Welcome to our new members: Taking Baby Steps CIC and Creative Frame CIC
We'd like to give our newest member organisations a warm welcome to the Forum Central partnership! Find out more about what Taking Baby Steps CIC and Creative Frame CIC do, and the people they support. [...]
Free Suicide Prevention Training with PAPYRUS
Leading suicide prevention charity, PAPYRUS, has been commissioned to deliver suicide prevention training to those working across West Yorkshire. Who is eligible for the training? The training is available for: Those working with children and [...]
Share Your Experiences of Home Care Support with Leeds City Council
Do you receive home care support or support people who do? If so Leeds City Council (LCC) would like to speak to people who have home care support arranged through LCC, to share their experiences [...]
Check out the IDODP Highlights Videos
IDODP ‘23 influenced and included around 900 people in its extended pan-disability scope this time around. To celebrate this, we've created two videos to highlight; what happened on the day at the marketplace event and [...]
New State of the Sector Resource – Presentation Recording
You can now watch a short presentation which explains; the headline findings of the report, and what this means in relation to the health and care third sector, and people's health and wellbeing in our [...]
Forum Central Social Media Takeovers Are Back!
We're excited to be bringing back the popular Forum Central #TakeoverTuesday and we're inviting you to be part of it. This will be monthly and we're extending is across our social media channels - get [...]
Home Upgrade Grant Scheme – Home Energy Help from LCC and EverWarm
Leeds City Council is giving away green upgrades to eligible homeowners, renters, and landlords in Leeds that don't use gas central heating. If you qualify, you could receive government-backed financial support to improve your home [...]
Funding to Help (VCSE) Organisations Improve their Energy Efficiency
On 7 December, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport launched a £25.5 million funding package to help voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations in England improve their energy efficiency. Eligible organisations will be able [...]
New Workforce HR Network Resource – Training Padlet
An additional resource has been created to support the Workforce HR Network. It collates links to training providers arranged by topic and provider. This compliments the other two padlets in this suite of resources for [...]
Health Innovations Leeds launches
Health Innovation Leeds is a new, cross-sector partnership approach to securing influence and investment by showcasing the city’s growing strengths and opportunities in this sector. Health Innovation Leeds is the name and brand identity for [...]
Free Access to Meeting Room for 3rd Sector Orgs
Do you need a Leeds space to run training, events or local groups? If so, Curtins (Building a Better Future | Curtins) have offered a space at their Rose Wharf office, out of hours with [...]
Surviving Crisis: Learning from lived experience podcast
The lived experience volunteers on Leeds Mind’s Suicide Prevention Co-production project have created a podcast series with the aim of supporting staff who work with people in mental health crisis. The series – ‘Surviving Crisis: [...]
Leeds Health and Care Partnership January Finance Update
This update is aimed at Senior Leaders within the Health and Social Care Sector. It covers details of the financial pressures the ICB (Integrated Care Board) are currently dealing with and the approach. The Leeds [...]
Cultural Competence and Mental Health Inequalities training, and Mental Health First Aid (MHFA)
This free two and a half day training course is open to all frontline workers and volunteers in the VCSE health and care third sector. Attendees will be able to: Recognise and respond to the [...]
Deafblind Awareness Training
Deafblind UK has developed a training project called Friendship Guarantee. The project aims to support groups and activity providers in ensuring that your offer is accessible to people living with dual sensory loss. This doesn’t [...]