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Welcome: Deaf Women’s Society
We are delighted to welcome Deaf Women’s Society, one of our latest members to join Volition and Forum Central. Deaf Women’s Society was created in 2017, in response to an identified lack of provision for Deaf [...]
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 [...]
Have your say | Digital self-help for musculoskeletal conditions
Forum Central are working with University of Leeds researchers to promote a project on developing a musculoskeletal (MSK) digital health intervention. The aim of the project is to develop a digital app or website for [...]
A Big Team Leeds Thank You
The Lord Mayor of Leeds, Cllr Asghar Khan hosted a celebration event on Monday 09 May 2022 to recognise the amazing work and leadership of staff from across the health and social care system throughout the [...]
Lateral flow tests and PPE – Forum Central raising concerns for Third Sector
Forum Central urgently seeking clarity on behalf of our members about Lateral Flow Tests and PPE for Third Sector organisations in Leeds As you will be aware Forum Central has been working to ensure [...]
Human Rights Act Consultation and Accessibility
Learning Disability England has been working to make sure the Human Rights Act Consultation is accessible. Easy read versions of the consultation have been created and an extension to the deadline have been granted. If [...]
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 [...]