Good Conversations: Making Every Contact Count – Upcoming Sessions
The course is for anyone who has opportunities to chat to others about issues that affect their health and wellbeing. The session aims to build confidence, knowledge and skills required to MECC and to provide [...]
Express your interest in WY Adversity, Trauma and Resilience Programme ‘train the trainer’
West Yorkshire launches trauma-informed training pilot. As part of our goal to become a trauma-informed and responsive system by 2030, our West Yorkshire Adversity, Trauma and Resilience Programme is launching a train the trainer pilot. [...]
Leeds Health and Care Academy publishes the One Workforce Strategy
Delve into the vision, priorities, services and enablers set out in the One Workforce Strategy. Read the One Workforce Strategy 2025 - 2030 document (pdf) Below is the foreword by Kate O’Connell, Director of Leeds [...]
Work, Skills and Health Programme – Leeds part of ‘Accelerator and Trailblazer’ WY region
The national effort to support people into employment is bringing funding to West Yorkshire. The government white paper ‘Get Britain Working’ was published on 26 November 2024, outlining national key strategic ambitions regarding health-related barriers [...]
Leeds Welcome Spaces Open
More than 200 Welcome Spaces are now open to people in Leeds, offering a warm welcome, hot drinks, a range of activities, and a space to talk with other people. The Welcome Spaces scheme, which [...]
Changes to risk assessment at Leeds and York Partnership Foundation Trust
Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is changing its approach to clinical risk assessment, in line with national guidance. A new risk template, Risk Assessment and Management Plan (RAMP), has been implemented across all LYPFT [...]
Change NHS: 10 Year Plan Survey Portal
The West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership (WYHCP) works with people and organisations across Bradford District and Craven, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds, and Wakefield to help make decisions on health and care services (such as GPs [...]
Inclusivity and Equity in Volunteering – Toolkit and Resources
The Leeds Volunteer Managers Network has launched the Inclusive Volunteering page on Doing Good Leeds with toolkit and resources. The page has been developed by the Leeds Volunteer Managers Network (coordinated by VAL) and is [...]
Help raise awareness of alcohol-related liver disease this January
Support the 'Healthy Livers Leeds' Campaign by Forward Leeds. There are readymade posts, graphics and animations collated by Forward Leeds in their: Healthy Livers Leeds Campaign Toolkit. Or simply share the posts from Froward Leeds [...]
Forum Central Reflections and Highlights from 2024
An End of Year Message from the Forum Central Team. As this year draws to a close and we look ahead to 2025 we reflect on a year of collective successes and challenges. We recognise [...]
The Herbert Protocol: Safeguarding those living with dementia
The Herbert Protocol is an initiative for missing people living with dementia. It is intended to speed up and simplify the response of the Police and other agencies when an individual is reported missing, ensuring [...]
Leeds Adult Safeguarding Board: New website launch
Leeds Safeguarding Adults Board are a strategic partnership of different organisations with important roles in safeguarding adults in Leeds. Membership currently includes senior representatives from: Leeds City Council - Adults & Health West Yorkshire Police [...]
Closing Soon: Non-Emergency Patient Transportation Services (NEPTS) Survey
NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board would like to know how people travel to medical appointments, and if they know about different support that is available to people. In 2021 NHS England reviewed non-emergency patient [...]
Championing a smoke-free generation: Share your story
Magpie are collaborating with the Breathe Together campaign, commissioned through Tobacco Control and Public Health leads in Yorkshire and the Humber. The aim: Inspire people to advocate a new smoke-free generation Stories of lived experiences: Magpie would like [...]
New Jan dates – Good Practice Mentor Training – Range of Free Sessions
Free training from Good Practice Mentors - book onto your session now The Good Practice Mentor Team help organisations who want to increase their engagement with, and support of, older citizens in the community. This [...]