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: [...]
New Community Health Service, ‘Being You Leeds’
A new community health service, called Being You Leeds has been launched by Touchstone! Being You Leeds will replace and expand upon Touchstone’s current work with the Mentally Health Leeds and Your Space services, coordinating [...]
Making Every Contact Count for Mental Health
The Royal Society for Public Health, in conjunction with NHS England Directorate for Workforce, Training and Education (NHSE WT&E), have launched a call for expressions of interest for phase two of their successful Making Every Contact [...]
Battle Scars New Mental Health Hub
Battle Scars is setting up the new Onward Mental Health Hub in South Leeds and wants to hear your views about how to make the best use of the space in the Battle Scars online [...]
How to use MindWell as a tool to support staff wellbeing
MindWell and Mindful Employer recently hosted their first-ever webinar to support employee wellbeing in Leeds. Attendees included a diverse group of professionals from various organisations, ranging from Wellbeing Advisors to HR Directors. The interactive event, [...]