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Volunteers’ Week spotlight: Tom’s story
Volunteers’ week (1 – 7 June) is an annual celebration of the fantastic contribution millions of volunteers make across the UK. Volunteering isn’t just about offering your skills, knowledge and expertise to an organisation like ours – it’s about what you can get back too. …
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Speech and language therapy share their successes with professional body
Key figures from the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) recently visited Barnsley to hear examples of good practice from our children’s speech and language therapy team. Chief executive Kamini Gadhok and director of policy and public affairs Derek Munn met with the …
Creating a warm welcome in new volunteer lounge
Our volunteer service is set to mark its move to a new base with a unique piece of artwork created by one of our valued volunteers. Jonathan, a catering and recruitment volunteer, was asked by head of volunteering services, Jane Milner, to make a welcome …
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Volunteers’ Week spotlight: Michelle’s story
Volunteers’ week (1 – 7 June) is an annual celebration of the fantastic contribution millions of volunteers make across the UK. Volunteering isn’t just about offering your skills, knowledge and expertise to an organisation like ours – it’s about what you can get back too. …
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Volunteers’ Week spotlight: Jane’s story
Volunteers’ week (1 – 7 June) is an annual celebration of the fantastic contribution millions of volunteers make across the UK. Volunteering isn’t just about offering your skills, knowledge and expertise to an organisation like ours – it’s about what you can get back too. …
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Kirklees dementia friendly Saturday event wins award
We are delighted that the Dementia Friendly Lindley event in January has won a Huddersfield Examiner Community Award, for best community event. Our Trust worked with the Kirklees Dementia Action Alliance, Kirklees Council, the CCGs and other partners to support a day of activity to …
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Mental health nurse wins inspirational mentor award
One of our Barnsley senior mental health nurses has won an award for ‘inspirational mentor’. Claire Parnham, who has been mentoring at the Trust for nine years, won the award from Sheffield Hallam University. “I was very surprised and humbled to be nominated. I wasn’t …
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Chantry’s charity challenge
Excellent work by our Chantry unit in Wakefield – they’ve managed to raise over £1,700 for Marie Curie and Alzheimer’s Society. How did they do it? They took part in a triathlon! As well as completing a 400m swim, 14km bike ride and a 7km …
Portrait of a Life e-learning – helping to look at the past, the present and the person
It’s much easier to meet someone’s needs when you know exactly what they are, but if someone has trouble expressing themselves, digging deeper can be difficult. Portrait of a Life was developed by us as a way of looking into the rich histories of people …
Inspirational staff member shortlisted for Yorkshire Women of Achievement award
Debs Taylor is one of our Trust’s most inspirational success stories. Battling with depression, she was left isolated, lost, and with no desire to go on. However, after picking up a leaflet for an art group funded by our charity, Creative Minds, her life was …