Women Friendly Leeds: Covid-19 Women’s Questionnaire
Women's Lives Leeds have launched a survey to gather insights into women's experiences during the lockdown and the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on women. This important, anonymous information gathered will be fed to decision [...]
LCF Resilience Fund Now Open
Leeds Community Foundation (LCF) have opened up their Resilience Fund for expressions of interest, prioritising and proactively approaching those organisations working with under–represented communities. In the weeks after the COVID-19 crisis started to develop in the UK, LCF moved fast to [...]
Communities of Interest Virtual Session Notes & Recording | 28 May
Through the Communities of Interest network we are hearing about the queries, issues and resilience experienced across communities, and exploring the experience of intersecting identities. Listen back to the most recent virtual session held on 28th [...]
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 [...]
Volunteer Week Bulletin
West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership has produced a Volunteer Week Bulletin celebrating the difference volunteers make. The bulletin features case studies which highlight the incredible range of volunteers who are doing so many [...]
Community & Voluntary Sector Bulletin | 29 May
This bulletin is a system wide resource produced for community sector partners on a weekly basis and designed by our friends at Healthwatch. You can read the latest edition here. This week we help you [...]
Forum Central Covid-19 Member Service Update
Send your service updates to [email protected], or tag us in your updates on Twitter @MyForumCentral, regarding how you are adapting to the Covid-19 pandemic. We are keeping a central log of service updates and organisationally relevant [...]
Using PPE: A Guide for People in the Third Sector
Forum Central and Voluntary Action Leeds have produced guidance around using personal protective equipment (PPE) for people in the Third Sector. You can view the guidance here. It covers how to use PPE and the [...]
Coronavirus Pre-booked Community Testing
A Covid-19 walk-to testing facility has launched for people living within walking distance of the Bridge Street community centre, Rider Street, in the LS9 7BQ postcode area of Leeds. The facility is part of a [...]
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 [...]
Tackling Coronavirus Episode 2: Supporting people with sensory loss
Tackling Coronavirus Episode 2: Supporting people with sensory loss during COVID-19 By Sean Tunnicliffe, Communications Officer, Forum Central This the latest in a series of blog posts where I talk to key workers from local [...]
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 [...]