always like chatting with BCB 106.6FM about @ageukbradford.bsky.social work, today it was about the confidence our #TrustedTrader scheme gives older people especially when needing urgent repairs in the winter months. Check it out here: www.ageuk.org.uk/bradforddist...

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Trusted Trader Scheme

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Mark Rounding 🍉 @markrounding.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Here @ageukbradford.bsky.social We see the fear & worry many older people have about heating their homes this winter. The Green Doctor will be at our Community Hubs in #Idle, #Keighley, #Shipley & #Wrose for older people to drop-in for #energyefficiency information& advice. #Staywarm

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Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire @mayorofwy.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Across the world, a woman is killed by a partner or family member every ten minutes. Violence against women & girls is a global crisis. We need men & boys to step up, calling out harmful behaviour when you see it. Find out how you can help: just-dont.co.uk #WhiteRibbonDay

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Mark Rounding 🍉 @markrounding.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

#FamilyHistory is fascinating (to me anyway) my gt,gt grandparents George Cousins, son of a #Norfolk Fishhawker & descended from Flemish refugees, & Martha Williamson, born ‘out of wedlock’ with 11 of what would be 17 children in #Driffield, East Yorkshire around 1880/90s.

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Morgan Vine @morganvine.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Good to speak to @benkentish.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk last night about the UK Government's decision to means test the #WinterFuelPayment. So clear too many on low income in later life will miss out with the change happening this year. Needs a serious rethink www.globalplayer.com/catchup/lbc/...

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Ben Kentish | Global Player

Listen to Ben Kentish for free on Global Player.

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Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

🗣️ “A choice between heating and eating isn't really a choice at all.” Millions are facing hardship because Universal Credit is falling short. The UK government must make sure UC covers the cost of the essentials we need to survive. Together we can end hunger and hardship.

A person holding up a The Hardship Times newspaper in the sky. The front page says: 'Together we can end hunger and hardship: Hundreds of food banks call on the UK government to take urgent action'. There are stories and quotes behind the headline from people. On the back page it says: 'everyone should be able to afford the essentials: over 100 organisations agree.' It's time to guarantee our essentials.

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Mark Rounding 🍉 @markrounding.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Working in Hull many years ago I remember John Prescott as a great ambassador for the City & also a passionate advocate for communities such as Preston Road, working with people to make their communities better places to live.

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Emily Webber @ewebber.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Reposting my popular post from elsewhere. It's still relevant 6 years later. I made a handy flowchart called "Should I say resources?" Please use as needed.

A flow chart titled: Should I say resources?
Do you mean people?
If yes, say people
If no
Do you mean people and things?
If yes say People and the things
If no
Do you mean things?
If yes, say the things

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Mark Rounding 🍉 @markrounding.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

For many older people winter can be a nightmare with the loss of the #WinterFuelPayment & rising utility costs this is going to cause even more hardship. Check with older people you know if they are eligible for #PensionCredit & help them save their fuel payment

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Morgan Vine @morganvine.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

@independentage.bsky.social is now on Bluesky... please give us a follow if you're want to tackle poverty in later life: bsky.app/profile/inde...

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Krishnan Guru-Murthy @krishgm.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

The DWP assessment on how many pensioners will be pushed into poverty as a result of the Winter Fuel Payment cuts will not make good reading for Labour MPs : assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/673caa...

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