Leeds City Council has published the Leeds Integrated Market Position Statement 2019-22 This is the first Integrated Market Position Statement and the first time that Leeds City Council’s Adults and Health Directorate, Children and Families Directorate and [...]
The Third Sector Trends project in Leeds need to hear from you, whether you are large or small, thriving, struggling or going on more or less as normal. We're in our last month now on the Third [...]
Let’s talk about ageism is the first key message of Age Proud Leeds, the city-wide campaign to raise awareness of ageism and change negative attitudes about ageing and older people. Share! Please share news and information about [...]
By Simon Phillips, Community Engagement Officer Local Policing, Corporate Services, West Yorkshire Police I am a Community Engagement Officer at West Yorkshire Police, and want to inform you of a partnership project being funded by the Home Office Early Interventions [...]
The Leeds Care Record team would like to hear your views about the Leeds Care Record and how it can be improved to help health and care professionals provide better care for the residents of Leeds. The [...]
Re-Engage are currently developing new small social groups in north east Leeds around the Barwick in Elmet/Scholes area. They are looking for 6-8 over 75 year olds who are becoming isolated in their own homes. They have [...]
Friends and Forums Small Grant Programme Winter 2019/20 Apply now for the Age UK small grant opportunity Age UK is pleased to launch a new winter small grant programme. They know that for many older people, winter [...]
Come along to one of the monthly Information & Assessment days to find out more If you like working with people, want to make a difference in your community, and have a job that has rewarding long-term [...]
Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust’s 0-19 Service has launched a new text messaging service, ChatHealth, to give young people direct access to expert healthcare advice and support via their mobile phone. All young people in Leeds aged [...]
Leeds Mind have been awarded funding to research and evaluate the current peer support activity across the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Integrated Care System. The project aims to: pull together national examples of best practice in peer [...]
The Equalities Office at Leeds City Council is looking to speak to women in different communities to find out the barriers they face and any potential solutions. They are wanting to organise focus groups with older women [...]
EU Settlement Scheme Outreach Services The EU Settlement was opened fully from the end of March 2019 for EU citizens to apply online for settled or pre-settled status dependent on the number of years of residency in [...]
Feel Good Women's Health Group, support for women with Learning Disabilities Feel Good Group Do you want to know more about relationships, health and staying safe? The Feel Good Group is a women’s health group and course supporting [...]
Mental health services are improving across Leeds and from Friday 1 November 2019 Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Service will be known as: Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service. The new service brings together NHS partners and third [...]
New Roots Employment Drop-in at PATH: search for employment opportunities PATH Yorkshire are running on a Wednesday from 12pm- 2:30pm at their office. People can access free wifi, computers and support on a variety of employment matters. Download flyer [...]
By: Sean Tunnicliffe, Communications Officer, Leeds Older People’s Forum I recently had the pleasure of attending this event which was celebrating the International Day of Older Person. The eventwas run in partnership between Skippko Arts Team and [...]
Two document about Brexit have been released from the Dept of H&SC for your awareness: Dept of H&SC – Health care charging regulations for EU citizens – Oct 2019 Dept of H&SC – Update letter – contingency [...]
Supporting People with Intellectual Disabilities to Have a Good Life as They Grow Older A Training Resource These new resources address a significant gap in the knowledge and practice of supporting people with learning disabilities as they [...]
Third Sector Leeds has launched#TogetherLeeds, a social media campaign designed to help celebrate all the brilliant things happening in Leeds to bring people together. Help us by sharing your news and great activities using #TogetherLeeds and let's get [...]
We're proud to support the 'Looking Out for Our Neighbours' campaign to try and reduce loneliness and isolation across West Yorkshire and Harrogate. From asking your neighbour if they need anything next time you pop to the [...]
This information has been provided by the Leeds Health and Social Care EU Exit task group. Preparing for Brexit (EU Exit) Leeds City Council and local NHS organisations are working closely together to prepare for Brexit -the [...]
In order to ensure that the third sector is fully engaged and represented in the developing Local Care Partnerships (LCP) across Leeds, Forum Central has created a new voluntary and community sector focussed role. Local Care Partnership is [...]
Legal Remedies in support of Safeguarding Training Course ‐ November 2019 The Course Objectives: The day long course will look at the use of legal remedies in and around safeguarding, so that staff will be better equipped [...]
Cascading Leadership provides an invaluable free opportunity for leaders working in health and wellbeing organisations in the voluntary and community sector in the UK to develop their leadership skills and receive practical support. It is built on a peer-to-peer [...]
Guide for professionals in Leeds on ‘supporting young people who self-harm or feel suicidal’ Professionals who work with young people aged 25 and under who self-harm or feel suicidal, can now view the refreshed self-harm and suicide [...]
Leeds City Council has been working alongside the NHS in Leeds to localise the national Calm Harm app. The app has been customised for young people in Leeds (aged 12 – 25 years old), using the MindMate imagery [...]
State of Care is the Care Quality Commission's (CQC) annual assessment of health care and social care in England. The report looks at the trends, shares examples of good and outstanding care, and highlights where care needs [...]
