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‘It’s Everyone’s Journey’ A New Campaign From the Department for Transport

By |9th April 2024|Health & Care, Inclusion, Learning Disability, MailChimp, News, PSI|

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

By |20th March 2024|Learning Disability, MailChimp, News, PSI|

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 [...]

Share Your Experiences of Home Care Support with Leeds City Council

By |20th February 2024|Communities of Interest, Have your say, Health & Care, Learning Disability, MailChimp, Older People, PSI|

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 [...]

Check out the IDODP Highlights Videos

By |20th February 2024|Featured, Health & Care, Inclusion, Learning Disability, MailChimp, PSI|

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 [...]

Orange Travel Wallets Scheme for West Yorkshire

By |19th December 2023|Health & Care, Inclusion, Learning Disability, MailChimp, News, Older People, PSI|

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 [...]

Safeguarding Adults training for Volunteers

By |4th December 2023|Health & Care, Learning Disability, MailChimp, Older People, PSI, Training|

Leeds City Council have developed a free Safeguarding Adults training course for volunteers across Leeds. This training gives an overview of Safeguarding Adults specifically aimed at volunteers in Leeds. It covers: What safeguarding adults is [...]

Research study into Inflammatory Arthritis

By |1st December 2023|Communities of Interest, Harnessing the Power of Communities, Health & Care, MailChimp, News, Older People, PSI|

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 [...]

30 Nov 2023 International Day of Disabled People Marketplace Event IDODP

By |23rd November 2023|Featured, Learning Disability, MailChimp, PSI|

Transformative, Inclusive, Innovative and Collaborative! Linda Nield, Senior Commissioning Officer at Working Age Adults Commissioning Team: "It was a very bustling event, wasn’t it? Really well attended I was pleased to see!" The International Day [...]

IDODP Marketplace event is almost here!

By |10th November 2023|Communities of Interest, Events, Featured, Learning Disability, MailChimp, Mental Health, PSI|

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 [...]

SEND Survey for ethnically diverse young people

By |8th November 2023|Have your say, Health & Care, Inclusion, Learning Disability, MailChimp, PSI|

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 [...]

Free Safeguarding Adults Training for Volunteers

By |21st September 2023|Health & Care, Learning Disability, MailChimp, Mental Health, PSI, Training|

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

By |7th September 2023|Learning Disability, MailChimp, News, Older People, PSI|

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 [...]

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