Young people from Leeds can now get closer to the city’s First World War legacy through WW1 Medal Stories, a new interactive from Leeds Museums and Galleries and My Learning (www.mylearning.org). The interactive tells the stories of six people whose medals are in the Leeds Museums Collections, including: Nurse Phyllis Tessier, who received the Red…
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The Head Start work placement scheme, run in partnership between IGEN, Leeds City College and Leeds City Council, pairs up ambitious young people aged 18-24 who have been unemployed for more than six months with businesses in the city. The six-week scheme aims to give young people the skills they need to prepare them for…
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Nominations for the child friendly Leeds awards have now closed after a whopping 549 nominations were made! We’d just like to say a big thank you to everybody who nominated the people, places and organisations making Leeds a great city to grow up in. The child friendly Leeds awards ceremony, which will be held on 29 January…
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Ambassador Julian Wynne Thorpe Ambassador pledge To help young people get more enjoyment, understanding and learning out of their parks and open spaces. Example child friendly project: We trained and mentored a new team of EVAs (Education and Event Visitor Assistants) to help me deliver guided farm tours to school children from Leeds and beyond,…
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Ambassador Ann Pemberton Our pledge That over 100 volunteers will support parents, helping them overcome difficulties in the family and provide their children and young people with a supportive, loving home in which they can thrive and achieve their potential. Our latest projects: At our Celebrating Volunteers event during Volunteers Week in early June, 45…
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Ambassador Cllr Martin Hughes Ambassador pledge To promote a child friendly Leeds through the use of the child friendly Leeds logo on letterheads and correspondence, and to create a town that is more inclusive of children and young people. Example child friendly project: At Horsforth Town Council’s recent World War One commemoration event we made…
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Jayden Yeardley, one of our young reporters went along to one of our child friendly Leeds ambassador events, read what he had to say about it… On Monday 31March I attended the Leeds ambassadors meeting. It was at the First Direct Arena in Leeds city centre. We went to interview some of the ambassadors for…
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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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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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We are child friendly Leeds. When I read that on the sea of badges at the table in Sue Rumbold’s office, I thought ‘yeah, love that idea!’ Big thumbs up! Sue is the chief officer for partnership development business support in childrens services at Leeds city council. After our meeting Sue offered me a badge and…
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