Lighthouse Futures Trust are delighted to announce that we are approved by the ESFA to enrol students directly onto our charity to undertake a supported internship from September 2018! They have a number of exciting opportunities across [...]
Are you or someone you care about struggling to eat or drink properly? Do you look after someone at risk of malnutrition? Not sure where to turn for advice? The malnutrition helpline is a dedicated phone line [...]
Ideas for action: practical ideas to influence local housing policy, plans and action The Older People’s Housing Champions Group, working in partnership with Care & Repair England and local organisations from different parts of England, has published [...]
'Beyond barriers' looks at how services are working together to support and care for people aged 65 and over Many older people have complex and long-term care needs that need more than one professional and more than [...]
Research by Leonard Cheshire has found that 35 per cent of disabled people say they have experienced problems using trains in the last year. Train journeys need to be accessible from end to end. That means people [...]
ARE YOU… Age 25 & over? A Leeds Resident? Been continuously unemployed for 1 year or more? (You will be required to undertake an assessment to confirm you have been unemployed for over a year) Have right [...]
The Tenfold Leeds Learning Disability Awards took place on Friday 22 June 2018 and what a night was had by all! More than 300 guests, including Emmerdale’s Gaynor Faye and Karen Blick, Leeds Rhinos and New Zealand [...]
newtoleeds.org is launched – a guide to life in Leeds aimed at New Migrants Originally published by by Lassnleeds newtoleeds.org is a new website aimed at helping Migrants in Leeds to understand how the city works.It offers a general [...]
Community Mental Health Redesign Project Update For: external stakeholders Update from Andy Weir, Chair of the Community Redesign Project Board and Deputy Chief Operating Officer The last two months have been an incredibly busy time for the Community [...]
Malnutrition and dehydration amongst Older People in Leeds - Health Needs Assessment A new report on the Health Needs Assessment of Malnutrition and Dehydration amongst Older People in Leeds has been uploaded to the Leeds Observatory website, [...]
Mentorship in Osteoarthritis (aMIgO) Study Are you living with osteoarthritis of the hip or knee? Are you interested in being trained to learn how to support others living with the same condition? Could you spare 1-2 hours [...]
Metcalfe Smith Trust make grants of £250-£2,500 to individuals and small organisations in Leeds regarding mental and physical disability and long term illness. They can also make emergency grants of up to £150 between our twice yearly [...]
The DIAL LEEDS Happiness Café is a safe space for disabled people to get together: To provide support for and receive help from their peers. To overcome social isolation and to remove the barriers for participating fully [...]
Millions of over 55s not using internet risk being locked out of essential services and online benefits. A new report from the Centre for Ageing Better finds that large numbers of people are at risk of being left [...]
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A Theatre Performance with Older People Do you enjoy travelling around the city? Do you have a story of a journey that you would like to share? We believe that everybody is creative and everybody has a [...]
Leeds Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) are focusing on making their service more accessible the people of Leeds. One way we are doing this is by using community venues as much as possible as we know [...]
People in Action Leeds LGBT+ Group for people with a Learning Disability/Autism Do you identify yourself as an LGBT+ person with a learning disability? Do you want to meet other LGBT+ people with learning disabilities, make new [...]
Would your organisation be interested in receiving training to be Older LGBT-friendly? Sage offers a detailed training session to organisations. The session is free of charge (we do ask organisations to provide a suitable venue), though there may [...]
The Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse has published its Interim Report. The Interim Report provides an overview of the work undertaken by the Inquiry to date and progress so far, and includes what the Inquiry Panel considers [...]
Do you struggle with your laptop, tablet or smartphone? Want to learn more in a friendly, relaxed environment? Why not join a class at Age UK in Leeds City Centre or at a venue closer to your [...]
Here at the NHS Clinical Commissioning Group in Leeds it is our job to plan and pay for NHS services. We are involved in some really exciting work here at the moment that involves supporting older people [...]
Purple Patch Arts is a not-for-profit social enterprise which exists to improve the lives and life chances of people with learning disabilities by providing innovative, inclusive, creative learning experiences for them and the professionals that support them. [...]
Disability Rights UK have extended their partnership with the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to gather feedback from disabled people about their experience of health services and social care, via CQC's 'Tell Us About Your Care' initiative. The CQC [...]
Yorkshire Dance is launching several new dance projects for older people and is recruiting volunteers to support this work
There is a lot going at People in Action at the moment that they have put a short list of stuff together: Leeds Young Talent People in Action's annual talent competition for young people with a learning disability. This [...]
The current contracts for Leeds City Council-funded community mental health services will come to an end in 2019 (including services currently provided by Community Links, Leeds Mind, Touchstone and Making Space), and the services have now been [...]
