Those of us who work in the voluntary sector or in government-funded services, are often painfully aware of the effects of ongoing budget cuts. We see the effect they have in the lives of the people who use our services and also the effect they have on the level of service we're able to offer. Tom Riordan, Chief Executive at Leeds City Council, has the unenviable task of overseeing how
21 MAY 2015 10.30AM—2.30PM at Leeds Irish Centre, York Road As part of Dementia Awareness Week Leeds Irish Health and Homes and Touchstone are holding an information event for people across the city. Join us at this FREE Information event Hear from Dr Oliver J Corrado, Consultant Physician, Leeds Teaching Hospitals', 'Dementia Champion' and CoClinical Lead for Yorks and Humber SCN for Dementia Find out more about groups supporting people with
After two staff members blazed the way last year, with their tandem cycle ride to all of Touchstone's office, this year lots of Touchstone staff and volunteers got in on the act, participating in a 13.3 mile themed relay from the centre of Dewsbury to Chapeltown in Leeds. Stages included silly walks, super hero costumes, egg'n'spoon and pram pushing. While it was a chance for our hard working staff to do something different and fun
Images from the 2014 BME Dementia Conference Today more than 800,000 people are living with dementia. By 2021, it's expected to rise to more than a million. More people than ever are now getting access to a diagnosis, are being given the right information to help them cope, and are receiving real person-centred care. But there are thousands of people living with dementia every day who are not
Touchstone's Chief Executive Alison Lowe outlines the impact of new legislation on carers and the services provided for them. Last year the Department of Health injected an additional £4 million in funding to enable councils to train their staff in readiness for the implementation of the Care Act from 1 April 2015. Funds were primarily earmarked to ensure staff were properly trained for when the new Act came into force, bringing into
Negative self-talk is this holding women back in business? Wednesday at noon Building on her success last year as Not for Profit Businesswoman of the Year in the Forward Ladies Women in Business Awards, our Chief Executive Alison is hosting a twitter chat with @ForwardLadies on Wednesday 1 April about negative self-talk, is this holding women back in business? The twitter chat will use the hashtag #WinnersTalk from the @ForwardLadies twitter platform. Are you a
Everyone can be a leader, helping to drive positive change at work, in our lives and in our communities. As part of our commitment to develop all our staff's leadership potential, Touchstone is organising a series of Leadership Masterclasses. We're very pleased to announce that Ruth Hunt, CEO of Stonewall, will be addressing staff during the session on Tuesday 19th May. Other organisations in Leeds that are hoping to become
It feels as though it’s been a long time coming, in fact as long as I have been with Touchstone, but finally in February, we received the news that Touchstone will continue to deliver the Sikh Elders Service to the community. All of us are incredibly excited about this. A huge sigh of relief from the whole team (we didn’t really ever doubt it) very quickly followed by the SES
Oluwale Partnership Symposium David Oluwale Memorial Assocn and partners Friday, 17 April 2015 from 09:30 to 16:30 (BST) Leeds , United Kingdom Do you work with people in Leeds who are marginalised and excluded because of their homelessness, mental ill-health, destitution, alcohol problems? Or pushed aside because they are seeking asylum, been in prison, criminalised, or because they are people of colour? Or maybe you had these experinces yourself? David
We are very excited to announce that Touchstone was ranked 19th in this year’s Stonewall Top 100 Employers Equality Index - The Definitive Guide to the Best Places to Work for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Staff! We’ve gone up 72 places in just a year! The presentation of the award took place yesterday on 14 January at a lavish venue. Stonewall’s CEO Ruth Hunt was the one to deliver the