Being black in a white family – Touchstone and Leeds Mind Black History Month Podcast
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzLe5a8iTkc&t=6s
Anti Racism Lending Library
Black History Month has sparked some great conversations about racism and white privilege during October. Some people have moved from conversation to action. Touchstone set up it’s own anti-racism library for staff as part of our BLM commitments, if you would like to support Danni’s campaign to set one up for people to borrow from in Leeds, here is the fundraising page - https://gf.me/u/y2av3x
Nicole’s Black History Month Vlog
For the last few months as part of the Black Lives Matter movement we have been having a lot of conversations, discussions and meetings about what this means to us as individuals and practitioners. Nicole Connor, Touchstone staff: “A few years ago I started my own journey of understanding and reflection on racism and white privilege. In the last few months amidst the murder of George Floyd and the resurgence
How to cook Ackee and Saltfish with Mabel Stephenson for Black History Month
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sdum5Gzmu98 Simone’s mum, Mabel Stephenson guides us through a cooking tutorial of Ackee and Saltfish, one of that national dishes of Jamaica. Since the pandemic Mabel has been using her love of cooking Caribbean food to bring something new to her local community and once a month does a ‘Cook up’ for neighbours on a nearby residential street. This monthly event has bought these neighbours closer together and has given
Dyslexia Awareness Month Blog
Dyslexia Week is an annual event to raise awareness of dyslexia. Please follow the link below to read an article by Tony Lawson who works for the Ask 4 Advocacy service. Dyslexia - Notes and powerpoints
Touchstone and Leeds Mind Black History Month Podcast #BlackHistoryMonth
To celebrate BHM, Leeds Mind and Touchstone staff met to talk about their own experiences of being Black, the impact of BLM and their hopes for a better world – and the music is brilliant too! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hacRa_WmCUk&feature=youtu.be
A Story of Leeds Interracial Love in the 60s – as told by Alison and Kay #BlackHistoryMonth
For Black History Month, our CEO and her mum talked about interracial marriage, love, family and Leeds on BBC Radio Leeds. Follow the link to listen - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p08v12ng
#BlackHistoryMonth Blog by Paul Parker
My name Is Paul Parker, I’m a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy therapist with Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service, Touchstone. This is the first occasion that I have contributed towards Black History month. In previous years, I have dipped in and out of events as an observer but I haven’t known much about where the movement came from. I remember one year, as a family we enjoyed an African heritage based fashion show
The Well-Bean Crisis Cafe World Mental Health Day 2020 Blog
THE WELL-BEAN CRISIS CAFÉ – HOPE IN A CRISIS LEEDS BLOG: OCTOBER 2020 – WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY 10TH OCTOBER 2020 – (Written by Matthew Hall – LSLCS Crisis Support Worker at WBC) Saturday 10/10/20 marks World Mental Health Day, with the theme of the event this year being ‘mental health for all’ – and here at the Well Bean Café – we feel everyone should be able to
Why music is important to me by Martin for World Mental Health Day 2020
The reason behind why I feel music is important is I see it as a massive lifesaver throughout the ups and downs of my life and a major beneficial factor towards helping me to remain focused and overcome the battles I have faced. The other big reason for why I feel music is vital to me is that I feel if I’m having a ‘off day‘ whether that be due