A child friendly Leeds means making Leeds a place where children and young people, and their families are able to get out and get active! After the excitement of the Grand Départ, more people in Leeds are keen to get out on their bicycles and Sky Rides are a great way for families to do…
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On Saturday the 19th of July students from the Centre for Advanced Training, Yorkshire Young Dancers (YYD) based at Northern School of Contemporary Dance jumped into action at Trinity Leeds shopping centre as part of Breeze Arts Festival. The flash mob was choreographed by Sean Selby and helped to promote both the arts Festival…
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After spending weeks preparing, our plan to ride the first stage of Le Tour finally took place on the 26th of June. We couldn’t have chosen a better day for riding, with the weather dry but not too hot. The four relay riders set off from Tech North at 7am- with a rider on the road…
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With Le Tour’s Grand Départ just four days away, Temple Newsam welcomed school pupils from across Leeds for the Leeds School Cycle Challenge. The Challenge was designed to encourage children to cycle and to give the pupils, from 50 primary schools and five Special Inclusive Learning Centres (SILCs), a chance to meet Olympic gold…
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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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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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Leeds Play Network told us about what they got up to over Summer, and one of the things was lots of fun in Otley and Aireborough! They worked with extended services and cluster managers to put on 18 fun days for children and families in the local area. Children had the chance to try…
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