Oluwale Partnership Symposium – 17th April
Oluwale Partnership Symposium David Oluwale Memorial Assocn and partners Friday, 17 April 2015 from 09:30 to 16:30 (BST) Leeds , United Kingdom Do you work with people in Leeds who are marginalised and excluded because of their homelessness, mental ill-health, destitution, alcohol problems? Or pushed aside because they are
Keeping the Memory Alive
Tuesday 27th January 2015 marked the 70th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz. The liberation of the camp has become a date in the calendars of many communities at which we stop and reflect about the death, destruction and inhumanity in our recent past. For Julia
Touchstone in Top Twenty on Stonewall’s Workplace Equality Index, Touchstone’s CEO Alison Lowe named Senior Champion of the Year
We are very excited to announce that Touchstone was ranked 19th in this year’s Stonewall Top 100 Employers Equality Index - The Definitive Guide to the Best Places to Work for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Staff! We’ve gone up 72 places in just a year! The presentation of the award
Reactive depression – taking back control
Touchstone’s Community Support Team (CST) works with people with severe and enduring mental health problems – many of whom have not been able to access support from other services. Using an assertive outreach approach, they meet with clients, helping them to recognise their own strengths and to use those strengths to set and achieve
"Understanding equality means we are better at what we do"
As Touchstone found out that we had risen to number 19 in Stonewall''s Top 100 employers (having entered the list at number 91 a year ago), it was also announced that CEO Alison Lowe had been named as Stonewall's Senior Champion 2015 - recognising the role she's played in promoting LGBT
Touchstone Service Users Christmas Party
Touchstone is passionate about involving service users in all aspects of service delivery and planning. We work together and we celebrate together. Roderic Morgan (Service User Consultant) reflects on the annual service user party in December last year. The Touchstone Christmas Party for 2014 was held at the Sheepscar