Celebrating Black History Month
Our colleague in Touchstone IAPT Carlyn B has written a piece about a topic close to her heart to celebrate Black History Month. We hope you enjoy reading it... BLACK HISTORY MONTH Many people do not know but the month of October every year is dedicated to black history month.
Leadership Masterclass with Jon Royle from the Bridge Project – Tuesday 15th November
Jon Royle has worked in the substance misuse sector for 25 years as a volunteer, researcher, therapist and manager. He will be delivering the next session of Touchstone's Leadership Masterclass on 15th November 2016. Before joining the Bridge Project he worked for Addiction Dependency Solutions, a regional substance misuse charity
The Living Well Cafe – for people living with a long term health condition
Touchstone is delivering three structured education sessions in partnership with Leeds Community Healthcare, QISMET and Sheffield University’s School of Health and Related Research. The sessions will run for adults across Leeds living with Long Term Health Conditions. These will be co-designed to support individuals to self manage a range of
Social prescribing service nominated for innovation award
The Patient Empowerment Project (PEP) has been shortlisted in the Primary Care Innovation category at the 2016 Health Service Journal (HSJ) Awards. The PEP is a social prescribing service commissioned by NHS Leeds West Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and delivered by a partnership including BARCA-Leeds, Touchstone, Better Leeds Communities and Leeds
Wellbean Café; Hope in a Crisis
New crisis café will open in the Lincoln Green area of Leeds on Saturday 19th November 2016. The new crisis café is funded by North Leeds CCG from regional NHS England Vanguard money, as West Yorkshire is a vanguard for crisis and urgent care. The Leeds Crisis and Urgent Care Steering Group
Raat Di Roti – support through sharing
Raat Di Roti is ever increasing to become a popular project where volunteers and matched elderly participants come together in a cosy environment to share stories, laughter, joy, and a meal. We have had positive feedback from a few of the elderly participants and likewise from the volunteers expressing they