Ripal from Touchstone's BME Dementia Service will be giving a presentation on Dementia Within BME Communities at the UK Dementia Congress, to be held in Brighton in 1-3 November: "the largest annual multi-disciplinary dementia-focused event and exhibition in the UK and the best opportunity for professionals to learn from and be inspired by others’ experience, make connections and build bridges towards best practice in their own localities". Key speakers at
We had an amazing turnout for the Co-production conference organised by Touchstone and Leeds Involving People and - appropriately - a great sense of involvement and collaboration. Below, we've collated the responses and photos that many attendees published to Twitter during or after the event. [View the story "Co-Production Conference" on Storify]
We all get stressed. The question is: what do you do about it? It matters because if we don’t release stress, it can turn into something more serious. This year, one in four of us will develop a mental health problem. That is odds of 3 to 1; or about the same as France or Germany winning the Euro 2016 football. In other words, it’s likely to happen sooner or
Forces in Mind Trust and the Local Government Association have commissioned a survey to see how well current and former military service personnel are being supported and how this can be improved. John Shivas from the Armed Forces Covenant Team at the Ministry of Defence says: "… Since the launch of the Armed Forces Covenant we have seen good work all around the country across a range of services in
This Sunday (12th June) a group of young people from West Yorkshire will be travelling to Paris for the first stage of training in the Find Yourself Leadership Programme that has been established by Erasmus+ (the European Union programme for education, training, youth and sport.) In total, 30 young people (aged 18 to 25) from England, France and Sweden will take part in the programme, visiting each other’s countries in
Health and wellbeing charity Touchstone is forging an alliance with community development organisation Sharing Voices Bradford. The two organisations will collaborate to help boost mental health and wellbeing services across West Yorkshire. Alison Lowe, CEO of Leeds-based Touchstone, said: “I am delighted to be working closely with Sharing Voices Bradford, who provided the national template for innovative community development work. “There is great synergy between us in terms of the
ITV News presenter Charlene White took centre stage on 12th May to host the Excellence in Diversity Awards, celebrating inclusive employers and diversity champions. Companies and charities nationwide were honoured at the ceremony at The Queens Hotel in Leeds. Over a thousand nominations had been received showcasing incredible achievements in promoting equality. A panel of judges including Miranda Wayland (ITV), Sharon Pegg (The Co-operative Group) and Andy Woodfield (PwC) gathered earlier this
West Yorkshire Playhouse have just launched a guide for use by other theatres and touring companies on how to adapt shows to be more suitable for audiences who are living with dementia. The guide covers areas such as use of language, making the case for dementia friendly performances, knowing your audience and running creative sessions with audience members. Members of Touchstone's Hamaari Yadein dementia cafe have attended and enjoyed dementia
Progress in overcoming discrimination based on sexual orientation and to ensuring fair treatment for everyone can seem painfully slow at times. So sometimes it's good to celebrate what's been achieved already, as well as looking at the road ahead. 17th May is International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia (known by the slightly quirky acronym IDAHOBIT). The date was chosen to commemorate the date in 1990 on which the World Health
Calderdale BME Health Forum invite you to... A FREE HEALTH AWARENESS EVENT Thursday 26th May 11.30am - 2pm Queens Road Neighbourhood Centre, Queens Rd, Halifax HX1 4NE Do you want to know more about local health issues? Any health topics you would like to find out more about? Come along to the BME Health Forum’s Drop-in Event and talk to a wide range of groups that provide health services in