Blogs

2023-02-01T14:37:28+00:001st February 2023|Categories: Blog, Refuge and Asylum, Service News, Yorkshire|

As the Connecting Opportunities project comes to an end, the team have collated case studies of project participants to share. One of these case studies is Toya's journey with Connecting Opportunities. Read on to find out more. Getting started When Toya first joined the Connecting Opportunities project in May

Insight Report: Bereavement And Loss During The Pandemic And Beyond

2023-02-17T10:34:50+00:001st February 2023|Categories: Blog, Grief, Mental Health|

In 2021 and 2022, Mentally Healthy Leeds carried out community research into bereavement and loss during the pandemic. The below insight report is the outcome of this research. To gather these insights, Touchstone worked with local organisations, including HOPE Bereavement Services and Leeds Bereavement Forum, to understand how the

Q&A with our new Recruitment and Inclusion team

2023-01-18T15:24:50+00:0018th January 2023|Categories: Blog, Diversity, Equality and Diversity, Recruitment and Inclusion|

Our Recruitment and Inclusion Team have been working with three NHS trusts in Yorkshire to improve their workforce diversity and inclusion. Below, the team have completed a Q&A on their project to explain how you can get involved and get support... Names: Ruth Armitage (they/them) - Recruitment Inclusion Officer

Winter Wellbeing Booklets

2022-12-22T15:05:49+00:0022nd December 2022|Categories: Blog, Crisis support, Mental Health|

We know Winter can be a challenging time for many of us. If you need support over the festive break, there are places that can help. Our Winter Wellbeing booklets for the different areas we work in can be found below. They contain information about mental health support, domestic

Personal Experience of Using Clare’s Law

2022-12-05T11:37:40+00:003rd December 2022|Categories: 16 Days of Action, Blog, Domestic Violence|

4 years ago, if someone had told me I was going to be in a relationship with an abusive man and that I would have to use something like Clare’s Law, I would have told them there was no chance. I would have gone on about how I was

Current Picture and Statistics of Domestic Abuse and Violence in the UK

2022-11-25T12:22:46+00:0027th November 2022|Categories: 16 Days of Action, Blog, Domestic Violence|

This 16 Days of Action to End Gender-Based Violence, Touchstone are raising awareness of domestic violence and abuse. The below figures show both the extent of domestic violence and abuse in the UK and the importance of raising awareness of this issue during this campaign. These figures may be