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#CoproductionLeeds – what Twitter said

13th June 2016|Categories: Events, News, Partnership|

We had an amazing turnout for the Co-production conference organised by Touchstone and Leeds Involving People and - appropriately - a great sense of involvement and collaboration. Below, we've collated the responses and photos that many attendees published to Twitter during or after the event. [View the story "Co-Production Conference"

Stress Control Class – Carole's Story

8th June 2016|Categories: Blog|

“…One of the most important aspects of the course was the fact that no one was ever put on the spot or made to feel uncomfortable..” Carole's story At the beginning of 2015 I had thoughts of harming myself had been regularly visiting my GP and was suffering from severe

Survey on support needs of military personnel

8th June 2016|Categories: News|

Forces in Mind Trust and the Local Government Association have commissioned a survey to see how well current and former military service personnel are being supported and how this can be improved. John Shivas from the Armed Forces Covenant Team at the Ministry of Defence says: "… Since the launch

Young leaders go international

7th June 2016|Categories: News, Partnership|

This Sunday (12th June) a group of young people from West Yorkshire will be travelling to Paris for the first stage of training in the Find Yourself Leadership Programme that has been established by Erasmus+ (the European Union programme for education, training, youth and sport.) In total, 30 young people

Carers Week – 6th to 12th June

6th June 2016|Categories: Blog, Carers, Families|

A guest blog from Val Hewison at Carers Leeds June 6th to the 12th is Carers Week. A week where we focus on the essential role that families and friends have in providing care and support to others  who have an illness or disability. I often wonder why we need