LGBTQ+ People’s Experiences of Crisis Services Survey
LGBTQ+ Mental Health Crisis Service Provision Survey is a brief anonymous survey produced in partnership between Leeds Survivor Led Crisis Service, Yorkshire MESMAC and experts by lived experience. The short, 5 question survey focusses on [...]
Give a Hoot! Make an owl
MindWell is inviting everyone to take part in their Give a Hoot! campaign, a chance for everyone to get creative, make an owl and share their hopes, dreams and expectations for the future of Leeds. All [...]
16 May | Mental Health Awareness Week Marketplace Event
VCSE Mental Health Services showcase at Leeds Kirkgate Marketplace Where: Leeds Kirkgate Market When: Thursday 16 May, 10am - 4pm This is a public event to help connect people with VCSE / third sector organisations [...]
Free Suicide Prevention Training with PAPYRUS
Leading suicide prevention charity, PAPYRUS, has been commissioned to deliver suicide prevention training to those working across West Yorkshire. Who is eligible for the training? The training is available for: Those working with children and [...]
Surviving Crisis: Learning from lived experience podcast
The lived experience volunteers on Leeds Mind’s Suicide Prevention Co-production project have created a podcast series with the aim of supporting staff who work with people in mental health crisis. The series – ‘Surviving Crisis: [...]
Cultural Competence and Mental Health Inequalities training, and Mental Health First Aid (MHFA)
This free two and a half day training course is open to all frontline workers and volunteers in the VCSE health and care third sector. Attendees will be able to: Recognise and respond to the [...]
New support available for people working in health and care organisations
There is a new Welfare Officer at Defence Medical Welfare Service (DMWS) who is offering help to any staff members of the Leeds health and care sector who may need support during stressful and uncertain [...]
Upcoming Battle Scars Services
Battle Scars Training For Professionals wherever you are in the UK. Battle Scars offers training on self-harm or eating disorders, virtual or face-to-face, 1-day workshops or 2-hour Q&A sessions, individual or private group bookings. Thursday [...]
Living Potential Community Garden
Living Potential, based near Wetherby, is setting up a Community Garden to support volunteers. They are open to referrals for adults experiencing low confidence, anxiety, depression or social isolation to volunteer and receive informal support [...]
Synergi-Leeds awarded Mental Health Innovation of the Year
Forum Central is enormously proud to be part of the Synergi-Leeds partnership. We'd like to congratulate everyone in the team and beyond who have worked so hard - it's a fantastic achievement. We look forward [...]
IDODP Marketplace event is almost here!
That's right, the Leeds For All International Day of Disabled People event is approaching fast - we hope you're as excited as we are. With only a week left to go, we wanted to update [...]
Transforming Mental Health Grants Now Live
The City-Wide and Local Responses Transforming Mental Health Grants are now live! The deadline to apply for the grants is Friday 8 December at 12 noon and decisions on applications will be made in February [...]
Women’s Health Matters Domestic Violence Training
Domestic Violence and Abuse: Learning from Lived Experience and Practitioners (In-person) This course has been co-produced and is co-delivered with victims/survivors of Domestic Violence and Abuse (DVA) by Women's Health Matters Leeds. About the course It offers [...]
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 [...]
Living with Lived Experience Film Project
West Yorkshire Health & Care Partnership, Forum Central, University of Leeds and different VCSE organisations from across West Yorkshire have contributed to a film project which highlights the different people with lived experience of mental [...]