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Welcome to the latest edition of the Leeds Public Health Resource Centre newsletter, which contains information for anyone with a responsibility for or professional interest in public health or promoting health and wellbeing in Leeds.
Want to know more about …
 ‘Want to know more about’ is a series of information sessions that cover topics that are important to you and your local community. The sessions, which are aimed at professionals to improve their awareness and practice around the subjects covered, are free of charge and are presented in an engaging manner by friendly and knowledgeable facilitators.
All 'Want to know more about' sessions are currently being delivered by webinar.
The State of Ageing in Leeds
Wednesday, 23 March 2022, 1pm to 2:30pm
Age Friendly Leeds has published a report on the State of Ageing in Leeds. The report looks at data and case studies to understand what it is like to age in Leeds. It considers how and where we are ageing and identifies inequalities experienced by people as they age in our city. Did you know, for example, people in Leeds aged 65 can expect to live around half of the rest of their life free of disability or in good health, and the remaining half of it with a disability or in poor health?
Age Friendly Leeds has also consulted with people in the City to understand their experience of ageing and to gather their views on how we can work together to improve the experience for everyone.
The session will cover:
- insights on ageing in Leeds across all the domains of the age friendly framework (housing; employment and learning; travel and road safety; active included and respected; public and civic spaces; healthy and independent living)
- the issues older people tell us they are facing
- opportunities to get involved with Age Friendly Leeds such as the Age Friendly Ambassadors programme and Age Proud Leeds
This session will be delivered by colleagues from Centre for Ageing Better; Leeds City Council Public Health Older People’s Team and Leeds Older People’s Forum.
Visit the WTKMA page to book your place on this webinar.
Being Food Wise
Wednesday, 27 April 2022, 12:30pm to 1:30pm
Leeds City Council and Food Wise Leeds are embarking on the development of a Food Strategy for Leeds as recommended by the National Food Strategy. Come along and join us to find out more about the Leeds Food Strategy, Food Wise Leeds ambition to be a Silver Sustainable Food Place, and how to get involved in our “Just One More” campaign which calls for the public to increase their consumption of vegetables.
This session is suitable for anyone with a role or interest in food work in the city. The session will be delivered by Emma Strachan – Health Improvement Specialist (Food and Nutrition), Sonja Woodcock - Sustainable Food Places Co-ordinator, and Holly Birkinshaw – One You Leeds Partnership Manager.
The session will cover:
- plans and timescales for the development of the Leeds Food Strategy
- an update from Food Wise Leeds, including an introduction to the new look Food Wise website
- an overview of the Just One More campaign
- case study from One You Leeds on the Just One More campaign
Visit the WTKMA page to book your place on this webinar.
Past WTKMA sessions
If you weren't able to attend a 'Want to know more about' session, you can now watch some of them on our Leeds Public Health Training YouTube playlist.
WTKMA Cancer - Removing barriers and Improving Cancer Outcomes in Leeds
In this session you will learn about health inequalities that exist in relation to cancer, barriers and challenges, and the range of innovative commissioned services and programmes in Leeds aimed at addressing these inequalities and narrowing the gap. The video will provide you with an understanding of the partnership approach we take in Leeds, how the different services and programmes fit together, and it will provide a spotlight specifically on the community approach taken through the Leeds Cancer Community Awareness Service.
This session with Leeds Cancer Awareness Service and Leeds Public Health is now available to watch on YouTube:
WTKMA Cancer
WTKMA Cancer (with audio description)
Closure information and appointments
The PHRC is currently closed for stocktaking and will reopen for appointments on Monday, 28 March 2022.
The service will be closed all day on Thursday, 31 March 2022 for staff development.
To order resources, please email or call us to discuss your needs. We will then contact you to agree a mutually convenient time-slot to collect your resources. Visit our website for details.
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Tel: 0113 37 86200 / Fax: 0113 33 67115
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