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 [...]
Funding available for Active Travel Hubs
The West Yorkshire Combined Authority Active Travel Team have funding available to create Active Travel Hubs within communities. These hubs would act as a one-stop-shops that cater for people’s walking, cycling, scooting and wheeling (using [...]
Social Prescribing Third Sector Survey
Can you help feed in to this survey about social prescribing in the third sector in Leeds? The Health and Care Evaluation Service at the West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board is conducting an evaluation of [...]
Men’s Health Unlocked 21st Century Man Report
Men's Health Unlocked are excited to announce the publication of their 21st Century Man project report and the launch of complementary mural and street art pieces around the city! This report and artwork, including a [...]
Cost Pressures Survey Results January 2024
Forum Central has been asking third sector health and care organisations to share how the ongoing impact of the cost-of-living crisis is affecting their ability to run services, any risks to staff and organisation viability. [...]
NHS England launch Social Prescribing Campaign
A range of health and wellbeing professionals are being added to general practice teams as part of a programme to expand the NHS workforce: some work at doctor’s surgeries and others work in the wider [...]
GDPR Training with the Leeds Health and Care Academy
A new course is now available on the Leeds Health and Care Academy Learning Portal, in relation to Working with the GDPR and the UK Data Protection Act. Background On 25 May 2018, the EU [...]
Men’s Health Unlocked Highlights 2022-2023
Men's Health Unlocked has been a key piece in coordinating and championing men's health in Leeds. For the past 18 months of National Lottery funded delivery, the Men's Health Unlocked team has directly supported over [...]
Employment Task Group features in Community Living Article
Our Learning Disability Development worker, Shaun Webster MBE and the work of our Autism and Learning Disability Employment Task Group has been featured in an article in the Community Living magazine. The article focusses on [...]
Mature Driver Appraisals: keeping older people driving safely for longer
Leeds Older People’s Forum and the William Merritt Centre are leading a pilot scheme to support older drivers to drive safely for longer. The Mature Driver Appraisal is part of our Driving Change Together project. Book your [...]
Free staff wellbeing events with Leeds Recovery College
Working in partnership with the Leeds Health and Care Academy, Leeds Recovery College is offering a new series of free wellbeing events and trainings for staff who work across the Leeds health and care system [...]
New support available for people working in health and care organisations
There is a new Welfare Officer at Defence Medical Welfare Service (DMWS) who is offering help to any staff members of the Leeds health and care sector who may need support during stressful and uncertain [...]
Consultation on Trans Guidance in Schools
The Department for Education is running a consultation to get views on the content of a non-statutory guidance for schools and colleges to help them make decisions in relation to gender-questioning children. Aim of the [...]