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October 19th is Wear Red Day: We Want to Show Racism the Red Card!

19th October 2018|Categories: Black History Month, Blog, Equality and Diversity|

Wear Red Day: October 19th Show Racism the Red Card is holding its annual 'Wear Red Day' on October 19th. Show Racism the Red Card is an anti-racism educational charity and you can find out more about the work they do here: http://www.theredcard.org/about/Richard GarlandSally PoyserGeraldine Montgomerie-GreenwoodSimone Stephenson-BellwoodRuqayyah GhaniLouise AaronStephen

World Mental Health Day

10th October 2018|Categories: Blog, Mental Health Awareness Week|

October 10th is World Mental Health Day. Here are 5 top tips for maintaining good mental health from Touchstone IAPT: Create a protected space in the week to be spontaneous. Be kind to yourself no matter how you think you have done that day. Don't put off doing the things

Guides to life in Leeds for migrants and asylum seekers

5th October 2018|Categories: News|

Where do you go if you move to Leeds from another country, and need support with housing, money, finding work or your health? If you’ve fled your home country, who can support your first steps as a refugee? Two new websites have been launched in Leeds to help answer these

My 'personal' Black History By Simone S Bellwood

4th October 2018|Categories: Blog|

Old approach I don't know about you, but where I went to school there was very little taught about Black History other than slavery. Forgive me, but as a black female born to parents from the Caribbean, I know I am a descendant from slaves. The world does not let us forget.  Those

Black History Month

3rd October 2018|Categories: Black History Month, Blog|

Pat Regan When I think about black history my thoughts usually look to the American Civil Rights movement and as my daughter has started school I see her studying the same heroic American figures, like Rosa Parks, that would also come into my mind... but Black History Month is not

Touchstone Honoured at UK’s Largest Diversity Awards

25th September 2018|Categories: Diversity, Equality and Diversity, News|

Touchstone - a Yorkshire based mental health and wellbeing charity - is celebrating winning the National Diversity Awards in the Diverse Company category at a star-studded night at the breathtaking Liverpool Anglican Cathedral. The awards were held on 14th September and saw individuals and organisations from across the UK crowned