A Tribute to Norman Campbell
Norman Campbell, who had a long career working in health with people with learning disabilities, died a few weeks ago from Covid-19. Norman started work at the Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) [...]
Cuckooing Support Leaflet
West Yorkshire Police has produced a leaflet detailing how to best support victims of cuckooing, which is often targeted around vulnerable members of our community. The leaflet includes a number of ways of making contact [...]
Free Online Woodwork Course
Leeds Wood Recycling is looking for 10 people who want to have a go at learning some wood recycling skills at home. In order to join, people need a safe space to work and access [...]
An Unsafe Distance: The Impact of Covid on Excluded People
Doctors of the World has launched a report on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on excluded people in England. Based on a Rapid Needs Assessment (RNA) carried out at the height of the COVID-19, An [...]
Disparities in the Risk and Outcomes of COVID-19
Public Health England (PHE) has published a descriptive review of data on disparities in the risk and outcomes from COVID-19 which confirms that the impact of COVID-19 has replicated existing health inequalities and, in some [...]
Keeping Neurodivergent People Connected
Many people will become increasingly vulnerable during the current COVID-19 crisis and some are not known to services or accessing support. Adults with learning disabilities, who are autistic or have other neurodivergent conditions such as [...]
Devolution – a message for Leeds
A message from Councillor Judith Blake CBE, Leader of Leeds City Council and Tom Riordan CBE, Chief Executive, Leeds City Council We hope you and your families are keeping well. It continues to be a [...]
The Impact of COVID-19 on the Third Sector in Leeds
During the COVID-19 emergency, Leeds has been widely recognised as having responded rapidly and flexibly to the needs of people and communities. Working with strategic partners, the third sector has been at the centre of [...]
Coronavirus Community Support Fund
The new Coronavirus Community Support Fund is making available £200m in Government funding that will be aimed primarily at small to medium organisations in England. The Fund has two key objectives: To increase community support [...]
New Suicide Prevention Resources for Leeds
Two suicide prevention resources have been produced by Public Health in collaboration with key partners and communities across the city. The new Suicide Prevention Guidelines for Frontline Workers and Volunteers This has been produced locally to help [...]
The Market Place Telephone Support Service
The Market Place continues to support young people, offering a telephone support service for 11-25 year olds in Leeds from 12-6pm every day of the week. They are offering 30 minutes of support for young [...]
Learning From Lockdown Checklist
The Leeds Mind Training Team and Leeds Mindful Employer Network have worked together to create a checklist to help employers consider staff mental health and wellbeing as they approach the challenge of coming out of [...]
#PositivePartnerships: Creativity, Ingenuity & a New Round of Innovation
“Wow I’ve just been in tears. I rang one of our members to tell her I have an iPad for her and her staff started crying saying how amazing we all are and can’t thank [...]
Community & Voluntary Sector Bulletin |15 May
This bulletin is a system wide resource produced for community sector partners on a weekly basis and designed by our friends at Healthwatch. Community partners have invaluable experience and strength in reaching out to some [...]
Synergi Stories: Covid-19 eJournal Survey
The Synergi Stories: Covid-19 eJournal survey aims to capture and document how ethnic minority people with lived experience of severe mental illness and their carers are coping during Covid-19, which will inform the creation of [...]