5 Tips to Help Manage Stress
Wedenesday 5th November is National Stress Awareness Day. Sally from Touchstone's IAPT service offers some advice for coping with everyday stress. Stress affects everybody, but high levels of stress can affect our ability to cope with the demands that come up in life. So, it’s important that we try
Celebrate volunteering at our Annual General Meeting – Thursday 4th December 2014
This year's AGM takes place in Leeds at the West Indian Centre on Laycock Place, LS7 3JA. The theme will be benefits of volunteering - and to reflect that theme we will have presentations by Natasha from Voluntary Action Leeds and Justin from the National Council for Voluntary Organisations.
Touchstone chief up for award
Touchstone's chief executive Alison Lowe is one of a group of inspirational women from Yorkshire and the North East who have been shortlisted for the Women in Business Awards organised by Forward Ladies - a support organisation for women in business. Alison has been nominated in the Not For Profit
BME Dementia Awareness Conference in Leeds – Monday 24th November
Touchstone, which has just received "working to become Dementia Friendly" status from Leeds Dementia Action Alliance, is organising a Black and Minority Ethnic Dementia Awareness Conference at Leeds Civic Hall on Monday 24th November 2014. The conference will look at raising Dementia awareness, exploring solutions, breaking myths and taboos and
Touchstone goes for Gold – and gets it
Touchstone is delighted to announce we are an Investors in People Gold organisation. During a rigorous assessment of our policies, strategies, training and development over 4 days in October, IiP found that Touchstone had evidence to support every indicator of excellence at the gold standard and that we had
Touchstone Kirklees Mental Health Advocacy and Peer Brokerage Service Annual Report 2013-2014
The latest annual report from the Kirklees Mental Health Advocacy and Peer Brokerage services is available below. The report was written and compiled by Jane Mackay, the service manager. The Advocacy Service works with people who are experiencing mental health difficulties to speak up for themselves. Our team of