Skelton Grange Environmental Centre is a partnership between the Conservation Volunteers and National Grid, with support from Leeds City Council. Run with the help of volunteers, the centre promotes an understanding of environmental issues related to children and young people of all backgrounds and abilities Today’s blog was written by Louise, one of the centre’s…
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The Head Start work placement scheme, run in partnership between IGEN, Leeds City College and Leeds City Council, pairs up ambitious young people aged 18-24 who have been unemployed for more than six months with businesses in the city. The six-week scheme aims to give young people the skills they need to prepare them for…
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The annual Leeds Children’s Mayor election enables Children and Young People to vote for the year 6 pupil they feel should become a leading voice for young people in our city. This year, 31 schools submitted entrants. These were shortlisted to a final ten by a panel of youth councillors, Members of Youth Parliament and…
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Volunteering is one of the ways young people help to improve the communities they live in whilst acquiring the skills they need to get the job they want. Today’s blog was written by Gemma, a university graduate who decided to volunteer at the Skelton Grange Environmental Centre in order to improve her employability and gain…
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Hundreds of hard-working volunteers, employees and partner organisations across Leeds were given a special ‘thank you’ by staff at Leeds City Council for their work to make Leeds the best city for children and young people. The council’s children’s services directorate held its annual awards ceremony to honour those who have made a special contribution…
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Nominations for the child friendly Leeds awards have now closed after a whopping 549 nominations were made! We’d just like to say a big thank you to everybody who nominated the people, places and organisations making Leeds a great city to grow up in. The child friendly Leeds awards ceremony, which will be held on 29 January…
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Bonfire Night can be one of the best nights of the year for children and young people as they take part in the traditions of eating pie and peas, standing around bonfires and watching fantastic fireworks display, but we also know the very traditions that make Bonfire Night so fun can also present dangers. Today…
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In today’s blog we have a statement from Sam Slater, a member of Youth Parliament, who has recently been involved in planning an event around UKYP democracy day. The event will be hosted at Leeds Civic Hall on 5 November 2014 and aims to improve young peoples participation in and awareness of politics. Sam Slater, Member…
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It’s only a few days until the nominations close for the child friendly Leeds awards. So far we’ve received over 400 fantastic nominations for people, places and organisation helping to make Leeds a great city to grow up in. We’re hoping to receive even more nominations before 31 October! But what does winning an award…
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The newly launched Youth Information Hub is a one-stop shop for young people across Leeds to get the information they need – to answer questions they have about mental and sexual health, find out what’s on in Leeds, and get help and support with lots of different things. The site has been designed through discussion…
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Libraries aren’t just great places to read your favourite books, they’re also community spaces that host an array of child friendly activities. With autumn half-term coming up, we decided to find out more about what’s going on at Leeds libraries. Today we talk to Owen Clements, the Children’s Information Librarian at Leeds Central Library, about…
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Recently we have been using this blog to talk about changes to services for children and young people with SEN and disabilities under the Children and Families Act 2014. We have started to make these changes happen in Leeds. As part of this we have launched our new Leeds Local Offer website which we’ll be developing over the months…
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