News and Events

The Judith Trust have been working with Mitzvah Day over the course of the year.Mitzvah Day is on November 16th this year. Mitzvah Day is a Jewish led volunteering drive which takes place across the world, where people from all different faiths and...

Read our comment piece in this week’s JC about inclusion and High Holydays. For anyone interested in attending shul over the High Holydays, please contact us. http://www.thejc.com/comment-and-debate/comment/122531/time-include-learning-disabled

The Judith Trust worked throughout the year with Gefiltefest, supporting them in making their food festival an inclusive event for people with learning disabilities and mental health issues. Several people supported by Norwood came along to volunteer and...

Inclusion Campaign Project Offer My name is Eliana Zur-Szpiro. I am incredibly excited to have joined the organisation. What attracted me to the job is the same story that inspired the campaign, that of my brother Saul, who has autism. Having learnt about the struggle...

Mitzvah Day Together promotes involvement in Mitzvah Day by people with disabilities and/or mental health problems, and was formally launched on 10th July 2013. Boaz Kramer, Israeli Paralympic silver medallist and Director of the Israel Sports Centre for...

Langdon’s Brady Club members received their Yoni Jesner Volunteering Awards from the Chief Rabbi. They had to achieve 20 hours of voluntary work within a school year. The groups started in October 2012, with very little idea of what volunteering was or...

This evening there will be a discussion with Dr Annette Lawson, Founder and Chair of the Judith Trust, at the West London Synagogue. The event is to mark mental health awareness week. Prior to the discussion there will be screening of Next To Her, a thought provoking...

This week, 13th – 19th May 2013, is Mental Health Awareness Week.  The Judith Trust works to promote research and good practice for people with both learning disabilities and mental health problems, like Judith, for whom the Trust is named.Up to 40% of people...

Annette Lawson, Chair of the Judith Trust, attended the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) 2013.  The theme was the elimination of violence against women and girls. The session was chaired by June Jacobs, International Council of Jewish Women and an Advisor to...