Touchstone newsletter November 2015
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Touchstone and West Yorkshire Sport to deliver Kirklees’ social prescribing service
We are delighted to announce that from Spring 2016, Touchstone will be delivering Kirklees’ social prescribing service; Better In Kirklees. Working with our partner West Yorkshire Sport, we will be supporting people with long term health conditions or social care needs to get involved in the broad range of different community activities that Kirklees has to offer. This will help people maintain and improve their health and wellbeing, and prevent
Annual Celebration – 3rd December
Touchstone's Annual Celebration will be held on Thursday 3rd December at Leeds Bangladeshi Centre, Roundhay Road, LS8 5AN. The Celebration is an opportunity to review our progress over the last year and to find out about our future plans. The theme of this year's meeting will be "Peer Leadership and Lived Experience".
Touchstone Leadership Masterclass: Iby Knill telling her story: "The Woman Without a Number"
When: Tuesday, 17th November 2015 Where: Tiger 11 Hillside, Beeston Road, LS11 8ND Time: 12 – 2pm. Lunch will be provided. RSVP: office@touchstonesupport.org.uk While growing up in Czechoslovakia during the 1920s and 30s, Iby Knill was not aware that she and her fully-assimilated family were Jews, and did not even know what it meant to be Jewish. But its significance became all too apparent when Nazi racial laws were imposed, leading
Sikh Elders Service Celebrate International Day of Older Persons with Therapies, Art and Food
To celebrate the International Day of Older Persons, Sikh Elders Service came together with Cathy (a massage therapist working on the Positive Care Programme) and East St. Arts to provide some of their most frail and elderly service users with a few hours of relaxation and creative enjoyment. The celebration took the place of the Cha Da Cup tea and chat social group on a Thursday morning, where service users
Latest news from the Sikh Elders Service
Below, you can find a link to the latest newsletter from the Sikh Elders Service. You'll be able to read about: Bhoole Bisre Yaadein project - a monthly music evening, The Chaplaincy Service at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Weekly drop-in and arts activities, SADEE SMILE (South Asian Diabetes Education Empowerment and Self Management in Leeds), Raat Di Roti - a project to combat isolation and encourage community connection, and much
National Inclusion Week launches in Leeds
National Inclusion Week is an annual campaign to raise awareness of the importance of inclusion in the workplace and the business benefits of having an inclusive workforce. The National launch event for the week will be at the Civic Hall in Leeds on Monday 21st September. You can book your place online.
NHS Announces ‘Social Prescribing’ Service to Improve Local Health
Touchstone's Jim Leyland with other partners in the project. Individuals in South and East Leeds are to benefit from a new NHS ‘social prescribing’ service to act as a single point of access to a wide range of community groups and activities in an easy, accessible way, which aims to reduce social isolation and improve health and wellbeing. NHS Leeds South and East Clinical Commissioning Group, which is
‘Sleeping with Simon’
This year Team Touchstone will be spending one whole night sleeping out on the streets of Leeds to raise money for the charity ‘Simon on the Streets’ as well as awareness of the issues of homelessness, mental health, and the vulnerable members of our community who are falling victim to the ongoing housing crisis in the UK. Who Are Simon On The Streets? ‘Simon on the Streets’ are a fantastic
Leadership Masterclass 5 – Dr Satwant K Rait
Continuing our series of Leadership Masterclasses, which has already included sessions led by Touchstone staff and by guests from other organisations, Touchstone trustee Dr Satwant K Rait will be talking at the Hamara Centre, Beeston on Tuesday 15th September. Satwant will talk about "A History of Migration:-Overcoming Barriers". Come and hear about her experiences, successes, and challenges. When: Tuesday 15th September 2015 Where: Hamara HLC, Tempest Road, LS11 6RD Time: 12 – 2pm.