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 [...]
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 [...]
Please find below links to the event report (including large print version) and presentation slides from the Feel Connected: Finding Ways Out of Social Isolation and Loneliness event held on Tuesday 4 December. If you require this information [...]
Home Plus is a new service aimed at enabling and maintaining independent living through improving health at home, helping to prevent falls and cold related health conditions. The service is for those who may be at risk [...]
We are thrilled to announce that Forum Central has secured the third sector health & social care contract for the next three years starting in April 2019.
Big Change Leeds is a new scheme that has been launched (partnership with LCC, Leeds Community Foundation, Third Sector orgs working supporting homeless people and Leeds BID). Big Change is a non-profit organisation that connects local businesses, [...]
An excellent resource has been produced by Solace and Freedom from Torture on behalf of City of Sanctuary This resource pack will help you understand the circumstances of refugees and asylum seekers’ lives and how these circumstances affect their [...]
Are you interested in online support for caring for a friend or family member affected by psychosis? A new online resource for carers of people with psychosis has been developed called COPe-support. COPe-support provides peer support, information [...]
Laying the foundations for change This strategy sets out the approach to tackling loneliness in England. It marks a shift in the way we see and act on loneliness, both within government and in society more broadly. [...]
Prouder Communities – Offer of Free LGBTQ Awareness Training for Third Sector Organisations Prouder Communities is funded by the National Lottery through the Big Lottery Fund and Barnardo’s. Prouder Communities meets the specific needs of Lesbian, Gay, [...]
Planning and preparing for later life The latest report from the Centre for Ageing Better is ‘Planning and preparing for later life’, which summarises the available evidence on what enables people to plan for their later lives [...]
Do you work with women and partners in Leeds? Please fill out this quick survey about perinatal mental health services Following the perinatal mental health pathway report (2016), several pieces of work have been developed to improve [...]
Women’s Mental Health Peer Support Programme: enabling provision for women Mind, the leading mental health charity in England and Wales, and Agenda, the alliance for women and girls at risk, have launch their £1.3m women’s mental health [...]
There is now an easy read version of the Providing a primary care mental health service for adults in Leeds survey both in pdf and online. Here is the link to it www.smartsurvey.co.uk/s/PCMHeasyread/ You can download the .pdf [...]
A large number of our service users experience mental health crisis and we often hear about their experiences of trying to get help. At the same time the crisis services managers are desperate for feedback in order [...]
Ideas for action: practical ideas to influence local housing policy, plans and action The Older People’s Housing Champions Group, working in partnership with Care & Repair England and local organisations from different parts of England, has published [...]
The Tenfold Leeds Learning Disability Awards took place on Friday 22 June 2018 and what a night was had by all! More than 300 guests, including Emmerdale’s Gaynor Faye and Karen Blick, Leeds Rhinos and New Zealand [...]
Community Mental Health Redesign Project Update For: external stakeholders Update from Andy Weir, Chair of the Community Redesign Project Board and Deputy Chief Operating Officer The last two months have been an incredibly busy time for the Community [...]
Malnutrition and dehydration amongst Older People in Leeds - Health Needs Assessment A new report on the Health Needs Assessment of Malnutrition and Dehydration amongst Older People in Leeds has been uploaded to the Leeds Observatory website, [...]
Millions of over 55s not using internet risk being locked out of essential services and online benefits. A new report from the Centre for Ageing Better finds that large numbers of people are at risk of being left [...]
People in Action Leeds LGBT+ Group for people with a Learning Disability/Autism Do you identify yourself as an LGBT+ person with a learning disability? Do you want to meet other LGBT+ people with learning disabilities, make new [...]
Would your organisation be interested in receiving training to be Older LGBT-friendly? Sage offers a detailed training session to organisations. The session is free of charge (we do ask organisations to provide a suitable venue), though there may [...]
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse has published its Interim Report. The Interim Report provides an overview of the work undertaken by the Inquiry to date and progress so far, and includes what the Inquiry Panel considers [...]
Here at the NHS Clinical Commissioning Group in Leeds it is our job to plan and pay for NHS services. We are involved in some really exciting work here at the moment that involves supporting older people [...]
DIAL LEEDS LTD was initially established in 1979 as a local Disabled People’s User Led Organisation (DPULO). The Management Committee, paid staff and volunteers have direct personal experience of a wide range of impairments and long term [...]
Volunteers are a vital part of Advonet and are integral to the wide variety of projects available throughout the organisation. We welcome and value every volunteer, from all walks of life. Whatever your interests, experience or skills, [...]
Forward Leeds and Yorkshire MESMAC offer specialised drug & alcohol support for the LGBT communities
