The Age Friendly Steering Group is one of the ways older people are involved in Age Friendly Leeds by guiding the project with their experience, feedback and ideas. The group meets monthly to share their experience of [...]
Over the last year, NHS Leeds CCG has asked for people’s views on a range of NHS services in Leeds. With support from volunteers and partner organisation they spoke with approximately 5800 people about various services in [...]
Healthy Ageing – Physical Activity is a new, half day training course designed to support anyone working with older people with an interest in physical activity. The free course will cover: How physical activity can be made easier [...]
This report highlights new findings from a recent project conducted by researchers at University College London (UCL), Cardiff University, and ILC, funded by the Wellcome Trust [207986/Z/17/Z] to explore the discrepancies in health outcomes experienced by older [...]
Third Sector Engagement in the Frailty Agenda in Leeds; Taking Stock and Identifying Next Steps On 30 April 2019 workers from third sector organisations met alongside representatives of Leeds Clinical Commissioning Group, Public Health and Leeds Teaching [...]
Pip Goff joined Forum Central in May as Third Sector and Community Local Care Partnerships (LCP) Development Manager. Local Care Partnership is the term adopted in Leeds to describe the model of joined up team working to improve [...]
West Yorkshire based sexual violence charity research shows its men’s teletherapy service works well Survivors West Yorkshire, the Yorkshire region’s ONLY online specialist support service for male survivors of child sexual abuse, publishes independent evaluation of Ben’s [...]
Leeds Shared Lives is recruiting Shared Lives want to encourage more people, couples and families from all walks of life and ages to come forward and enquire about becoming a shared lives carer. Previous experience is not [...]
Disability Action Yorkshire is a long established charity that provides services that aim to enable disabled people meet their aspirations. They provide enterprise training for disabled people wishing to become self-employed or get back into employment. The [...]
This event was about celebration; taking stock of what Forum Central and the third sector has achieved over the past 3 years and thinking about priorities for the next 5 years. Reflection The first part of the [...]
About the post Salary: £8.24ph rising to £8.45 after successful completion of 6 month probationary period Hours: 35 per week (9:30-16:45 Mon-Fri) Contract: Permanent Specialist Autism Services are looking for an individual to join the team at [...]
100% Digital Leeds: Digital Inclusion Fund 100% Digital Leeds are offering grants of £1,000 to £10,000 to help overcome any barriers to digital inclusion that your organisation faces, such as buying equipment, hiring tutors, and paying for [...]
Did you know that there are hundreds of mobile library stops across Leeds? Are you a book worm in need of some new reading material? You don’t have to travel far to get some as there are [...]
There are some new developments in access to stations across Leeds and West Yorkshire. To start with, a new national access map has been launched by the Rail Delivery Group. People can use the national map to [...]
Care under the Rainbow Online learning materials and films for making care homes more inclusive for older LGBT+ people in England and Wales. A joint project between the Diversity Trust and the University of Bristol. This new [...]
Arts, Health and Wellbeing in Leeds - Welcome to the Network! As you may be aware Adults and Health is working with Arts Commissioners / Arts organisations and the Universities to establish a Leeds Arts and Health [...]
There has been widespread coverage in the media, including the BBC, of the report by the House of Lords Select Committee on Intergenerational Fairness and Provision, which recommends that "outdated" age-specific benefits for older people should be replaced [...]
Wisdom Conversations UK helps speakers of other languages to learn to speak English more fluently through having face-to-face & one-to-one & group conversations with native speakers. They also aim to reduce social isolation and help people with [...]
Fwd: Sentencing Offenders With Mental Health Conditions and Disorders Guideline Invitation to Comment on the Draft Overarching Principles: Sentencing Offenders with Mental Health Conditions and Disorders Guideline The Sentencing Council has launched a consultation on sentencing offenders [...]
ACTIVAGE is an EU funded project aiming to promote healthy and active lifestyles and reduce social isolation for over 65s through use of technology. Are you aged 65 years or older and living in Leeds? Would you [...]
Funding Leeds The free and easy way to find funding Using Funding Leeds you can: Make funding searches to tap into local, regional and national funding sources Get regular updates on your funding area of interests Take [...]
A common problem for many disabled motorists is not being able to park at their desired destination, especially at their local supermarket. The major complaint is that the disabled bays are all occupied with cars not displaying [...]
Will you be our next Volunteer Befriender? Tuesday 20th August at 10.30 am - 12.30 pm, Pudsey Community Hub, Church Lane, Pudsey, LS28 7TY You could help prevent loneliness and social isolation for older people in Horsforth, Pudsey, [...]
28th August 2019, 10:00am – 4:30pm at Calverley Building Floor 3, Leeds Beckett University LUNCH PROVIDED Digital Innovation in Care Homes: FREE event open to anyone working in the care home sector in Leeds. Morning and afternoon [...]
Autism Reference Group - Leeds Autism Strategy, 3 September, 5pm-6:30pm at Lovell Park Hub, Wintoun Street, Leeds LS7 1DA The Autism Reference Group, the quarterly forum for autistic adults in Leeds to have their say on what services do for [...]
4 September 2019, 6:00pm - 8:00pm at BAME Health and Wellbeing Hub, Reginald Terrace, LS7 This is a community meeting open to everyone and co-chaired by Mick Ward, Annette Morris and Claude Hendrickson and is an opportunity to: Explore [...]
Advonet Client Forum, 2.00pm-4:00pm at Room 16, Unity Business Centre, 26 Roundhay Road, Leeds LS7 1AB Advonet's next Client Forum meeting takes place early next month. It aims to build on what was discussed last time. Previously, the [...]
