#mentalhealthawarenessweek – Barnsley Futures
May 14, 2018
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Barnsley Futures is a consortium between Foundation, West Yorkshire CRC and Touchstone. Holden House is a 42 bed multiple needs hostel in the centre of Barnsley. This week in #mentalhealthawarenessweek. The theme for 2018 is around stress awareness, especially in the workplace. At Holden House in Barnsley, customers are taking part in a consultation, helping […]
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Turning Lives Around – Beacon partner
April 26, 2018
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Leeds Housing Concern has become, Turning Lives Around (TLA). TLA are lead partner in the Beacon consortium working with Foundation and Touchstone to deliver comprehensive support for the homeless in Leeds. The following article is from the TLA website: https://www.turninglivesaround.co.uk/beacon-leeds/ Turning Lives Around is the lead partner in a city-wide initiative across Leeds that helps vulnerable young people […]
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Shadowing Day – Durham Domestic Abuse Navigator
April 26, 2018
|By aissagallie
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Our Communications Manager, Aissa Gallie, recently spent the day shadowing a colleague from our Durham team, Helen. Helen is a Domestic Abuse Navigator, delivering outreach support across Durham to victims of domestic abuse. Aissa’s report from the day follows: *all of the customer’s names have been changed to protect their identity. As Communications Manager, it’s […]
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Tacking youth homelessness through social inclusion
March 06, 2018
|By aissagallie
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Our North Yorkshire Young People’s Pathway service, supports young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness. Practical support is provided to help young people into accommodation, but with a long term view the support aims to prepare young people for independent living at the end of the pathway and reduce risk of homelessness […]
Read More Getting Rough Sleepers off the streets: Severe Weather Provision – Beacon
March 02, 2018
|By aissagallie
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Along with Leeds Housing Concern and Touchstone, Foundation form part of the Leeds housing consortium, Beacon. Throughout the winter and especially during severe weather such as we’ve seen in the last week, Beacon adhere to the severe weather provision protocol, playing a vital part in keeping rough sleepers in Leeds safe during extremely cold weather. […]
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Facing the elements, North Yorkshire Young People.
December 18, 2017
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Once again, our Activities workers in North Yorkshire are getting young people outdoors, facing challenges of many different kinds, with meaningful results for their personal development. Even braving the recent bitter cold weather, young people visited Howe Stean Gorge and then on a truly bitter day another group visited the Yorkshire Dales to take part […]
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