Blogs2020-04-20T15:36:31+01:00

'A Strong Social Conscience' – Best in Class

27th March 2017|Categories: Blog, Equality and Diversity|

Arfan Hanif, Quality and Performance Director, on the importance of social conscience in our work and outlook. You may already know that Touchstone came 8th overall (including a Special Award for 'Developing Potential) in the 2017 'Best Companies - 100 Best Not-For-Profit organisations to work for' list. An incredible achievement

The Art of Collaboration

17th March 2017|Categories: Blog, Partnership|

Touchstone Operations Director Arfan Hanif reflects on the value of collaboration and how to do it well. Increasingly everything we do at Touchstone is done in collaboration, whether between colleagues in the same office or with those who work for a number of our diverse partner organisations. If I did

Positive Care Programme – making a difference

28th February 2017|Categories: Blog, Data and Statistics, Partnership|

The Positive Care Programme first ran in 2004 – providing support and learning for people with long term health conditions. The Programme introduces people to activities and therapies that can become part of their daily toolkit for living life and managing their condition. Since the programme is aimed specifically at

A Journey in Coproduction (Part 1)

23rd February 2017|Categories: Blog, Coproduction, News, Partnership, Volunteering|

Touchstone Business Development Team A Journey in Coproduction (Part 1) Working Together for Equality Resource Pack A few weeks ago I attended ‘News For You’ – Touchstone’s Service User Forum. A room filled with around 20 service users, each an expert in their own right, it was wonderful,

Nicola Adams – boxing champion

22nd February 2017|Categories: Blog, LGBT History Month|

As part of LGBT History Month, Touchstone is profiling a famous LGBT person a week on our website . This week, we are celebrating the boxer, Leeds loiner and bisexual woman, Nicola Adams.   Nicola Adams, MBE (born 26 October 1982) is a British boxer and the first woman to

LGBT History Month – Chelsea Manning

10th February 2017|Categories: Blog, Equality and Diversity, LGBT History Month, LGBT*|

Chelsea Elizabeth Manning is a Trans woman and a former United States Army soldier. Born Bradley Edward Manning on December 17 1987, Chelsea was convicted by court-martial on July 2013 of violations of the Espionage Act, after disclosing nearly three-quarters of a million classified or unclassified military and diplomatic documents