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 [...]
Upcoming Battle Scars Services
Battle Scars Training For Professionals wherever you are in the UK. Battle Scars offers training on self-harm or eating disorders, virtual or face-to-face, 1-day workshops or 2-hour Q&A sessions, individual or private group bookings. Thursday [...]
Independent and Confidential Support for the Leeds Health and Care Sector
The Welfare Officer at Defence Medical Welfare Service (DMWS) can offer help to any staff members of the Leeds health and care sector who may need support during stressful and uncertain times. The support they [...]
New Year’s Honours List – Congratulations to our partners
We wanted to congratulate our friends and colleagues from across West Yorkshire who have been included in this years New Year's Honours List! Below is a list of who they are and what they have [...]
NHS introduces new procurement policy
Rules and guidance around the selection processes for health and care services has changed. This is broadly being seen as a positive for the third sector. The NHS Provider Selection Regime (PSR) came into force [...]
Charity Commission portal issues
The Charity Commission's new digital service is causing delays Charity commission updated their digital platform last summer but many charities have not been able to login to submit their latest accounts. If you having issues [...]
Now Open | The Leeds Fund Microgrants
The Leeds Fund Microgrants can be used to part-fund or fully-fund a variety of activities that will enable organisations of different kinds to support their communities. The fund is aimed at small and emerging Leeds-based [...]