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Trust holds successful annual members’ meeting
On Wednesday 27 September, the Trust held its annual members’ meeting, welcoming over 90 local people to reflect on the organisation’s year. Members were invited to the Al-Hikmah Centre in Batley where they could find out more about teams and services at the event’s ‘marketplace’, …
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Trust recruitment programme finds futures in facilities
A new recruitment scheme set up by the Trust is helping people to secure employment with the facilities team. The Trust’s facilities operative recruitment programme supports candidates in their application process and offers flexibility to people over a 12 month training programme. At the end …
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Shouting about Speak Up Month 2023
Speak Up Month in October is an opportunity to raise awareness of how much we value speaking up in our organisation to enhance working lives and improve the quality and safety of care. The theme for Speak Up Month 2023 is “Breaking barriers”. We will …
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Celebrating Falls Awareness Week in Barnsley
We marked Falls Awareness Week in Barnsley at a special event aimed at helping people to prevent falls. Staff from different services manned stalls alongside other local organisations to help local people learn how to stay safe and avoid slips and trips during the winter …
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A reyt good trek to celebrate 75 years of the NHS
To celebrate the NHS’s 75th birthday, Mike Ford and his son, Olly, walked the length of Hadrian’s Wall to raise money for EyUp! Mike Ford is a non-executive director at our Trust and sits on the Board sub-committee. that oversees the work of the Trust’s charities, …
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Our services during industrial action by consultants and junior doctors in October
Consultants and junior doctors will be taking part in strike action at the same time on Monday 2, Tuesday 3 and Wednesday 4 October, for three days. On strike days consultants and junior doctors will only provide emergency cover. The care and safety of people …
Trust appoints new director to lead on strategy and change
Dawn Lawson has joined the Trust as our new executive director of strategy and change as she takes on a challenging trek in Nepal to raise funds for EyUp!, the Trust’s charity. Dawn began her career working with people with learning disabilities in the NHS …
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“Dementia is Britain’s biggest killer – there’s a need to make it a priority” – Dr Mohinder Kapoor talks World Alzheimer’s Month
To mark World Alzheimer’s Month Dr Mohinder Kapoor, consultant in old age psychiatry and associate medical director for research and development, shares his reflections. Dementia is a degenerative brain condition that affects over 50 million people internationally and which robs a person of their memory, …
Work wins shared in new employment recovery booklet
People supported to find work through the Trust’s individual placement and support service have shared how their lives have changed in a new booklet of recovery stories. The individual placement and support (IPS) employment service supports people using secondary mental health services across Calderdale, Kirklees …
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Young people’s poster project promotes positivity around stammering in schools
A group of young people supported by the Trust have teamed up with one of the UK’s leading stammering charities to raise awareness and acceptance of stammering in schools. Charity Action for Stammering Children has produced five new posters designed by the young people who …