Synergi-Leeds awarded Mental Health Innovation of the Year
Forum Central is enormously proud to be part of the Synergi-Leeds partnership. We'd like to congratulate everyone in the team and beyond who have worked so hard - it's a fantastic achievement. We look forward [...]
Transforming Mental Health Grants Now Live
The City-Wide and Local Responses Transforming Mental Health Grants are now live! The deadline to apply for the grants is Friday 8 December at 12 noon and decisions on applications will be made in February [...]
Women’s Health Matters Domestic Violence Training
Domestic Violence and Abuse: Learning from Lived Experience and Practitioners (In-person) This course has been co-produced and is co-delivered with victims/survivors of Domestic Violence and Abuse (DVA) by Women's Health Matters Leeds. About the course It offers [...]
Free Safeguarding Adults Training for Volunteers
Leeds City Council are providing free Safeguarding Adults training courses for volunteers across the city. The courses cover: what safeguarding adults is and why it is important the role and responsibility of the volunteer in [...]
Living with Lived Experience Film Project
West Yorkshire Health & Care Partnership, Forum Central, University of Leeds and different VCSE organisations from across West Yorkshire have contributed to a film project which highlights the different people with lived experience of mental [...]
Mental Health Transformation Update | Edition 2 Sept 2023
This is the second edition of the Transformation Update which includes brief information about progress made towards delivering transformed community mental health care in Leeds. Key excerpt from the Progress Update: Although initially planned to [...]
Improving Mental Health when Living in Leeds
PMAC: Mental Health and Wellbeing Training has created a small document which contains useful tips to help people and employers improve their mental health whilst living in Leeds. The document focusses on getting outdoors, connecting [...]
Free MHFA and Cultural Competence Training – West Yorkshire
Community Links and All About inclusion are running free 2.5 day training sessions (thanks to funding from Forum Central and West Yorkshire Health and Wellbeing Hub) on Cultural Competence, Mental Health Inequalities, and Mental Health [...]
NHS Race and Health Observatory
The National Collaborating Centre for Mental Health (NCCMH) has been commissioned by the NHS Race & Health Observatory (RHO) to help co-design a model that organisations can use to be anti-racist and to tackle racial inequalities in [...]
University of Leeds Mental Health Inpatient Care Study
Have you been discharged from mental health inpatient care, or cared for someone who has? Researchers at the University of Leeds are conducting an interview study which is interested in the factors that keep people safe [...]
Lived Experience Involvement – Guidelines for Best Practice
Leeds Mind, in partnership with West Yorkshire Suicide Prevention is working with a team of volunteers from across West Yorkshire on a Suicide Prevention project. About the project Their project volunteers, who all have lived [...]
Battle Scars New Mental Health Hub
Battle Scars is looking for partner Third Sector organisations to come into Battle Scars new premises. Consideration will be given to those who work in mental health/wellbeing with children and/or adults. Prospective organisations must be [...]
Leeds Health and Care Partnership Future in Mind
The Leeds Health and Care Partnership is looking for a provider to support the Future in Mind: Leeds Programme Board. The service provider will support a team of ‘MindMate Ambassadors’ (up to 8 young people, [...]
LGBTQIA+ Crisis Tools
Crisis Tools have created a guide which explores the unique challenges and obstacles young LGBTQIA+ people face when accessing mental health crisis support. What is included in the guide? The guide includes: An exploration into [...]
New Films for Health and Care Staff to Help Prevent Suicide
A group of volunteers with direct experience of the impact of suicide have created a series of short films to reinforce good practice amongst staff working in health and care. The short video ‘Preventing suicide: [...]