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Depression Recovery Class – new dates for September!

6th August 2018|Categories: Blog, CBT, Events|

Learn skills to protect from and overcome depression with a unique Islamic perspective! Our latest Depression Recovery Class is a free 6 week course which starts on Monday 17th September at Leeds Grand Mosque from 5.15-7.15pm. On the course you can learn to: Look after and improve your well-being Understand

International Forgiveness Day: 5th August

5th August 2018|Categories: Blog, CBT|

When I think about forgiveness, I automatically think about it in terms of something you do to someone else. It is an idea that is closely entwined with compassion and kindness and is an active decision to let go of the anger you hold towards someone for something you believe

Interwoven Histories – Animation and poetry workshops with Leeds Irish CHIME Group

25th July 2018|Categories: Art, Blog, Celebrating Age, Dementia, Partnership|

As part of our Celebrating Age ‘Interwoven Histories’ project, Pavilion and Touchstone's BME Dementia Service partnered with Leeds Irish Health and Homes’ CHIME Art Group to deliver a three part workshop focusing on the groups ‘first impressions’ of Leeds when many of them migrated to England from Ireland. Prior to

Oh, we do like to be beside the seaside!

25th July 2018|Categories: Blog, Dementia|

Hamari Yaadain Dementia Café visited Hornsea for a day of relaxation, delicious food and time to enjoy the beach. We arrived just before lunchtime and stopped at a little café, where we shared food prepared by some of our group members. A feast of samosas, chapattis, curry and an array

Annual Service User Survey 2018 results

20th July 2018|Categories: Feedback, News|

‘Amazing….would recommend to everyone’  The above comment from one of our service users as part of Touchstone’s Annual Service User Survey exercise pretty much sums up what the overwhelming majority of service users think of Touchstone. The following headline information reinforces this view: Overall  96% of service user respondents indicated