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05 Sep 2024
Leeds support services come together to mark World Suicide Prevention Day 2024
Kirkgate Market will play host to a special event showcasing a range of support services on offer in Leeds as the city comes together to mark World Suicide Prevention Day 2024.
15 Jul 2024
Dance fan Margaret, 96, urges all to get active – as report investigates how to age well in Leeds
Disco dancing Margaret Nutter has still got all the right moves after decades on the dancefloors of Leeds.
And now the 96-year-old great-grandma is encouraging everyone to get active to stay a step ahead of ageing as a new report investigates how more people in the city can live well for longer.
20 May 2024
Innovative ABCD in Leeds programme set to widen its reach as three new Pathfinder sites given go-ahead
A pioneering asset-based community development programme is set to be expanded in Leeds.
09 May 2024
Covid-19 spring booster vaccine now available in Leeds
Those eligible for the spring booster Covid-19 vaccine are this year being urged to get their vaccine as soon as they would like rather than wait to be contacted by the NHS.
09 May 2024
Nearly 3,000 families missing out on free healthy food scheme
Low-income families and pregnant women in Leeds are urged to make use of a healthy food scheme as statistics show nearly 3,000 households could be missing out.
22 Mar 2024
Public health leaders welcome proposals to eradicate smoking within a generation
Public health leaders in Leeds, West Yorkshire and Yorkshire and the Humber are applauding the introduction of the Tobacco and Nicotine Bill, calling it a “game-changer” with the potential to eradicate smoking within a generation.
13 Feb 2024
Leeds City Council offering businesses access to free health and wellbeing resources to support employees
Sign up now to the Public Health Resource Centre
05 Feb 2024
Community grants programme launched as Leeds marks one year on from becoming fast-track city working to end HIV, TB and viral hepatitis epidemics
National HIV Testing Week runs from Monday 5 February
02 Feb 2024
Warning of the dangers of illegal vapes as thousands seized in city crackdown
Almost 16,000 illicit vapes have been seized from just two Leeds retailers during a joint operation involving the police, trading standards and the council to crack down on the illegal sale of vapes, particularly to children.
01 Dec 2023
Leeds hospitals chosen for expanded national HIV programme
LGI and St James's part of campaign to end new transmissions of HIV in England by 2030