News2020-04-20T15:36:31+01:00

Local men’s network celebrates funding and national award nomination.

2nd February 2022|Categories: Awards, Community, News, Partnership|

A local network supporting men’s health is celebrating this week having been awarded over £300,000 by the National Lottery, as well as being nominated for a national Project of the Year award. Men’s Health Unlocked (MHU), a partnership between four local charitable bodies (Barca-Leeds, Forum Central, the Orion Partnership and

Touchstone turning #BlueMonday to #YouMonday

20th January 2022|Categories: Blog|

The third Monday of January has been awarded the gloomy name 'Blue Monday' due to a combination of post-festive blues and cold dark nights. At Touchstone, we're challenging the title by asking our amazing service users, volunteers and staff what things they do to keep well. Let's turn this Blue

Charity Awards Roundtable: Better by co-design

17th January 2022|Categories: Awards, Community, Coproduction, News, Touchstone Loves Food|

A few months ago, Arfan was involved in a national roundtable discussion hosted by the Civil Society discussing 'Co-Design' and 'Co-Production' and what these terms mean in reality. See below an excerpt from the article: After this year’s Charity Awards, Charity Finance invited a group of charities whose applications highlighted

Say hello to Touchstone’s new Senior Leadership Team!

13th January 2022|Categories: News|

I am delighted to announce that Touchstone have recently appointed 2 new Operations Directors (Dave Pickard and Sophie Hailwood) and Kathryn Hart as Deputy CEO to the Senior Leadership Team.  Kathryn will continue to retain her HR Director role.  After a period of significant change in senior leadership positions including

Touchstone’s former CEO, Alison Lowe, has been awarded an OBE

7th January 2022|Categories: Awards, News|

Alison Lowe, Touchstone’s previous Chief Executive Officer has been awarded an OBE for her services to mental health and wellbeing during the Covid-19 pandemic. Individuals from the worlds of sport, music, social care, the local community and local government are among those who have been awarded a string of honours