Celebrating the Tour de France coming to Leeds, the Tour de Roundhay set out to provide a fun and sociable afternoon for our local community. It certainly delivered this, drawing the praise of BBC Look North’s Amanda Harper who joined us to cut the ribbon for our Grand Départ. Ronnie the Rhino and the Garforth…
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The Go-Givers’ Make a Difference Challenge supports key stage 2 children (aged 7 – 11) in leading a social action campaign on a local, national or global issue of their choice. The challenge was piloted with eight schools from the Temple Newsam Learning Partnership in 2012, with 31 primary schools taking part in 2014. Child friendly…
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As we draw ever closer to the biggest cycling event coming to Leeds, join us as we follow a team of intrepid cycling enthusiasts attempting the first leg of the Tour. This is a fantastic opportunity for the young people involved to have a shared positive experience as well as raisingmoney for Martin…
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My name is Val Waite and I’m the manager of the best practice team in the complex needs service. Our team is working on the Leeds local offer. The Leeds local offer is all about making it easier for people in our city to find information about services and support for children and young people…
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Ambassador Aisha Rashid Our pledge Our latest project Tackling BME underachievement in inner South Leeds, the supplementary school delivers academic support in English, Mathematics and Science to overcome barriers to learning, for primary aged children. In addition we work hard to instill a love of learning through creative teaching strategies, raise aspirations with visits from…
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Jane and Auli are part of the team working on child friendly Leeds, and they’re talking to organisations across the city about how we can work together to make Leeds’ child friendly city ambitions a reality – here’s a snapshot of four of their recent visits. Get in touch on childfriendlyleeds@leeds.gov.uk if you or your…
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Ambassadors Ian McGregor Brown Our pledge We will ensure that child friendly Leeds is promoted to the businesses, schools and individuals that we work with across the city and beyond. Our latest projects: Shine On Events Seeking to ensure that young learners are informed of the career opportunities in Leeds City Region priority sectors and…
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New laws to improve services for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities From September 2014, there will be a number of changes to improve services for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The changes are a result of the Children and Families Act 2014 which became…
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We all know how important it is to give all children and young people the encouragement and inspiration they need to be a success. As part of child friendly Leeds, we’ve brought together celebrities from music and sport to share their advice and best wishes with all young people taking exams in Leeds this year.…
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Last week saw over 160 young people through the doors of Leeds Civic Hall for a construction industry apprenticeship fair – one of many run in the city to help young people find out about the options open to them. You can find out much more about all types of training, work experience, ideas and…
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My journey as a single adopter started over 2 years ago. It was a massive decision to apply to adopt, after looking into all of the other options. I did lots of background reading, and spoke to friends who had already adopted to get as much information as I could, before I applied. I was…
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We’re nearly at the end of a week of exciting free robot events this Easter all around the city centre – have you been over to make your robot? There’s one more event this week, and then it’s time to show us your robot! There’s lots more coming – including the plans to create 10,000 robots in Leeds, with plenty of opportunities…
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