What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Middleton resident and employment solicitor, Jodie Hill, is leading a campaign to put mental health on a par with physical health in the workplace. Since 1981 every workplace has had to have a designated first aider in case of accidents or illness at work. Jodie thinks it’s time there was
Local people from across south Leeds are next month (Sunday 23 September 2018) undertaking a charity cycle ride from Hunslet to Castleford – and everyone’s welcome! The ride will set off from Hunslet Library in the morning, follow the canal and River Aire towpaths along to the Fairburn Ings Nature Reserve
Like many of you I watched Coronation Street on Wednesday (9 May 2018) and Aidan in the programme committed suicide. It brought back memories when in December 2012 I myself attempted suicide. The following is an edited version of a blog I did in 2013. I also on one Sunday
Touchstone is third Yorkshire employer to gain coveted Investors in People Platinum Investors in People (IIP), the organisation benchmarking excellence in people management, has awarded its highest platinum accolade to Touchstone, a Beeston-based mental health and wellbeing charity. Touchstone is only the third employer in the region to be accredited
Hunslet-based furniture re-use and café charity SLATE’s work has been recognised by Social Enterprise Yorkshire and the Humber (SEYH) at their recent awards ceremony. The annual Social Enterprise Yorkshire and the Humber (SEYH) awards took place on Tuesday 7 November 2017 at Burton Street Foundation in Sheffield. The Social Impact
Health For All‘s Connected project has come a long way since we first reported on it last year with member Luke Hastings meeting HRH Prince Henry of Wales on his visit to Leeds last week (6 July 2017). The project attracted funding from the Leeds Fund, run by Leeds Community
This week marks the start of the exam season and is also Mental Health Awareness Week, so Beeston Library has organised an afternoon of activities to help you through this stressful time. Whether it’s discovering mindfulness or meditation techniques or the simpler pleasures of petting a puppy, there’s something for
To recognise Mental Health Awareness Week, Belle Isle TMO has launched a timetable of free wellbeing activities available at the GATE between Monday 8 May and Friday 12 May. Wellbeing is the state of being comfortable, healthy and happy, so all the activities on offer during Wellbeing Week provide a
City leads way with groundbreaking approach to mental health information and support From today, World Mental Health Day 2016, people in Leeds will have access to a new and innovative resource for information, support and advice about mental health, including access to 24/7 crisis support. MindWell (www.mindwell-leeds.org.uk) is a new online
A new group offering ‘peer support’ is being set up by and for young people suffering from mental health issues. Celine Bickerdike approached Middleton-based charity Health For All with the idea after suffering herself. “After I left school, I hoped to work in the political field, but a number of