Empower and Employ: Interview Skills and Inclusive Hiring
Leeds Community Foundation has funded Advonet – Learning Disability Projects Team to develop a new project called ‘Empower and Employ: Interview Skills and Inclusive Hiring’. The Learning Disability Projects Team working alongside Asking You! is [...]
Leeds City Council: Standing Together Against Discrimination
Leeds City Council has recently launched a campaign taking a powerful stand against all forms of discrimination. "What makes us different, makes us Leeds" This high visibility campaign reaffirms the Council's commitment to tackling all [...]
Leeds Learning Disability Week 16 – 22 June 2025
There is once again a fantastic line up of events taking place to celebrate Learning Disability Week in Leeds. For a full rundown of events take a look at the Through the Maze website. All [...]
International Day of Disabled People Evaluation Summary Report – IDODP 2024
Remind yourself of the fantastic IDODP 2024 celebration event! In the spirit of awareness days and weeks not being the only time we spotlight the work of our specialisms we're pleased to share the report [...]
19 June | Being Social Learning Disability Event
Date: 19 June 2025 Time: 11 am - 3 pm Location: Leeds Kirkgate Market Connect in the North and Through the Maze are hosting a Being Social Learning Disability Event at Leeds Kirkgate Market. Drop [...]
11 June | Travel With Confidence: Headingley Stadium Tour
Date: 11 June 2025 Time: 10.30 am Location: Meeting point at The Original Oak, Headingley LS6 2DG Leeds Older People's Forum and the Travel With Confidence team are excited to invite you to a special [...]
18 May | Yorkshire Ability Triathlon
Date: 18 May 2025 Time: 10 am onwards Location: Leeds Beckett University, Carnegie Sports Centre, Headingley LS6 3QQ The Yorkshire Ability Triathlon will take place at Leeds Beckett University’s Headingley Campus, who as a founding [...]
21 May | The voluntary sector, learning disabilities, and digital technology
During Spring/Summer 2025, the Centre for Health Promotion Research at Leeds Beckett University are leading a series of online and in-person discussions about the voluntary sector, learning disabilities and/or autism, and digital inequalities. These discussions are for academics, [...]
Person Centred Thinking Training at Connect in the North
Connect in the North have created a new timetable of upcoming training events for anyone supporting people with Learning Disabilities in Leeds. An Introduction to Person Centred Tools - Wednesday 2 July Co-production and Meaningful [...]
Forum Central Annual Member Satisfaction Survey 2025
Forum Central is a member-led partnership between Volition and Leeds Older People's Forum. Each year we invite our member organisations to share their thoughts to help us understand how we're doing and how we can [...]
Proposed Cuts to PIP and Welfare Benefits: Summary and Support for Leeds VCSE Third Sector
It is important to note the recent Government announcement about changes to PIP and welfare benefits, particularly for the disabled community and its support networks. There is an open consultation around the proposed changes which [...]
Autism Acceptance Month: Celebrating Community, Advocacy and Support in Leeds
April is Autism Acceptance Month: A time to celebrate neurodiversity, raise our understanding, and support the brilliant work happening across Leeds with and for autistic people, and their families, carers and support networks. Collectively we [...]
Leeds Safeguarding Adults Board Survey
Help Leeds Safeguarding Adults Board (LSAB) learn more about your experience of working in safeguarding. Third sector organisations are invited to share their feedback in the LSAB survey. What is the focus of the survey? [...]
Autism information event at White Rose Centre: Help is available in Leeds
This month, a group of local charities are holding a free event for World Autism Acceptance Month. The event will have information on what support is available for autistic people in Leeds, including peer support, [...]
2 April | Personalised Care Approaches Event
Date: 2 April 2025 Time: 10 am - 12 pm Location: Online Purpose of session – To create a space for leaders to consider where they may want to use Personalised Care approaches to support Mental [...]