Annual Report

The Community Development Service (CDS) aims to improve the quality and equity of mental health access, experiences and outcomes for Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities in Leeds. To achieve this, the CDS team continued to actively engage and work co-productively with various statutory, third sector and community and faith-based partners. In 2014–15, our service was focused on delivering six main areas of priorities, some of which are described below:

The latest annual report from the Kirklees Mental Health Advocacy and Peer Brokerage services is available below. The report was written and compiled by Jane Mackay, the service manager. The Advocacy Service works with people who are experiencing mental health difficulties to speak up for themselves. Our team of experienced advocates support people on wards and in the community, empowering them to know their rights, to have a voice

This is the first annual report of the Kirklees Advocacy Service - Touchstone's first service designed and delivered on explicitly co-productive principles. In it you will see how we've attempted to model the core values of co-production through everything we do - and what we have achieved in collaboration with the people we work with. We believe that advocacy is much more than speaking up on behalf of others