On 3 December, Child Friendly Leeds celebrated its partnership with the University of Leeds at Nexus, hosting a Third Sector Workshop and Festive Networking Event. The event brought together 81 Ambassadors and partners to strengthen collaboration for children and young people, supporting Leeds’ ambition to be the best city to grow up in. As part of…
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The Lord Mayor invites you to a day of play for ‘Just One Day’ on Thursday 27 February!
We welcomed 32 young people from youth voice groups from across Leeds to have their say on issues around health; transport; education; play and inclusion. What happened on the night? All the youth groups started arriving to the Banqueting Hall at Leeds Civic Hall from around 4:00pm. They ate some food and got prepared for…
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Please give a warm welcome to George Webster. George is a 23 year old BAFTA award winning TV presenter, actor, author and dancer from Leeds. He is a fantastic advocate for the Child Friendly Leeds 12 wishes, amongst plenty of other things, but we’ll let him tell you more about it… George made history when…
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Seasons are a Child Friendly Leeds ambassador who do great work connecting people with nature. As we are celebrating all things Wish 5 – everyone takes more action to protect the environment from climate change – we wanted to find out more about the work that ‘Seasons’ does. Seasons is a Forest School in Leeds…
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Working in partnership Our sixth annual gifting initiative in December 2023, was a great success, thanks to the support of new and established ambassadors across the city. Their efforts provided a wonderful experience for children and young people and helped alleviate some of the pressures families can experience during the holiday season Ambassadors from across…
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LEEDS 2023 is a year-long celebration of culture in our extraordinary city and we’re inviting everyone to join in.
Child Friendly Leeds is celebrating 10 years and we’re excited to announce that the 2022-23 Play Enabling Grant is now open to community and voluntary sector providers.
During the pandemic, we know many children, young people and families had a difficult time. We wanted to ensure happiness and well-being were a top priority and launched the The Happy Project wit the Merrion Centre, owners Town Centre Securities PLC. Poetry submissions on the theme of ‘Happiness & Wellbeing’ were received by poets aged 5-12 years…
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For many people, Christmas is about spending time with the people they love and giving gifts to one another, a tradition which has its origins in the Christmas story or nativity. We wanted to share with you, a rather special Christmas giving opportunity … Students with special educational need and disabilities (SEND) from West, East…
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“I was scared to come today. I didn’t know what to expect, but it’s been a great Christmas … chilled. I’ve not had a Christmas like this before, it’s been a family Christmas.” (Quotation from a young person who attended the Leeds Christmas Dinner, 2019). Christmas can be a lonely and challenging time for many…
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As you will know from our ‘Christmas Thank You’ blog, our Child Friendly Leeds ambassadors are just as eager to help and support children, young people and families, if not more so, during the Covid pandemic. The Child Friendly Leeds Team was not in a position to deliver face to face activities earlier in the…
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