The winners of the third annual Child Friendly Leeds awards were announced in a star-studded ceremony at Leeds City Varieties last week. The awards, organised by young people celebrate some of the people, places and organisations helping to make Leeds a child friendly city. A host of well-known celebrities helped add a touch of sparkle…
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Chaired by Rachel Lythe, the Grand Futures Leeds Arts Partnership is a network of organisations across the city that are working together to address some of the challenges associated with young people accessing training and careers in the arts . Today Jane Zanzoterra represents the Grand Futures Leeds Arts Partnership and talks about the work…
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Today’s blog looks at the free Forensics Workshop held at Fulneck School in Pudsey recently for local primary school children in Year 6 earlier this month. We are looking at introducing a regular programme of free fun and educational events for local school children in the months ahead, including an orienteering competition for…
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embed code In the first Child Rights Partners blog written by a young person, we’ve shared a short film about Sam. Sam is a 21 year old from Leeds who grew up in care. Sam got involved in this film project through his Care Leavers’ social group because he wanted to raise awareness of the…
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In today’s blog, Alex Mason talks about his experience of watching the Leeds Children’s Mayor final at Leeds Civic Hall! On 12 November it was the Leeds Children’s Mayor Final at the Civic Hall where 12 finalists waited to find out who the winner of the 2015 Children’s Mayor was! It was a very tense…
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Calling all young filmmakers! The Leeds Young Filmmakers Golden Owl Awards are back for their fifth year with bigger and better prizes than ever before! The Golden Owl Awards is the North’s largest celebration of young filmmaking for 3-19 year olds living in the city of Leeds. The awards celebrates the best of young people’s filmmaking across the city and offers…
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The National Takeover Challenge is an annual initiative taking place every November which is organised by the Children’s Commissioner for England, Anne Longfield OBE. Each year schools and other organisations around the country are encouraged to get involved to enable children and young people to ‘takeover’ for the day. This year, the Leeds City Council VIC Team co‐ordinated…
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Check out our list of events taking place over the Christmas period. There’s lots going on around the city, and here’s just a few of the things that are happening! More events can be found at http://www.leeds.gov.uk/Events/Pages/eventsResults.aspx?t=2158 Central Library Christmas Paper Craft Thursday 10 December 2015 10:30-12:00pm Decorations, Gift boxes and Labels Come along for a…
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Do you know any young people aged 11 to 18 years who would like to become a Member of Youth Parliament in Leeds? We are electing our four new Members of Youth Parliament in Leeds. The Voice and Influence Team are holding a briefing session for all young people interested in applying on Tuesday 8 December,…
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A new NHS website, http://www.mindmate.org.uk, has been launched for children and young people in Leeds with the aim of providing better support for their mental health. The website, designed with input from children and young people, is just one of a raft of measures being implemented by the NHS in Leeds and Leeds City Council…
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In today’s blog, the four Members of Youth Parliament for Leeds inform you about their current national campaign for better mental health support for young people… Over the past year, we have been coming up with ways to ensure that young people in Leeds receive the right level of support in schools and other youth settings. In…
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In today’s blog, Laura talks about her experience of attending the Leeds apprenticeship recruitment event, how she went on to undertake an apprenticeship in business administration, and what this led to. College or work? After completing her GCSEs with good grades Laura, aged 18, decided she didn’t want to continue going down the academic route. “As a…
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