Free courses from Leeds Mindfulness Cooperative
Leeds Mindfulness Cooperative are offering free taster sessions and a new 8 week course to support the mental and physical wellbeing of Third Sector staff and volunteers. For more details about this course which starts [...]
Digital Health Hub Network
Digital Health Hubs are local community spaces with friendly people ready to help people build their skills and confidence to get online, and use the tools that can make it easier for to manage their [...]
Working Age Adults Accommodation Strategy
Leeds City Council would like to know your views to help inform the creation of a 10 year Working Age Adults (WAA) Accommodation Strategy for Leeds. The Strategy will include accommodation with support provision for [...]
Team Leeds Hearts and Minds
A city wide health and care programme of engagement, development and culture change has been launched and our third sector members are invited to get involved. Team Leeds Hearts and Minds will shape the way [...]
Third Sector Resilience; Survey three results
The results from third edition of the West Yorkshire Third Sector Resilience survey have been launched. The survey sought to capture the impact of COVID-19 on the third sector looking at: • Sector viability in [...]
Welcome: Aire Place Studios
We are delighted to welcome Aire Place Studios, one of our latest members to join Volition and Forum Central. Aire Place Studios is a not for profit creative space who work to provide access to [...]
Join Leeds’ Walking on Together Network
Walking on Together is a Leeds-based network which has recently formed with the intention of bringing people together to: promote and champion walking in the city, influence the walking environment at a strategic level, provide [...]
Research shows big difference Third Sector makes across the region
A joint report published today celebrates the work of charities, social enterprises, and community organisations ahead of International Day of Charity on Sunday 5 September. The research led by Professor Tony Chapman, Durham University examined [...]
Leeds’ shielding programme shortlisted for the HSJ awards
Team Leeds has been jointly shortlisted for the Partnership Award at the HSJ Awards 2021! Since the start of the pandemic over 70,000 people in Leeds have been identified as Clinically Extremely Vulnerable to Covid-19. [...]
WY&H HCP Launch Staff Suicide Prevention Initiative
West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership launch staff suicide prevention initiative West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership (WY&H HCP) has launched an innovative staff suicide prevention campaign targeted at more than [...]
Support for CEV people in Leeds
The routes to support for clinically extremely vulnerable people in Leeds has been updated. Details of this citywide support delivered by our member organisations can be read above or downloaded here.
New Third Sector Representatives on the Health and Wellbeing Board
Forum Central is delighted to announce that Pat McGeever (Health for All) and Darren de Souza (Touchstone) have been appointed as the Third Sector Representatives on the Health and Wellbeing Board. The Health and Wellbeing [...]
Have your say | Leeds local plan update
Have your say on the Leeds Local Plan Update consultation. The consultation is focussed on climate change issues, and called ‘Your Neighbourhood, Your City, Your Planet’. It will look at ways we can shape planning policy [...]
Self Harm in Adults Study
The University of Sheffield is looking for panel members to plan the forthcoming Yorkshire and the Humber Self Harm in Adults study. The study will involve interviewing people with lived experience of self harm to [...]
Welcome to the new Chair of Volition, Ruth Kettle
We are delighted to announce that Ruth Kettle has been appointed as Chair of Volition’s Board of Trustees. Ruth is Chief Executive of Inspire North and brings a wealth of experience to the role. Ruth [...]