This week, the child friendly Leeds awards will be held at the City Varieties, celebrating the great things that people, places and organisations are doing in Leeds to make it the best place to grow up. We asked you to make your choices at the end of last year, and the winners will be announced…
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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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Today we have a great story of a private fostering arrangement in Leeds, to show how brilliant it can be for all involved. This type of fostering is when a private arrangement is made between a child’s parents and someone other than a close relative to look after their child for at least twenty eight…
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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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On the 22nd November young people took over the child friendly Leeds communications office. This is our thoughts on child friendly Leeds. What is child friendly Leeds? Child friendly Leeds is about bringing young people (and all people) together to make a child-friendly city. To us, a child friendly city is a place where we…
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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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On April 2nd 2014, we’ll invite 1000 young people from Leeds, their teachers and guardians into the Town Hall for a gala awards night to remember. The culmination of a year’s planning and filmmaking, the Golden Owl Awards recognises young talent from across our city. It showcases the amazing winning films from young people in front of…
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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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Plans for the Big Green Weekend Open Day at Skelton Grange on 5th October are really coming together! We are very excited at the prospect of being able to contribute to the Leeds Inspired programme of cultural events across Leeds in 2013 and hope that our plans for celebrating environmental and community arts, crafts and…
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Takeover Day is a national event which gives children and young people the chance to work with adults for the day and be involved in decision-making. It’s a great way for organisations to meet and work with young people, and for young people to find out about the world of work, contribute ideas and gain…
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