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Advance notice of small grant programme for up to £5,000 per project to improve community spaces and deliver sustainable activities for communities across the UK On 22 June, we will open a new funding programme called Places Called Home which is a partnership between The National Lottery Community and the world’s largest home furnishing retailer. Places Called Home will offer eligible groups funding awards of between £1,000 and £5,000 for

Yorkshire mental health charity Touchstone celebrates achieving three star accreditation in the annual Best Companies to Work For – 2021 – for employee engagement, which is classed as world class levels of employee engagement and is the highest star rating you can achieve. At the Best Companies Awards on 21 May 2021, Touchstone ranked 35th in Best Large Companies to work for in the UK, 3rd Best Companies - Charity

After 17 years as Chief Executive Office of Touchstone, Alison Lowe has made the very difficult decision to step down.  This is because the new West Yorkshire Metro Mayor, Tracy Brabin, will be recommending Alison to the West Yorkshire Police and Crime Panel as her candidate to become the Deputy Mayor for Policing. Alison Lowe reflected “I have made the difficult decision to leave and pursue my passion of inclusion,

As part of Black Inclusion Week ran by Leeds University, Touchstone Chief Executive Alison Lowe has taken part in a podcast to discuss a variety of topics that are so relevant to many of the communities we serve. This short podcast highlights some of her story, as well as demonstrating how we can all be part of the change we want to see. Black Inclusion Week: In conversation with Alison

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

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

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