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World Asthma Day Blog

6th May 2021|Categories: Blog|

I was first diagnosed with asthma at the age of 15 - some 40 odd years ago - after a childhood dogged by chest infections, breathing problems and the horrible syrup alupent (which still makes me feel sick today). Asthma is a condition in which the airways (the tubes that

Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week 2021

5th May 2021|Categories: Blog, Families|

When is Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week? Monday 3rd – Sunday 9th May 2021. What are Perinatal Mental health problems? A 'perinatal' mental health problem is one that you experience any time from becoming pregnant up to a year after you give birth. Having a baby is a big life

How Touchstone are improving mental health through remote work

30th April 2021|Categories: News|

In the latest in our series of interviews with charity leaders blazing a trail with digital  during the pandemic, we spoke to  Alison Lowe, CEO of mental health and wellbeing charity Touchstone, about how she’s led a radical change in how her charity works and improved wellbeing as a result. 

Voices Against Stigma Campaign

28th April 2021|Categories: Anti Stigma Leeds, News|

Mental health problems are common. They affect thousands of people in the UK, and their friends, families, work colleagues, and society in general. The Anti Stigma Leeds Champions came together with Producer/Script Reader/Script Editor Thea Burrows to create the video campaign Voices Against Stigma. Below they told their stories: https://youtu.be/Jy654qTrThs   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIeZNKVw7D0  

#BAMEOver

20th April 2021|Categories: News|

Following Inc Arts UK statement on the use of the term BAME, Touchstone has surveyed all our staff on the terminology Touchstone should be using to describe people who are not “White British”.  Please see below the outcome of that consultation and our statement on the terminology Touchstone will use

Healthy Ramadan Cookery Book by Ellen Rabia & Lena Meryem

14th April 2021|Categories: Blog|

Asalamu Alaikum everyone. I’ve compiled a few recipes and ideas for Ramadan to raise awareness about eating dishes that are healthy, ethical, wholesome, vegetarian, very tasty and also that can be made from seasonal and local sources with an added benefit of zero waste. It’s often thought that vegetarian food