The Child Friendly Leeds team has been looking back with huge appreciation at the kindness, creativity, and community spirit that shone across the city during our biggest festive giving drive.
We’re thrilled to share the launch of Our Story in a free digital format. It is a powerful comic anthology created by young people aged 15–25 with lived experience of the care system in Leeds.
This blog has been written by colleagues at Active Leeds, as a spotlight on some of the wonderful projects and sessions they run, and in support of the Child Friendly Leeds 12 wishes. Particularly, Wish 9 which is all around making healthy choices. Active Leeds offers a wide range of fun and engaging activities across…
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This blog has been written by the Assistant Headteacher of Westgate Primary school, as a spotlight on their good practice, and in support of the Child Friendly Leeds 12 wishes. Particularly, Wish 9 which is all around making healthy choices. At Westgate Primary School, encouraging healthy habits is something we’re passionate about. That’s why we…
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My Role Hi, I am Naomi and now in Year 10 at Horsforth School. As a member of the school parliament, I created a video promoting disconnect to reconnect and offered alternatives to always having a screen in front of you. Hopefully, this made an impact on children since they were getting advice from someone…
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As we celebrate National Playday, we’re proud to share how Leeds has helped shape a national conversation about the importance of play — through our involvement in the Raising the Nation Play Commission. In Leeds we have attracted a national spotlight for our trailblazing work to make play everyone’s business and to prioritise children’s time, space and…
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August is the month of results! With lots of you just having received GCSE-level, AS-level, A-level, T-level and VTQ results, you might be starting to think about potential career paths. 12 August also marked ‘International Youth Day’ with the theme being all around how young people are leading the way in digital innovation. So, if…
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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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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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