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Raising Awareness of Non-Visible Disabilities

1st August 2022|Categories: Blog, Disability Pride Month|

July was Disability Pride Month. As July comes to an end and we enter August, some of Touchstone's staff and volunteers have shared their personal thoughts and experiences to raise awareness around non-visible disabilities and how others can offer better support. Before reading on, please note the following on the

Love Parks Week: The Role of Parks in Mental Health Peer Support for Parents

28th July 2022|Categories: Blog, Love Parks Week, Mental Health, parent mental health|

This Love Parks Week 2022, the Coordinator of our Perinatal Mental Health Peer Supporter Alliance, Clare, has shared her thoughts on the importance of parks to parents' mental health. She has also co-ordinated some key info of park-based projects parents can get involved with across West Yorkshire: My daughter

Getting Involved in Coproduction Work with Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service

7th July 2022|Categories: Blog, Coproduction, Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service, LGBT*, Mental Health|

Beth Stepan, the current Coproduction Coordinator at Leeds Mental Wellbeing Service (LMWS) has written the following blog on how you can get involved in coproduction at LMWS:  The image explains what National Coproduction Week, the benefits of Coproduction and the opportunities to get involved, which is also written in text

Mental Health Awareness Week 9th – 15th May 2022

13th May 2022|Categories: Blog, Mental Health Awareness Week|

Produced by Katie Toulmin - Peer Support & Volunteer Development Worker Hi All, Following in the footsteps of our SLT team, I wanted to share my reflections around the topic of loneliness, particularly whilst living with persistent/chronic pain. (4) Mental Health Awareness Week - Chronic Pain and Loneliness - YouTube