Abbey House – Community Gallery

Abbey House Museum aim to involve people more in the way they plan and design their exhibitions. They are planning to change the existing nursery room into a community-themed gallery, and they want your ...

Mindfulness and meditation for better mental health

Weekly practice group Have you found mindfulness and meditation useful for maintaining your mental health? Would you like to practice the skills you have learnt in a safe, supportive environment? ...

Leeds Mind Peer support Invitation

One of our members, Leeds Mind offer courses, workshops and support groups to promote mental health and wellbeing. They are currently offering a Peer Support group. For more information, click here.

Working with the mental health voluntary sector in Leeds

Volition - an alliance of voluntary sector organisations that either provide mental health services for or work with people who have mental health needs.

Volition promotes the contribution of the voluntary sector in strategic planning and development of services, encourages partnership between agencies and across sectors and provides information to voluntary sector organisations to assist them in meeting the mental health needs of people using their services.

Volition has over eighty five members from all areas of the mental health voluntary sector providing services to people in Leeds.

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Vacancy: Community Support Worker, Leeds Jewish Welfare Board

Community Support Worker – Part Time  Salary: £11.29 per hour Hours: 12 hours per week Locations: Leeds Jewish Welfare Board, Leeds 17 To support the Neshama Manager in developing, co-ordinating and overseeing the community support needs of Jewish learning-disabled people; provide opportunities within the Jewish and wider community for social, education, employment and recreational activities. [...]

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Vacancy: Casual Workers, Community Links

At Community Links, a ‘Casual Worker’ is someone who works in place of a regular worker when they are absent or extra support is needed in the service.  Community Links keep a list of suitable ‘casual workers’ who they contact when they need help e.g. to cover for staff absences. Can you respond quickly and join them if they need an extra [...]

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Vacancy: Sikh Elders Service, Touchstone

Touchstone (registered charity No. 1012053) is a leading voluntary sector agency providing high quality services to improve the health and wellbeing of local people   _____________________________________       TEAM MANAGER –   SIKH ELDERS SERVICE (REF: TM/SES/VOL), 18.5 hours per week,   NJC SO2 – Spinal Column 32-34, Starting Salary £27,052 pa, pro-rata   [...]

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Support Group for Younger People with Dementia

The Alzheimer’s Society in Leeds is looking to create a support group for people under 60 with dementia or younger people caring for people with dementia. If you know of anyone that may be interested in joining this support group or would like further information then please contact: Gwen Oates, Dementia Cafe Coordinator, Alzheimer’s Society, [...]

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New Third Sector Website – Doing Good Leeds

Coming soon, the new Doing Good Leeds website will help third sector organisations access the best help and advice on running their organisation. It will also involve and inform you about the big issues affecting the Third Sector in Leeds. It draws together the combined experience of organisations that give support to the Third Sector and advocate [...]

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Vacancy: Psychotherapist, Leeds Women’s Counselling and Therapy Service

  Leeds Women’s Counselling and Therapy Service is seeking two exceptional women to join its clinical team. Psychotherapist (two posts) £25,146 per annum pro rata 21 hours per week Fixed term for three years Working pattern negotiable over three or four days between Monday and Thursday with at least one evening. Located at Oxford Chambers, [...]

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