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Launch of Remembering What’s Forgotten Digital Exhibition

February 12th marked the launch of the brilliant Remembering What’s Forgotten’s digital exhibition! The exhibition, co-ordinated by Synergi-Leeds and Words of Colour, captures inspiring narratives of 60 people, as a creative response to 50 years of mental health and racial inequalities in Leeds. The aim of the exhibition is to champion unheard community and lived experience narratives to tackle the overrepresentation of Black and South Asian men detained under

2025-02-13T16:39:33+00:0013th February 2025|Blog|

My Journey from Service User to Peer Support Worker

The value of lived experience and peer support is integral to all of our work at Touchstone. Martin, a former Service User at Touchstone, has kindly shared his journey to becoming a Peer Support Worker at Touchstone below... Where to begin with this rollercoaster (in a positive way) of a journey through Touchstone? So here goes! I came through the service in 2022 with CST (Community Support Team) after

2025-01-28T10:21:32+00:0027th January 2025|Blog, Peer Support|

Launch of 21st Century Man Report and Street Art in Leeds

Men's Health Unlocked network are excited to announce the publication of their report, 21st Century Man: A Study into Modern Masculinity, and their launch of complementary mural and street art across Leeds. This report and artwork, including a mural by Burley Bansky and five other street art pieces, are a result of the network's consultation with over 700 men in Leeds on the subject of masculinity in the 21st

2025-09-30T10:20:11+01:0012th January 2024|Blog, Men's Health|