Do you enjoy being active and making connections with people? If so, you may be interested in getting involved with a new project in Leeds. Whether it’s walking, gardening, dancing, playing sports, running, cycling, martial arts or swimming – if you know that being active is good for your health and wellbeing, and can be a great way to connect with others, you already have loads to offer. Coordinated by
I was first diagnosed with asthma at the age of 15 - some 40 odd years ago - after a childhood dogged by chest infections, breathing problems and the horrible syrup alupent (which still makes me feel sick today). Asthma is a condition in which the airways (the tubes that carry air in and out of the lungs) narrow and swell causing reversible obstruction. Treatments can help manage the condition
When is Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week? Monday 3rd – Sunday 9th May 2021. What are Perinatal Mental health problems? A 'perinatal' mental health problem is one that you experience any time from becoming pregnant up to a year after you give birth. Having a baby is a big life event. This is understandably a difficult and stressful time for many people. And it may be particularly so if you
In the latest in our series of interviews with charity leaders blazing a trail with digital during the pandemic, we spoke to Alison Lowe, CEO of mental health and wellbeing charity Touchstone, about how she’s led a radical change in how her charity works and improved wellbeing as a result. 1. Tell us about your role at Touchstone. I am a very busy CEO of this amazing Mental Health and
Mental health problems are common. They affect thousands of people in the UK, and their friends, families, work colleagues, and society in general. The Anti Stigma Leeds Champions came together with Producer/Script Reader/Script Editor Thea Burrows to create the video campaign Voices Against Stigma. Below they told their stories: https://youtu.be/Jy654qTrThs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIeZNKVw7D0 https://youtu.be/kjD87Z-sn6A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWlVbfQyA8I In Leeds around 106,000 people experience a common mental health problem, such as anxiety or depression
Following Inc Arts UK statement on the use of the term BAME, Touchstone has surveyed all our staff on the terminology Touchstone should be using to describe people who are not “White British”. Please see below the outcome of that consultation and our statement on the terminology Touchstone will use from now on. Black Minority Ethnic (BME) In Touchstone we use the term ‘Black Minority Ethnic’ to inclusively describe people
Asalamu Alaikum everyone. I’ve compiled a few recipes and ideas for Ramadan to raise awareness about eating dishes that are healthy, ethical, wholesome, vegetarian, very tasty and also that can be made from seasonal and local sources with an added benefit of zero waste. It’s often thought that vegetarian food is not tasty and fulfilling, but the use of spices and herbs changes that idea. A very basic food like
Ramadan starts today for millions of Muslims all over the world and many of our staff, volunteers and service users will be fasting. The below link is to a briefing document from the organisation Muslim Engagement and Development (MEND) which outlines ways we can all support our staff, volunteers and service users during Ramadan but also understand and celebrate the fantastic religion of Islam better. To all those celebrating, may
Black Maternal Health Week, April 11-17 2021, was established in the United States to raise awareness about the alarming rate at which Black mothers face life-threatening experiences while pregnant. In November 2020, the Joint Committee on Human Rights released a report titled Black People, Racism and Human Rights. At the time, it found black women were five times more likely to die during pregnancy, childbirth and up to six weeks post-partum, than white women. Between 2020 and
Today is Transgender Day of Visibility, and as a trans person I have mixed feelings about it. On the one hand I love to see trans experiences being shared, trans representation in my favourite shows, and more people seeing this and realising they're not alone. But in some ways we have too much visibility. Newspapers write about us every day. There's article after article based on vicious transphobia which frames