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Evaluation of Recruitment and Inclusion Project with West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership

24th September 2024|Categories: Blog, Recruitment and Inclusion|

Since 2022, Touchstone have been working with the West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership (WYHCP) to lead a Recruitment and Inclusion Project. This project aims to improve the inclusivity of recruitment and retention processes in three West Yorkshire NHS Mental Health Trusts. As the project comes to an end

World Suicide Prevention Day 2024

21st August 2024|Categories: Blog, World Suicide Prevention Day|

The theme for this year’s World Suicide Prevention Day on Tuesday 10th September is “Changing the Narrative”. 1 in 5 of us will have thoughts about suicide in our lifetime and 15 people sadly pass away by suicide every day in the UK. Each death has a huge impact on our

Touchstone’s Statement On Far-Right Violence in the UK

8th August 2024|Categories: Blog, News|

The racist and Islamophobic violence we are seeing up and down the country is horrifying. As the streets of our neighbourhoods and community spaces, our libraries and advice centres, are threatened and targeted, the places we call home have been made unsafe for many in our communities. In particular,

What Being a Service User Consultant Means to Me

29th July 2024|Categories: Blog|

In this blog, one of our Touchstone Service User Consultants shares what his role at Touchstone means to him... I’m speaking from the heart in talking about what it means to me to be a Service User (SU) consultant at Touchstone. As having lived experience of Mental Health (MH)

Being You Leeds Win Award for Public Mental Health

29th May 2024|Categories: Awards, Blog|

Being You Leeds, via their funders in the Public Mental Health team in Leeds City Council, has been awarded the Faculty of Public Health’s Sarah Stewart Brown Award for Public Mental Health for 2024. Being You Leeds were recognised for their citywide work to develop the service. This award