Annual Celebration – 3rd December
Touchstone's Annual Celebration will be held on Thursday 3rd December at Leeds Bangladeshi Centre, Roundhay Road, LS8 5AN. The Celebration is an opportunity to review our progress over the last year and to find out about our future plans. The theme of this year's meeting will be "Peer Leadership and Lived Experience".
World Statistic Day – Ethnicity Recording
In the Community Development Service here at Touchstone we aim to achieve a greater understanding and ownership of mental health issues facing Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) communities in Leeds. For World Statistics Day on 20th October, John Halsall, Community Health Development Analyst, has written the first in a series of data
Touchstone Leadership Masterclass: Iby Knill telling her story: "The Woman Without a Number"
When: Tuesday, 17th November 2015 Where: Tiger 11 Hillside, Beeston Road, LS11 8ND Time: 12 – 2pm. Lunch will be provided. RSVP: office@touchstonesupport.org.uk While growing up in Czechoslovakia during the 1920s and 30s, Iby Knill was not aware that she and her fully-assimilated family were Jews, and did not even know
Sikh Elders Service Celebrate International Day of Older Persons with Therapies, Art and Food
To celebrate the International Day of Older Persons, Sikh Elders Service came together with Cathy (a massage therapist working on the Positive Care Programme) and East St. Arts to provide some of their most frail and elderly service users with a few hours of relaxation and creative enjoyment. The celebration
Coming Out
“I'm going to talk to you tonight about coming out of the closet, and not in the traditional sense, not just the gay closet. I think we all have closets. Your closet may be telling someone you love her for the first time, or telling someone that you're pregnant, or
Black History Month – a LGBT perspective
As a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Touchstone is committed to improving the lives of LGBT people both in the workplace and wider community. Which is why we want to pass on these practical tips about how best to celebrate Black History Month from Stonewall’s Josh Willacy. Black History Month has been celebrated