Mental Health Archives

Maternal Mental Health Month and Perinatal Mental Health Support at Touchstone

May is Maternal Mental Health Month. This month promotes the importance of mental health support for all mothers and particularly raises awareness of mental health problems experienced before, during and after pregnancy (the perinatal period). Touchstone provides a range of specialist mental health support for people in the perinatal period. This month, we want to spotlight the forms of support we offer. Perinatal Support at Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service

2025-05-27T11:25:48+01:0027th May 2025|Blog, Mental Health, parent mental health, perinatal mental health|

National Walking Month

This month is National Walking Month! Walking can be a great way to boost our mental health and connect with other people in our communities. To celebrate this month and shout about the amazing power of walking, we are a shining a spotlight on our Active Travel Project, which runs friendly, accessible walking groups across Leeds and Yorkshire. If you would like to get walking, read on to learn

2025-05-20T14:41:15+01:0020th May 2025|Blog, Mental Health, Walking|

Touchstone and Forum Central’s Mental Health Awareness Week Marketplace

On Friday 16th May, during Mental Health Awareness Week, over 35 charities and community groups from across Leeds came together for a marketplace event all about mental health and wellbeing support. Hosted by voluntary sector organisations Touchstone and Forum Central, the event focused on spotlighting organisations and smaller community groups that support marginalised and culturally diverse communities. To mark this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week theme ‘community’, the marketplace provided

2025-05-20T09:08:16+01:0019th May 2025|Events, Mental Health, Mental Health Awareness Week|

Winter Wellbeing Booklets 2024

Winter can be a challenging time for many of us. If you need support over the festive break, there are places that can help. Touchstone have put together Winter Wellbeing booklets for Leeds, Wakefield and Kirklees. They contain information about mental health support, domestic violence and abuse support, other key support, free community meals, food, housing, and energy support, and more. Please click on the links below to

2024-12-12T13:18:31+00:0012th December 2024|Blog, Christmas, Crisis support, Mental Health, Winter|

CREST Service Win National Positive Practice in Mental Health Award 2024

Touchstone are delighted to announce that our Community Rehabilitation Enhanced Support Team (CREST) have been awarded a National Positive Practice in Mental Health Award! They were recognized for their coproduction work in Rehabilitation and Recovery services. The team proudly work in partnership with NHS colleagues. Coproduction is a vital value at Touchstone – without it, no service can truly be responsive to the needs of the communities it serves.

2024-05-29T14:57:49+01:0024th May 2024|Blog, Coproduction, Mental Health|

Launch of Here For You: Out of Hours Support in a Safe Space

On February 1st, Touchstone brought together our Safe Space and Well-Bean Crisis Cafes across West Yorkshire with one new name and updated look: Here For You, an out-of-hours service, offering face-to-face support for any of us who are feeling down or struggling to cope with our thoughts. Since first opening for 2 nights a week from Lincoln Green Community Centre in 2016, the Well-Bean Crisis Café service has grown

2024-02-05T11:33:29+00:005th February 2024|Blog, Crisis support, Mental Health, Suicide Prevention|

Parent Mental Health Day

The period of planning, expecting, or caring for a new baby is often seen as one of happiness and excitement. In reality, many people can experience a range of mental health issues during this time, from anxiety and depression to PTSD and psychosis. On Parent Mental Health Day, our LMWS team have written the below blog to raise awareness of mental health challenges often experienced during the perinatal period

2024-01-26T09:46:36+00:0026th January 2024|Blog, Mental Health, parent mental health|

Blue Monday 2024

We know that Blue Monday is a controversial date. But we know that January, and Winter, can be a particularly hard time for many. So today, we've put together a video of our lovely colleagues sharing some of the inspirational quote and ideas that get them through the darker days. Watch our video below for inspiration - we hope it brightens up your Monday just a little...

2024-01-15T16:09:55+00:0015th January 2024|Blog, Mental Health|

Winter Wellbeing Booklets 2023

Winter can be a challenging time for many of us. If you need support over the festive break, there are places that can help. Touchstone have put together Winter Wellbeing booklets for the different areas we work in. They contain information about mental health support, domestic violence and abuse support, other key support, free community meals, food and energy support, and more. Please click on the links below

2023-12-22T11:05:46+00:0012th December 2023|Blog, Christmas, Crisis support, Mental Health, Winter|

Launch of Being You Leeds

On Friday 7th July, third sector organisations will launch Being You Leeds, a new partnership to support people in Leeds to connect with others and stay well for longer. Being You Leeds will support Leeds residents, aged 16+, through three key ways: Running fun and welcoming wellbeing groups and activities, 7 days a week, including evenings and weekends, with activities chosen by group members. Providing training and awareness-raising sessions

2023-07-07T09:52:52+01:007th July 2023|Blog, Mental Health|

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