International Day of Disabled People (IDODP) 2024 – Stallholder Applications Open
Get ready for International Day of Disabled People 2024! Leeds is celebrating this for the sixth year with our annual Marketplace Event. Date: Tuesday 3 December 2024 Time: 11 AM to 3 PM Location: Leeds [...]
National UK Covid-19 Inquiry seeks children and young people’s views
National UK Covid-19 Inquiry investigates the impact of the pandemic on children and young people from the 'most impacted and underserved groups'. Forum Central been approached by an independent market research company carrying out research [...]
Updates from Leeds Safeguarding Adults Board
Free online events for West Yorkshire Safeguarding Week Between Monday 24 June and Friday 28 June, there will be a varied programme of events running for Safeguarding Week. The online events are for people working [...]
Share Your Experiences of Home Care Support with Leeds City Council
Do you receive home care support or support people who do? If so Leeds City Council (LCC) would like to speak to people who have home care support arranged through LCC, to share their experiences [...]
‘It’s Everyone’s Journey’ A New Campaign From the Department for Transport
The Department for Transport (DfT) is conducting a campaign to make public transport accessible to Disabled people. The campagin aims to show how we can all play a part in making public transport more inclusive. [...]
Report Launched: International Day of Disabled People 2023 Evaluation
Read the newly released report which summarises the activity that took place in Leeds to mark International Day of Disabled People 2023. Leeds for All celebrated the International Day of Disabled People for the 5th [...]
Check out the IDODP Highlights Videos
IDODP ‘23 influenced and included around 900 people in its extended pan-disability scope this time around. To celebrate this, we've created two videos to highlight; what happened on the day at the marketplace event and [...]
Deafblind Awareness Training
Deafblind UK has developed a training project called Friendship Guarantee. The project aims to support groups and activity providers in ensuring that your offer is accessible to people living with dual sensory loss. This doesn’t [...]
Orange Travel Wallets Scheme for West Yorkshire
The West Yorkshire Combined Authority has recently launched a new initiative called the Orange Travel Wallet scheme, to help people with communication difficulties or disabilities to use public transport. The bright orange wallet is a [...]
Research study into Inflammatory Arthritis
Do you or someone you know have inflammatory arthritis? If so, a team from the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) would like to hear from you. They want to talk to people about how [...]
SEND Survey for ethnically diverse young people
Do you work with SEND children and young people from minoritised ethnic communities? If so, SEND Youth Voice would like your help in their research project. They are conducting a survey interested in looking at [...]
Any Work that Wanted Doing: Exhibition Tours
An exciting exhibition is now open as part of Leeds 2023 Year of Culture, linking the past and present through the work of several disabled artists. Any work that wanted doing features new artwork by [...]
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 [...]
A Travel Blog from LOPF’s Jenni Scott
Leeds Older People's Forum Administrator Jenni Scott has written an article about the complexities of technological advancements in transportation. Jenni speaks about how these advancements can leave even the most tech savvy feeling confused. And [...]
Training Courses with Nari Ekta
NARI EKTA aim to enable Ethnic Minority women aged 16 and over, to achieve their full potential through specially designed & supported educational and training programmes. Details about the courses can be found on the [...]