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‘‘More businesses should be involved in child friendly Leeds because it gets businesses better employees in the future.’’ My day at work, by McCauley Bonner, age 16

McCauley Bonner became a member of the Leeds City Council child friendly Leeds team for the day, as part of Children’s Commissioner’s Takeover Day 2012. Child friendly Leeds can help your business offer valuable work experience opportunities to young people like McCauley. My day working in the child friendly Leeds team was a great success…
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‘‘My work experience changed my point of view on office work because I thought it would be boring but it seems fun and can be serious. It also helped me to see that college might be a good choice.’’ My day at work, by Declan Lyons, aged 15.

Declan Lyons became a member of the Leeds City Council child friendly Leeds team for the day as part of Children’s Commissioner’s Takeover Day 2012. Child friendly Leeds can help your business offer valuable work experience opportunities to young people like Declan. ”On 23 November I worked as part of the child friendly Leeds team…
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Cinderella – The Rock ‘n’ Roll Panto: a review by Nadia

The Cinderella performance was absolutely fantastic. It was one of the best panto’s I have ever seen. The cast members were multi- talented musicians and actors. Not only was the panto exiting it was also very exhilarating because the actors looked so natural, which makes the play amazing. The panto was not the classical Cinderella…
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Design an ‘Edible Flower Bed’ Competition 2012-13

Have your garden design made into a Leeds City Centre flowerbed! Win gardening vouchers worth up to £250 for your school or organisation. Pupils, schools classes and whole schools are invited to create designs for four flowerbeds for Leeds City Centre. The beds are at the front of the Civic Hall and will be part of a series of…
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Leeds Members of Youth Parliament (MYPs) talk about their role

“In March, Leeds held elections for the United Kingdom Youth Parliament. Four Members and two Deputy Members were elected by around 5000 young people from around Leeds. The role has involved working with and consulting young people in schools and youth groups, collaborating with the Leeds Youth Council, and cooperating with MPs and local Councillors…
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The wishes – 12 things children and young people say will make Leeds more child friendly

In a child friendly Leeds… 1 Children and young people can make safe journeys and easily travel around the city 2 Children and young people find the city centre welcoming and safe, with friendly places to go, have fun and play 3 There are places and spaces to play and things to do, in all…
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What is your child friendly Leeds pledge?

We’ve put together a number of ways that organisations can get involved in child friendly Leeds, by way of a number of pledges that can be completed. Below, are just a few examples: Become a business ambassador of child friendly Leeds Become a supporter of child friendly Leeds Follow child_Leeds and #childfriendlyLeeds on Twitter. Retweet…
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Can you offer a lifeline to a young person in Leeds?

Are you a good friend? Fun to be around? A good role model? Your support could really mean a lot to a young person in care. Volunteer as an Independent Visitor and offer friendship, guidance and fun trips out to young people in Leeds who are looked after by the local authority. These young people…
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Joe Smith: my time as Leeds Children’s Mayor

Joe talks his most memorable moments as Leeds Children’s Mayor, including the time he watched the Leeds United team train at Thorp Arch and met some of the players. Joe also talks about why children should enter the Leeds children’s mayor competition.

Young reporters quiz Leeds City Council about child friendly Leeds

On Monday 13th August, Leeds celebrated the homecoming of it’s Olympic Athletes including the Brownlee Brothers and road race silver medalist Lizzie Armitstead.As well as meeting the athletes, they quizzed the members of Leeds City Council about ‘Child Friendly Leeds’ Leeds will be a child-friendly city where the voices, needs and priorities of children and…
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