The new Leeds Local Offer website launches on 1 September 2014. You can use the website to find out what services and support you can expect to access locally. You can also use it to share your views of services in Leeds and how they should develop… One of the key messages in the Children and…
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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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Lots of young people in Leeds are currently getting their exam results, and to acknowledge their hard work and effort child friendly Leeds has brought together lots of celebrities from music and sport to say a big well done to them all! After they get their results many young people have to make big decisions…
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The fun and sunshine of the summer holidays presents children and young people with plenty of opportunities to get out and explore the places and spaces in Leeds. This year the summer holidays are no exception, with Leeds Museums and Galleries coming together to ask who the children and young people of Leeds will become…
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On Saturday the 19th of July students from the Centre for Advanced Training, Yorkshire Young Dancers (YYD) based at Northern School of Contemporary Dance jumped into action at Trinity Leeds shopping centre as part of Breeze Arts Festival. The flash mob was choreographed by Sean Selby and helped to promote both the arts Festival…
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The Breeze Arts Festival is an arts festival for young people aged 11-19, taking place between 19-27 July across Leeds. This year we have been working with a steering group of young people to organise the festival. These nine young people have been meeting with us weekly from January to July to help to plan…
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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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After spending weeks preparing, our plan to ride the first stage of Le Tour finally took place on the 26th of June. We couldn’t have chosen a better day for riding, with the weather dry but not too hot. The four relay riders set off from Tech North at 7am- with a rider on the road…
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With Le Tour’s Grand Départ just four days away, Temple Newsam welcomed school pupils from across Leeds for the Leeds School Cycle Challenge. The Challenge was designed to encourage children to cycle and to give the pupils, from 50 primary schools and five Special Inclusive Learning Centres (SILCs), a chance to meet Olympic gold…
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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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