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Leeds Cares
27th November 2020
3 mins read

Hospital charity to give £1 million for NHS staff wellbeing

Hospital charity Leeds Cares is due to give at least £1 million for initiatives to support NHS staff at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust during the second wave of the pandemic. The charity will invest nearly £900,000 in a clinical psychology programme for frontline health workers, including those who are treating patients with covid-19.…
National Lockdown
6th November 2020
4 mins read

National lockdown guidance and affected services

The Government has announced a new national lockdown with rules coming into force from Thursday November 5. For four weeks until Wednesday 2 December the Government is asking people to stay at home, except for specific purposes; not to gather with others they don’t live with, except for specific purposes and is closing some…
Lucy & daughter Eadie
30th October 2020
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Together we can make a difference: Cancer fundraiser honoured as charity ‘Hospital Hero’

Last week, local hospital charity Leeds Cares launched their new fundraising initiative, ‘Leeds Cares Hospital Heroes’ encouraging supporters to carry out long-term fundraising to support their local NHS hospitals. 28-year-old Lucy Guiry and her friend Kerry Yeo have been named one of the charities first ‘Hospital Heroes’ after pledging to take on as many…
Sponsor the Sparkle
23rd October 2020
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Together we can make a difference: Sponsor the Sparkle this Christmas and spread festive magic across Leeds Teaching Hospitals

Leeds Cares supports our local NHS hospitals in many ways to help add some sparkle for staff, patients and families in hospital this festive period. Many of our regular Christmas events cannot take place this year due to current government guidelines. Initiatives like toy deliveries for the Children’s Hospital and gift drop offs for…
NHS Leeds
18th September 2020
2 mins read

No new COVID-19 restrictions in Leeds for a further week

No new restrictions have been imposed on Leeds by the government today, but the city could face further limits this time next week if the number of infections continues to rise. People are being urged to do everything they can to help stop the spread of the virus as the city remains in enhanced…
14th August 2020
3 mins read

Leeds Cares Charity welcomes three business entrepreneurs to trustee panel

Leeds Cares has announced three new trustees to the charity’s board with the appointments of Dean Hoyle, the founder of Card Factory; Heather Jackson, the Founder of Believe Corporate Relations – the home of Balanced Business; and Jasbir Singh Athwal DL, a business consultant and property developer. Hugely succeccessful and highly regarded within their…
Leeds Cares
31st July 2020
3 mins read

Become a friend of Leeds Cares and support Leeds Teaching Hospitals

As the charity of Leeds Teaching Hospitals, we provide support for eight areas which include Leeds General Infirmary, Leeds Children’s Hospital, Leeds Cancer Centre, St James’s University Hospital, Chapel Allerton Hospital, Seacroft Hospital, Wharfdale Hospital and Leeds Dental Institute. Our NHS hospitals in Leeds need you know more than ever before. Will you support…
5th June 2020
2 mins read

Spire Leeds Hospital has been upgraded to a ‘Good’ rating, following an inspection by the Care Quality Commission

Inspectors carried out a comprehensive examination into services offered at the Roundhay Hospital, earlier in the year, including an unannounced inspection in March. They concluded that the facility should be upgraded to a ‘Good’ rating, having been classified as ‘Requires Improvement’ at the time of the last inspection in 2018. This means that 90%…
Capt. Tom Moore 3'Emma Sohl - Capture The Light Photography’
24th April 2020
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CAPTAIN TOM MOORE IS FIRST CENTENARIAN IN HISTORY WITH NO.1 HIT SINGLE

Captain Tom Moore sets a new Official Chart record for the oldest person in history to achieve a No.1 single in the UK’s Official Singles Chart with ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’, recorded with Michael Ball and the NHS Voices of Care Choir and released on Decca Records last week to help raise money for the NHS Charities Together…
Leeds City Council
17th April 2020
3 mins read

Council releases update reports on crisis response in Leeds

Leeds City Council has today issued a series of reports updating on the work it is carrying out in response to the coronavirus crisis and initial planning already underway to help the city return to normal life. Following on from the update issued last week which can be seen at www.news.leeds.gov.uk, the council has now…