The Child Friendly Leeds team has been looking back with huge appreciation at the kindness, creativity, and community spirit that shone across the city during our biggest festive giving drive.
Leeds Heritage Theatre’s innovative work experience program offers young people a chance to feel inspired and valued as they explore various arts industry roles. Through practical activities and direct engagement with employees, students will gain confidence and motivation to pursue a creative career.
We’re thrilled to share the launch of Our Story in a free digital format. It is a powerful comic anthology created by young people aged 15–25 with lived experience of the care system in Leeds.
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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You waited two years for it… and the highly anticipated Child Friendly Leeds Awards are back for 2024! We are so excited to be bringing back the Child Friendly Leeds Awards next year. It is a fantastic celebration of the talent and achievements of the city’s children and young people, as well as highlighting the…
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“Embark on a culinary journey with the Food Means Home project – discover the vibrant flavours and diverse cultures of young people from around the world who call Leeds home, as they share their treasured family recipes in a colourful cookbook available free to download.”
As we enter 2023, we would like to thank our incredible ambassadors who have generously supported various communities of children, young people, and their families over the holiday season. The cost-of-living crisis did not deter our ambassadors from all over the city from supporting and providing for children and families in need. Organisations, their staff,…
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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.
What are the Child Friendly Leeds Awards? 2019 will be the sixth year that the annual Child Friendly Leeds Awards have been run in partnership between Child Friendly Leeds (CFL), Leeds City Council and the City Varieties Learning Team. The CFL Awards showcase the amazing things that children, young people, adults, schools, communities, businesses and…
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Our ambition to make Leeds a child friendly city can only be achieved through partnership work across all sectors of the city, joining together to put children and young people at the heart of everything they do. Jane Kaye is one the people at Leeds City Council who is responsible for liaising with young people…
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Over 800 children and young people from across 20 high schools and 54 primary schools packed into Pudsey Civic Hall last month as part of Leeds Book Awards 2015, coming to celebrate their favourite authors and books from the past year. A whopping 1563 reviews were posted onto the Leeds Book Awards website in total,…
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Residents across Leeds are being invited to apply to close their streets on 5 August and participate in national Playday. As well as a celebration of children’s right to play, Playday is a campaign that highlights the importance of play in children’s lives. National Playday takes place every year on the first Wednesday of…
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