Provided by Voluntary Action Leeds 19 February at 10:00am to 12:30pm at Voluntary Action Leeds, Stringer House, 34 Lupton Street, Hunslet, Leeds LS10 2QW This session is designed to give you a brief introduction to how your organisation plans [...]
Forum Central are deeply concerned to hear about the sudden closure on 21 December of the Shopmobility scheme in the Merrion Centre. There are limited details available at present, however we understand that the provider of the [...]
We’re supporting a national Met Office campaign called #WeatherReady encouraging Leeds residents to take simple steps to stay safe and well, whatever the weather. These steps include: Top up anti-freeze screen wash, check your tyres and think [...]
Community Partnering Fund – Briefing Session Friday 25 January 2019, 10am-12.30pm at St George’s Centre, 60 Great George Street, Leeds, LS1 3DL This year, Leeds Community Foundation are delighted to be working with Northern Gas Networks and Northern [...]
AVSED is an independent Registered Charity working within the Leeds Older Peoples’ Neighbourhood Network. They are seeking a Volunteer Engagement Officer to work on our 3 year Big Lottery funded project, ‘Connecting Aireborough’. The main objectives of [...]
Leeds Suicide Bereavement Service (LSBS) is a partnership project between Leeds Mind and Leeds Survivor Led Crisis Service (LSLCS). The project supports people in the immediate aftermath of a suicide and people who have been bereaved [...]
Leeds Community Healthcare are currently recruiting volunteer patient assessors for the 2019/20 Patient Led Assessments of the Care Environment (PLACE) Programme. What is PLACE? PLACE is the programme in which we use patient assessors to help inspect [...]
Leeds is getting a Recovery College, but what’s that got to do with mental health and wellbeing? Recovery Colleges deliver comprehensive, peer-led education and training courses which focus on living well, both mentally and physically. They are [...]
By Andrew Jackson, Business Development Officer, Association of Blind Asians For the last few months, I've been getting our community transport scheme 'Fair-Ride' up and running. The scheme offers lifts to anyone over the age of 50 to help [...]
Introduction to Nutritional Care for Older People The course explores the values of improving nutritional care for older people and will include a range of tools that will support workers in taking a person centred approach. The [...]
Epilepsy Action is looking to commission an individual or organisation with youth participation expertise to lead the discovery phase of a new project. The project is to develop an online self-management resource for young people with epilepsy [...]
People in Action have the following vacancies: Group Lead Support Worker – LGBTQ+ Group Support Workers – Count Me In One to One Service Leeds Stars – Volunteer Coordinator For more information about the jobs and how [...]
Connect for Health - Leeds South East (LSE) Social Prescribing service Leeds Mind is the lead agency in the social prescribing service for South and East Leeds. They have formed a partnership with other voluntary sector organisations [...]
The Crisis card, cardboard stand and poster are now available to organisations nationwide free of charge. The card is made to be carried by anybody who may experience extreme mental distress and needs to be able to [...]
Leeds Central Library will be hosting 2 events about social care in January: Funding for care - a legal information session Wednesday 16 January 11.00am-12 noon at Leeds Central library, Sanderson room, 3rd floor Would you like some advice on Funding for Care? Join Sarah [...]
This year a key part of Healthwatch Leeds' work programme will be looking at mental health in Leeds and they are starting with a focus on mental health crisis. The number of people experiencing mental illness in [...]
PSI-Volition Director Karen Pearse is one of eight women who have been selected for cohort one (2019/2020) of the Jane Slowey memorial membership programme. The Jane Slowey memorial membership programme delivered by ACEVO and developed in partnership with [...]
These groups are run by survivors and are a safe, confidential, non-judgmental space to open up, learn, explore and get support. Who are these groups for? Anybody who physically self-harms (cutting, burning, scratching, overdosing, poisoning, hitting, eating [...]
Carers Leeds are currently recruiting for the following two posts Young Adult Carer Support Worker Maternity Leave cover – 9 month contract Young people, aged 16 – 25, are supported at Carers Leeds by the Young Adult [...]
By Joyce Kallevik, Director of Wish Here at Wish, we work with women in prisons, hospitals and the community to provide independent advocacy, emotional support and practical guidance through all of the stages of a woman’s journey in [...]
Advonet would like to invite applications for two exciting new job opportunities They are recruiting for a Universal Advocate to be based initially in the Community Advocacy team and a Universal Advocacy Manager to manage delivery of the Community Advocacy Service. [...]
Solace is looking for an Operations Manager to be part of their management team. This is an exciting time in the development of Solace, with several new projects starting up across the region. Solace are looking for [...]
The government published a long-term plan for the NHS on 7 January, they have also produced a brief summary to explain what the NHS Long Term Plan will deliver for patients and an overview of the key [...]
The Centre for Ageing Better are commissioning a research project to understand the place of the Leeds Neighbourhood Network in the context of policy initiatives, to map out other models of community-based support for and with older [...]
If you’re an organisation working on the front line, you’ve seen the impact of digital exclusion up close. There are too many that are struggling, and the gap in digital skills is getting wider. We know that [...]
Leeds City Council is committed to working closely with the organisations which provide it with goods and services. As part of this commitment, the Council is currently undertaking research with the Centre for Local Economic Strategies (CLES) to demonstrate [...]
Reminder Finders Starting 22nd January for 12 weeks. Tuesdays 10am – 2pm at Meanwood Valley Urban Farm Epicenter. Weekly group sessions* based on the principles of Maintenance Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (MCST), a proven method of maintaining mental wellbeing [...]
