EngageYour FREE magazine from your local NHS Issue 10: July 2017 Four mums in a boat The story of four friends who broke a world record Get set for a summer of fun with BREEZE ON TOUR Keeley Donovan Keeley shares with us Spotlight on… her love of cooking and the great outdoors! TEMPLE + advice on a career NEWSAM in broadcasting PLUS... A CATCH UP WITH ANDY CURTIS / TIPS ON HIRING A FUNERAL DIRECTOR / CITY VIEW ALLOTMENT / MASALA BRINJAL RECIPE / QUIZ CORNER / SPORTS AND HEALTH / CYCLING’S NEW ROUTE TO BETTER HEALTH © Merika Almond Photography Contents Preparing for the one certainty in life… 03 We’re encouraging people to talk about death A GLOOMY Keeley Donovan 04 She started her broadcasting career at the age of 14, and currently works for BBC Look START BUT North as a weather forecaster and co-hosts Countryfile Diaries; Keeley shares with us her favourite seasons of the year and who BRIGHTENING UP... her inspiration is Andy Curtis This edition of engage appears to have 06 Andy is a true inspiration, he lost his eyesight at the age of 21, went on to taken on a morbid touch, if we were to base become a full-time international sprinter, things on page three. Yes we have covered winning 24 international medals, including the taboo subject of death and dying and two silvers. He is now an in-house solicitor given it a prominent place in the magazine. for a company that distributes cider around the world Saying goodbye… tips on hiring Why would we do such a thing? Well, put simply, talking 07 a funeral director about death doesn’t mean it will happen. However preparing Full Circle Funerals are members of for your final days could save heartache for those you leave the Leeds Dying Matters Coalition; who behind. See our tips for preparing for death to see how you have put together questions which you can live for today, prepare for tomorrow. We’ve also included may want to ask a funeral director when top tips on arranging a funeral director when it’s time to bereavement happens finally say goodbye. Co-operation leads to co-production Anyway all this talk of death and dying is a bit gloomy. Luckily 08 Find out why co-production is important we’ve had the pleasure of speaking to Keeley Donovan, BBC to us and the training we’re offering on this Look North’s weather presenter. Her interview certainly brightens up the magazine as we move on from the darker Breeze on tour this summer subject covered first up. 09 Get set for a summer of fun as Breeze on Tour comes to a park near you. With lots Keeley tells us about her big break in television, where to go happening, like arts, inflatables, sports, to enjoy the great outdoors and her favourite times of the crafts, and much, much more! year. Find out who she refers to as a broadcasting legend and her first ever fan mail, see pages 4-5. Spotlight on Temple Newsam 10 Read about the history of Temple Newsam And the inspiration keeps coming as we’ve had the chance and why it’s popular with the public to be inspired by a man who has defied the odds throughout his life. Andy Curtis is a decorated international sprinter and Competition time! an in-house solicitor, all this despite losing his eyesight at the 11 Enter our ‘alphabet words’ competition and age of 21. Andy’s interview gives us a better understanding of you can win yourself a £25 gift voucher for what it’s like to have a visual impairment, and how we can all Trinity Shopping Centre help make life easier for people with sight problems. Older men’s social networking thriving There’s yet more inspiration as we review a book based on 12 Find out how Bramley Elderly Action and the real life exploits of four mums from Yorkshire who went OWLS (Older Wiser Local Seniors) are on to become record breakers. ‘Four Mums in a Boat’ tells the supporting older men in the west Leeds area remarkable story of how four women from our county went on to row the Atlantic and landed a place in the history books. City View allotment The four, including NHS manager Helen Butters, reveal all 13 A GP practice and patient participation group about their exploits – see page 11. in Beeston joined forces to rent and develop a local allotment, read about its success If it’s just cooking inspiration you were after well we’ve got that too. Our latest recipe is brinjal (aubergine) masala. Is that Recipe still not enough to inspire you? Maybe our story of how one 14 The Rainbow Junk-tion Café at All Hallows GP practice’s patient group has set up an allotment might do in Leeds have kindly provided us with our the trick, or could you be inspired by one of our volunteers latest recipe, Masala Brinjal who has helped us to develop a training course? Quiz corner 15 Exercise your brain with our crossword As ever we’d welcome your feedback. Get in touch if you’ve been inspired to write an article or have a suggestion Sports and health for what we could cover next. Just drop us an email: 16 City Connect is the 14km Cycle [email protected] Superhighway between Leeds and Bradford which opened last year. Read about the benefits of the Cycle Superhighway and 02 Intro / Contents tips on how you can cycle safely PREPARING FOR THE ONE CERTAINTY IN LIFE We can’t guarantee anything to our readers but the one Good Going certainty in life is death. In Leeds we’re getting people to will hunting out in style? break the taboo that comes with We’re sure no one would want Do you want Frank Sinatra’s My talking about death and are their loved ones having to deal Way or Robbie Williams’ Angels, working with our partners on a with any tricky financial affairs or any other music that captures campaign called Dying Matters. once we pass away. And we’re your life or your take on death, Death and dying is not an easy sure no one wants our families playing at your funeral? You topic and certainly wouldn’t quarrelling over who claims our might have other requests such make it to the top 10 list of estate when we’re no longer here. as the colour theme for all those dinner conversations. However Simple things like organising a attending or maybe a party to it’s important that we prepare will can save a lot of heartache celebrate your life. If that’s the for tomorrow so that we can for those who we leave behind. case you better let your loved ones know. live for today. We don’t want to Although you’re not required be morbid but talking about by law to make a will, if you die If you don’t want to upset family dying is important and just without one your possessions members by talking about your because you talk about it doesn’t and property will be distributed funeral arrangements you can mean it will happen imminently. according to the law, which may get help from people who deal not be as you would wish. with this on a daily basis, You can make arrangements for A good starting point on your own funeral by speaking understanding how you can to a funeral director. Turn to make a will can be found on page seven for more advice on the gov.uk website: choosing a funeral director. www.gov.uk/make-will/overview More advice and support These are just two of the things you should consider but there’s a lot more to think about. Find out more about how we can get Leeds talking about death and why dying matters by visiting: www.dyingmattersleeds.org If you need help or support after a bereavement please contact the Samaritans on 116 123 (free from any phone). Preparing for the one certainty in life 03 CATCHING UP WITH KEELEY We get chatting to Keeley Donovan who started her broadcasting career at the age of 14, and currently works for BBC Look North as a weather forecaster and co- hosts Countryfile Diaries. Images © James Green Studio Keeley shares with us her favourite seasons of the year and her inspiration… You started your broadcasting What has been the highlight What advice would you career at the age of 14; do you of your career? give to someone who wants have a memory which has a career in broadcasting? stayed with you to this day? My job is so varied and I’m always doing something different, I’m Work experience – I did a lot of I worked on a GCSE revision sure I’m having lots of highlights work experience when I started. programme. We were basically without even realising! With Competition is tough and you allowed to produce the Countryfile Diaries I work need to make yourself stand programme – they were all our alongside John Craven – who is out. It’s also good to have a ideas and it was a fantastic way of course a broadcasting legend, specialism, I’ve really enjoyed to get into broadcasting. We used that’s got to be a highlight. doing the weather and being to have local schools shipped in an expert in one area can work to be the live studio audience.