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Mental health service users celebrate victory over NHS staff
To celebrate World Mental Health Day and raise awareness of mental wellbeing staff from the South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust took to the pitch in a special football game against service users. The match took place on Tuesday 6th October at Dewsbury …
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Dewsbury Hospital to welcome performing dance troupe
Dancing may be a way to tone the body, but it is also a dynamic way to exercise the mind. To put this to the test the innovative Reach 4 Dance programme is to visit the Priestley Unit on Thursday 15th October as part of …
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Huddersfield Town FC to support Trust’s Festival of Wellbeing
On Saturday 10th October, World Mental Health day, Huddersfield Town FC will lend their support to the South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust’s Festival of Wellbeing and the national anti-stigma campaign Time to Change by wearing special shirts in the warm-up before their …
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Trust staff to visit India to benefit Kirklees’ Gujarati community
An associate director at the South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust is to make a return visit to Gujarat, India, to learn about the culture and develop links with hospitals and health services. There are over 15,000 people from Batley and Dewsbury who …
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Pigs Might Fly festival to tackle stigma of mental health
The South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust is supporting the Pigs Might Fly festival on Saturday 10th October in Kirklees to celebrate World Mental Health Day. Pigs Might Fly is an event celebrating a range of creative and artistic achievements by people who …
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NHS worker honoured for 50 years service
Staff from the South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust gathered at a special party at Fieldhead, Wakefield, to celebrate human resources manager Peter Burtoft’s 50 years of service with the NHS. Peter, who lives in Doncaster, started his career in Sheffield in 1959 …
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NHS Trust says banish the blues with tai chi
A series of tai chi sessions are taking place in Hebden Bridge on Saturday 10th October, World Mental Health Day, as part of the South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust’s Festival of Wellbeing. In partnership with NHS Calderdale’s ‘Get Moving Week’ people are …
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Football team to go head-to-head with NHS staff and tackle the stigma of mental health
A special football game is taking place on Tuesday 6th October at Dewsbury Sports Centre to raise awareness of mental health and promote wellbeing. A team of service users will go up against staff from the South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust including …
NHS Trust and Kirklees charity join forces to celebrate World Mental Health Day
The South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust and Kirklees charity Support 2 Recovery (S2R) will mark World Mental Health Day on Saturday 10th October with a celebration for the whole community. The mental health charity has teamed up with Dewsbury and District Hospital’s …
NHS Trust to celebrate opening of Highfields learning disabilities centre
A day care service for people with multiple learning and physical disabilities run by the South West Yorkshire Partnership Teaching NHS Foundation Trust is celebrating its move to a new home on Wednesday 7th October. Highfields is a new community resource centre in Edgerton, Huddersfield, …