Leeds For All 2021 Review
In December 2021, Forum Central, with our members and partners from Leeds City Council and across health and care, brought together Leeds For All 2021 to mark International Day of Disabled People Groups and [...]
Arfan Hanif – Inclusion blog – Time for Action
Powerful blog from Arfan Hanif Chair of the Forum Central Inclusion Working Group ‘Enough of the talking….time for practical action’ Like me, no doubt colleagues attend many meetings and forums where things like diversity, inclusion, [...]
Good news for Men’s Health Unlocked
We're delighted to announce that Men's Health Unlocked, the Leeds network supporting men’s health, has been awarded over £300,000 by the National Lottery Reaching Communities Fund! Men’s Health Unlocked (MHU) is a partnership between Forum [...]
Team changes at MindWell: Goodbye to Nicola, welcome Jane!
The MindWell team welcomes Jane Wood to the Mindwell team based at Volition as interim management for the next few months, whilst we finalise future succession plans for the role. Look out for the vacancy which will be [...]
Independent Members for the new Leeds Place Based Committee
Leeds is recruiting for Independent Members for the new Leeds Place Based Committee which will pick up responsibility for the West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board in Leeds when the Clinical Commissioning Group ends in June. [...]
International Day of Older People 2021 Review
International Day of Older People (IDOP) is celebrated annually in Leeds on 01 October focusing on a different theme each year. The theme for 2021 was Linking Lives. Leeds Older People's Forum opened a grant [...]
Updated LGBTQIA+ mapping in Leeds
The Leeds LGBT+ mapping report was launched in 2017 and was updated in October 2021. The aim of the report is to give a snapshot of the LGBTQIA+ community sector in Leeds to aid funders [...]
The Advonet Group’s new-look website
The Advonet Group, a Leeds-based advocacy charity, have launched their new-look website and it is really accessible and looks great! It was developed by Bradford-based Totaal and has some new additions. They include: A single online [...]
Funding Opportunity to Support System Pressures
As part of Forum Central’s Health and Care Leaders work, we have been progressing a discussion about opportunities for the Third Sector to work in partnership with our colleagues from health and care to help reduce pressures [...]
A collaboration to support employee mental health and wellbeing
Impact North and Hamara Centre Leeds are working together on a collaboration to support mental health and wellbeing in staff. Impact North, based in South Leeds since 2013, provides a range of psychotherapy services for [...]
Type 2 diabetes: Know your risk
Do your service users and team members know their risk of getting Type 2 diabetes? 12.3 million people in the UK are at increased risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. Anyone can get it. But [...]
Community Champions project extended
The Community Champions project has been extended until the end of March 2022, with the aim of continuing to recruit volunteers to share accurate health messages around Covid-19 and the vaccine with our communities. There [...]
Free recruitment support
Do you have open job vacancies or need support with recruitment? The Leeds One Workforce team at Leeds Health and Care One Workforce have kindly offered to share Third Sector vacancies and provide practical support [...]
Leeds Safeguarding Adults Board’s 2021 update
Leeds Safeguarding Adults Board have made a 2021 annual report video with the help of their Citizen Ambassadors and members of their networks. Watch the video here to hear Leeds Safeguarding Adults Board’s partners [...]
2 years of peer support at the Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service
The Peer Support Team at the Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service was established 2 years ago. They have achieved some brilliant work to support people and to improve the experience and outcomes for people who experience [...]