#BAMEOver – A Statement for the UK
Touchstone is aware of the current conversations about the use of the term BAME and other terminology that serves to "other" Black communities and people of South East Asian heritage. We are grateful for the invaluable work of Inc Arts and are pleased to share the outcome of their #BAMEOver
Shafa – an invaluable resource available to the probation service
Shafa provides a personal touch and a common language to help South Asian offenders to break the offending cycle. With a high rate of compliance and completion, Shafa is an invaluable resource available to the probation service. Touchstone’s Shafa project works with people of South Asian origin, who have been
Employment success – a story of a second chance through ETE support
Second chances don’t come along very often, especially if you are stigmatised by an offending history. Sometimes you need to believe in yourself before you can expect an employer to believe in you. Touchstone’s West Yorkshire Finding Independence (WYFI) project had been working with people who experience multiple and complex
What the numbers tell us about our service users at Touchstone
In 2019/20 a total of 9657 service users were supported by Touchstone services with a total of 8374 services users referred into services. On any given day Touchstone has about 4,000 (3963 on 31st March 2020) active/live service users. Gender: Slightly more men were supported than women during
Leeds Coproduction Conference 2020 pre-recorded webinars
Click on the links below to see the pre-recorded presentations. WEST YORKSHIRE FINDING INDEPENDENCE (WY-FI) – ROAD 2 RECOVERY EXHIBITION A co-produced arts exhibition about experiences of homelessness, addiction, reoffending and mental health. Presented by: West Yorkshire Finding Independence https://www.flickr.com/photos/187738946@N07/albums COPRODUCTION IN COMPLEX REHABILITATION A short presentation on the
Anti-Stigma Leeds – The Fight Against Mental Health Stigma in Leeds
Mental health problems are common. They affect thousands of people in the UK, and their friends, families, work colleagues, and society in general. In Leeds around 106,000 people experience a common mental health problem, such as anxiety or depression (Leeds in Mind, 2017). Local hospital admissions for self-harm have been increasing for young