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Volunteer Week Bulletin
West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health and Care Partnership has produced a Volunteer Week Bulletin celebrating the difference volunteers make. The bulletin features case studies which highlight the incredible range of volunteers who are doing so many [...]
An Unsafe Distance: The Impact of Covid on Excluded People
Doctors of the World has launched a report on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on excluded people in England. Based on a Rapid Needs Assessment (RNA) carried out at the height of the COVID-19, An [...]
Disparities in the Risk and Outcomes of COVID-19
Public Health England (PHE) has published a descriptive review of data on disparities in the risk and outcomes from COVID-19 which confirms that the impact of COVID-19 has replicated existing health inequalities and, in some [...]
Keeping Neurodivergent People Connected
Many people will become increasingly vulnerable during the current COVID-19 crisis and some are not known to services or accessing support. Adults with learning disabilities, who are autistic or have other neurodivergent conditions such as [...]
Tackling Coronavirus Episode 2: Supporting people with sensory loss
Tackling Coronavirus Episode 2: Supporting people with sensory loss during COVID-19 By Sean Tunnicliffe, Communications Officer, Forum Central This the latest in a series of blog posts where I talk to key workers from local [...]
Devolution – a message for Leeds
A message from Councillor Judith Blake CBE, Leader of Leeds City Council and Tom Riordan CBE, Chief Executive, Leeds City Council We hope you and your families are keeping well. It continues to be a [...]
The Impact of COVID-19 on the Third Sector in Leeds
During the COVID-19 emergency, Leeds has been widely recognised as having responded rapidly and flexibly to the needs of people and communities. Working with strategic partners, the third sector has been at the centre of [...]
Coronavirus Community Support Fund
The new Coronavirus Community Support Fund is making available £200m in Government funding that will be aimed primarily at small to medium organisations in England. The Fund has two key objectives: To increase community support [...]
New Suicide Prevention Resources for Leeds
Two suicide prevention resources have been produced by Public Health in collaboration with key partners and communities across the city. The new Suicide Prevention Guidelines for Frontline Workers and Volunteers This has been produced locally to help [...]
The Market Place Telephone Support Service
The Market Place continues to support young people, offering a telephone support service for 11-25 year olds in Leeds from 12-6pm every day of the week. They are offering 30 minutes of support for young [...]
People Matters Adult Learning Courses: June-July
People Matters will be running their remote adult learning programme throughout June and July for adults aged 19+ with learning disabilities. A range of courses have been planned that will be delivered online using Google [...]
Learning From Lockdown Checklist
The Leeds Mind Training Team and Leeds Mindful Employer Network have worked together to create a checklist to help employers consider staff mental health and wellbeing as they approach the challenge of coming out of [...]
New Action on Hearing Loss Service
Action on Hearing Loss is launching a new service in Leeds providing information, advice, support and training about hearing loss and tinnitus. Many people diagnosed with hearing loss experience significant barriers and isolation (both socially [...]
LMWS Coproduction and Peer Support newsletters
The Peer Support and the Coproduction Network within the Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service produce newsletters which include updates about the work they are doing, shared lived experience of mental health issues from staff and their [...]
10 June | Leeds Employers Forum Virtual Roundtable
Leeds Employers Forum is hosting a free virtual roundtable discussion to enable employers to share lessons learned from the Covid pandemic, drawing on its experience of supporting employees balancing work with unpaid care to benefit [...]