This decision approves the initiation of the
available provision to extend two contracts with Touchstone-Leeds
for a 6 month period from 1st October 2017. These contracts deliver
a community development worker service, which promotes health and
wellbeing of people with mental health problems and a service to
improve the health and wellbeing of people with mental health
problems from BME communities.
These extensions will provide continuity of these longstanding
public mental health services whilst Public Health completes the
procurement and mobilisation of the new Mentally Healthy Leeds
service, which will adopt an asset based community development
approach within at risk communities to help build community capital
and capacity, and strengthen individual mental resilience.
The value of the six month extension for both contracts is
£148,525 and this will be met by the Public Health
grant.