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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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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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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My name is Val Waite and I’m the manager of the best practice team in the complex needs service. Our team is working on the Leeds local offer. The Leeds local offer is all about making it easier for people in our city to find information about services and support for children and young people…
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Ambassador Aisha Rashid Our pledge Our latest project Tackling BME underachievement in inner South Leeds, the supplementary school delivers academic support in English, Mathematics and Science to overcome barriers to learning, for primary aged children. In addition we work hard to instill a love of learning through creative teaching strategies, raise aspirations with visits from…
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Jane and Auli are part of the team working on child friendly Leeds, and they’re talking to organisations across the city about how we can work together to make Leeds’ child friendly city ambitions a reality – here’s a snapshot of four of their recent visits. Get in touch on childfriendlyleeds@leeds.gov.uk if you or your…
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New laws to improve services for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities From September 2014, there will be a number of changes to improve services for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The changes are a result of the Children and Families Act 2014 which became…
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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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Did you know that there are hundreds of children living in Leeds who need to be adopted or fostered? An important part of our ambition to be a child friendly city is that we want to make sure all our children are in homes that are safe, where they can receive care with patience, understanding…
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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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