On Tuesday 21st May 2024, the Leeds Children’s Mayor, Mohammed from Ireland Wood Primary School, hosted his Primary Summit at Leeds Civic Hall. The aim of the event was to bring year 5 students from primary schools across Leeds together to learn about the Leeds Children’s Mayor programme and to hear how they could implement…
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From 300 nominations to 36 shortlisted – let’s take a look at those people, places or organisations who make up the shortlist for the Child Friendly Leeds 2024 Awards. “I would like to congratulate all winners, all those shortlisted as well as the many nominees this year – their commitment and passion to showcasing what…
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The Leeds Online Safety Campaign has been working to support professionals, parents and carers help keep children safe in their online world, to help them feel confident in talking about online safety with the children they know and work with, so that they in turn know that they can always talk to someone about anything…
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Leeds has an ambition to be a Child Friendly City. In order to achieve this, it wishes for all children and young people to be able to express their views, feel heard and be involved in decisions that affect their lives (Child Friendly Leeds wish number 3). Youth voice groups support this wish and their…
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In February 2024, Leeds launched an intensification month to draw attention to serious knife crime related incidents in the city. With a significant proportion of serious incidents of violence involving young people, a large focal point for the month has been around educating and intervening with young people, schools and parents. This initiative was spearheaded…
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Top 10 Places to Visit with the Kids this Spring and Easter.
What is it and what does it mean? Vision Zero 2040 is the ambition that no one will be killed or suffer serious injuries on the road across Leeds by 2040. No more road deaths. Zero road deaths is the only acceptable number Leeds was the first city in West Yorkshire to adopt Vision Zero,…
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Families are missing out on ‘Healthy Start’ At a time when daily essentials are getting more and more expensive and we are living through a cost-of-living crisis, we need all the support we can get. Unfortunately, around 2000 families in Leeds are missing out on a scheme which could contribute to their household budget and…
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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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What are ‘School Streets’ and what do they have to do with Wish 6? What is a School Street? A School Street is a temporary closure of the road closeby to a school during drop-off and pick-up times. This makes it safer to make active travel choices (to walk or cycle to school) as there…
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Being a Road Safety trainer is role where every day is different! The trainers play a huge part in influencing people’s travel behaviour, in support of our Vision Zero 2040 strategy. The strategy aims to eradicate fatal and serious road crashes by 2040. Our Road Safety trainers mostly work with schools in areas where data…
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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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