Touchstone and the Together Women Project are pleased to announce that they have come together in partnership to deliver a new project for women with mental health problems. The Impact Project will reduce the use of custody for women who offend by providing courts with a credible package of measures enabling the use of community sentences for women with identified mental health needs. Over the next two years, we will
Touchstone's Annual General Meeting will take place on the 7th of December 2012 at White Rose Banqueting Suite. Our Guest Speaker this year is Peter Tatchell. Please join us to celebrate 30 years of Touchstone. Please click on Touchstone AGM invite 2012 to find out more.
Around 18 million people in the UK live with a long-term conditions and this number is expected to double by 2030. Within Leeds over the past 8 years we have developed a unique intervention designed to empower people living with long-term conditions to lead more fulfilling lives. The Positive Care programme offers a unique mix of therapies, workshops and replicable self-management tools which enable participants to take control of their
Touchstone Housing Services were re-modelled in 2011-12 following the successful closure of Sholebroke Hostel. This led to an expansion of Touchstone’s Floating Support Service (now supporting 84 units) and the development of a new and improved ‘Accommodation Based Service’ which offers temporary supported and furnished accommodation in single tenancies across Leeds. (one of the very few supported housing services that offer self contained and supported tenancies in Leeds) Floating Support
Touchstone is part of the Leeds IAPT and Primary Care Mental Health Service - the service which delivers talking therapies to people across Leeds. We know that psychological therapy can help many people, but we do not help people as soon as we would like. When people contact us for the first time, we would like to offer the choice of speaking to a therapist for a telephone assessment on the same
A couple of minutes from an Alexander technique session at Positive Care Programme.
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Positive Care Programme service user Colin talks about his experience of acupuncture - one of the therapies available on the Programme.
I have participated in the Touchstone Positive Care Programme for the past 5 months. This amazing course combines 1 to 1 complementary therapy (e.g. reflexology, acupuncture, shiatsu, Indian head massage, healing) group activity (e.g. tai chi, meditation, Alexander technique, breathing) and group workshops (e.g. "lifting your spirits", "positive steps", "being friends with your body", "mind, body and spirit"). I had been going regularly to the Thursday night session at the
At Touchstone we know how important people's privacy is, and we want to make sure everyone knows what information we gather as well as how we use information. Cookie Monster image courtesy of Google When you came to the website just now, you probably noticed a little message on the bottom left hand side of the screen talking about "cookies". This is because of recent changes to UK law