We all know how important it is to give all children and young people the encouragement and inspiration they need to be a success. As part of child friendly Leeds, we’ve brought together celebrities from music and sport to share their advice and best wishes with all young people taking exams in Leeds this year.…
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Last week saw over 160 young people through the doors of Leeds Civic Hall for a construction industry apprenticeship fair – one of many run in the city to help young people find out about the options open to them. You can find out much more about all types of training, work experience, ideas and…
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We’re nearly at the end of a week of exciting free robot events this Easter all around the city centre – have you been over to make your robot? There’s one more event this week, and then it’s time to show us your robot! There’s lots more coming – including the plans to create 10,000 robots in Leeds, with plenty of opportunities…
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Beth got involved as a child friendly Leeds young advisor, and worked on the child friendly Leeds awards. “I never thought that when a couple of my friends and I went to the Leeds Art Gallery that I would ever have the opportunity to put on a show like this. I just thought I would be…
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I first became aware of the Independent Visitor (IV) scheme in January of 2012. At this point in my life, I’d admit that I had lost direction. Having graduated from Uni a year previously, I was living in Leeds, working in a job which was both completely unrelated to what I actually wanted to do for a…
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Since being elected as Children’s Mayor I have had various responsibilities such as switching on the Leeds Christmas Lights and laying a wreath on behalf of all the children in Leeds, at the Remembrance Day service. More recently I visited Philip Stoners Jewelers in Leeds where I was presented with new silver chains which all…
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A free event for school staff and those working with young people in Leeds – Wednesday 4 December Practical ways to identify and support young carers in schools “…young carers still don’t get an assessment of their needs or access to the support they and their families need. The consequences can be serious and long…
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It’s been a busy couple of weeks in our office. I work with the communications team and help with all things child friendly. This week we launched nominations for the first ever child friendly Leeds awards so I’ve been busy creating nomination forms, making sure the website works and planning how we can make sure…
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It started with the director of children’s services for Leeds city council saying in a meeting that only 10% of looked after children had an independent visitor. I had no idea what one of those was! So one day I Googled it and discovered that there was a Leeds City Council scheme. An…
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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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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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Tucked away in the shade of the library during a sunny CBBC Live in Leeds weekend a few young people and certain dog took part in the start of something pretty awesome. On Thursday 25th July we launched MyMapLeeds – an interactive map that shows the stories of children and young people from all around…
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