PAPYRUS – HOPELINKUK also for Professionals
PAPYRUS’s suicide prevention helpline, HOPELINEUK, is not only here to support young people who are experiencing thoughts of suicide, or those concerned for them. It’s also here for any professional who has had an experience with [...]
Welcome: Shore-Up CIC
We are delighted to welcome Shore-Up CIC, one of our latest members to join Volition and Forum Central. Here's a bit more about them: Shore-Up CIC is a new Social Enterprise based in Leeds. They [...]
Welcome: Leeds Community Services/Sikh Mental Health & Wellbeing
We are delighted to welcome Leeds Community Services/Sikh Mental Health & Wellbeing, one of our latest members to join Volition and Forum Central. Here's a bit more about them: Leeds Community Services / Sikh Mental [...]
Check-in with each other
The Check-in campaign from West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership aims to initiate wellbeing conversations to help reduce the stigma associated with mental health difficulties and to eliminate judgement. We want to promote a working culture across [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
New autism and mental health project launches
The Advonet Group are excited to launch a new project focused on autism and mental health, starting this autumn. Funded by a grant from Comic Relief’s Change Makers fund, Yorkshire Autism AIM: Mental Health Equity [...]
Mentally Healthy Leeds – Building positive social connections
Mentally Healthy Leeds groups are open for anyone in Leeds that is feeling lonely or isolated or anyone that is looking to make more positive social connections. If you're working with people from Burmantofts, [...]
Free courses from Leeds Mindfulness Cooperative
Leeds Mindfulness Cooperative are offering free taster sessions and a new 8 week course to support the mental and physical wellbeing of Third Sector staff and volunteers. For more details about this course which starts [...]
New self referral for workforce mental health support
The West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership workforce mental health and wellbeing hub is now offering self referral and telephone consultations. The Hub was launched in response to the impact of COVID-19 on [...]
Welcome: Peer Support Plus
We are delighted to welcome Peer Support Plus, one of our latest members to join Volition and Forum Central. Peer Support Plus CIO is a recently established Mental Health Charity serving Leeds. In April 2021 [...]
New suicide prevention website launched
This World Suicide Prevention Day (Friday 10 September) West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership have launched a new website dedicated to helping people with suicidal thoughts and those concerned for the mental wellbeing [...]
Mental health inequalities experienced by young people from minority ethnic groups
People from minority ethnic groups are more likely to experience mental health problems and less likely to receive good quality, timely support that meets their needs. This update provides an overview of the work taking [...]
Leeds OASIS Service Launch
A new residential crisis house called Leeds OASIS (Occupying a Space In Safety) was launched this month. The service is a short stay alternative to hospital for those experiencing mental health crisis and is run [...]
Welcome: Mental Health Mates Leeds
We are delighted to welcome Mental Health Mates Leeds, one of our latest members to join Volition and Forum Central. Mental Health Mates Leeds is a friendly peer support community group who meet monthly to [...]