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Behind the scenes with YP Productions for the #ChildFriendlyLeedsAwards

Young People Productions (YPP) are the child friendly Leeds Awards planning group 2017.

What Sam Worsnop thinks about planning last year’s child friendly Leeds awards!

As preparations for our next child friendly Leeds awards get underway, we’re once again looking for young people to apply to be part of our awards planning team, a team of ten young people aged 11-19 who are responsible for making sure the ceremony is a success. Last year the awards were planned by a group who…
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The Young People’s Takeover Festival – a festival planned by young people for young people

The Young People’s Takeover Festival at Leeds Grand Theatre in March is planned by young people and brings together creative workshops for young people aged 7-17. In today’s child friendly blog we hear from Sophie Poole who is helping to plan the festival and was previously responsible for planning our child friendly Leeds awards, about…
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Child friendly Leeds awards 2015 – a glittering ceremony for Leeds’ young people!

The winners of the child friendly Leeds awards 2015 were finally revealed at a glittering ceremony held at Leeds City Varieties. The ceremony was the culmination of the work of Thumbs Up Productions, a group of nine young people who have been working hard since September to plan every aspect of the ceremony and take…
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Child friendly Leeds awards 2015 – winners revealed!

The winners of the second annual child friendly Leeds awards were announced in a glittering ceremony on 29 January at Leeds City Varieties. There were an astounding 547 nominations received for champion children, child friendly places, people who go the extra mile and great organisations, with the winners announced at the special event. Thumbs Up…
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Child friendly Leeds awards 2015 – a statement from Councillor Judith Blake!

We are getting very excited about the child friendly Leeds awards which are taking place tomorrow night! Leeds City Varieties are hosting the awards in special ceremony planned and performed entirely by young people to celebrate and reward the people, places and organisations helping to make Leeds a child friendly city. ‘Thumbs Up Productions,’ a group of…
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