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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For many of us January is a time for setting ourselves targets for the year ahead. Though these goals can involve anything – from cutting down on the amount of chocolate we eat, to reading a new book – the beginning of the year is a time for us to make changes that have been…
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Unpaid work can make you happier. Not a fact, admittedly, but I get many of my kicks off volunteering. In Leeds, I’m in very good company. To me, it’s truly a volunteering city. One example – from many I’d hazard – is illustrated by Leeds City Council staff. Selfless means more with this council crew.…
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Here at child friendly Leeds we love to hear the stories of projects that find new ways to engage children and young people. One of our child friendly ambassadors is Faye who runs Baby Rave North – a project that combines music and lighting, bringing babies and parents together in a lively child friendly environment!…
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Young people from Leeds can now get closer to the city’s First World War legacy through WW1 Medal Stories, a new interactive from Leeds Museums and Galleries and My Learning (www.mylearning.org). The interactive tells the stories of six people whose medals are in the Leeds Museums Collections, including: Nurse Phyllis Tessier, who received the Red…
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Skelton Grange Environmental Centre is a partnership between the Conservation Volunteers and National Grid, with support from Leeds City Council. Run with the help of volunteers, the centre promotes an understanding of environmental issues related to children and young people of all backgrounds and abilities Today’s blog was written by Louise, one of the centre’s…
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The annual Leeds Children’s Mayor election enables Children and Young People to vote for the year 6 pupil they feel should become a leading voice for young people in our city. This year, 31 schools submitted entrants. These were shortlisted to a final ten by a panel of youth councillors, Members of Youth Parliament and…
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Hundreds of hard-working volunteers, employees and partner organisations across Leeds were given a special ‘thank you’ by staff at Leeds City Council for their work to make Leeds the best city for children and young people. The council’s children’s services directorate held its annual awards ceremony to honour those who have made a special contribution…
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Nominations for the child friendly Leeds awards have now closed after a whopping 549 nominations were made! We’d just like to say a big thank you to everybody who nominated the people, places and organisations making Leeds a great city to grow up in. The child friendly Leeds awards ceremony, which will be held on 29 January…
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Libraries aren’t just great places to read your favourite books, they’re also community spaces that host an array of child friendly activities. With autumn half-term coming up, we decided to find out more about what’s going on at Leeds libraries. Today we talk to Owen Clements, the Children’s Information Librarian at Leeds Central Library, about…
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Recently we have been using this blog to talk about changes to services for children and young people with SEN and disabilities under the Children and Families Act 2014. We have started to make these changes happen in Leeds. As part of this we have launched our new Leeds Local Offer website which we’ll be developing over the months…
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The child friendly Leeds awards are an opportunity to reflect on the people, places and organisations making Leeds a fantastic city to grow-up in, as well as for people from the city to share their stories about the child friendly activities they organise and participate in. Today we hear from Kay Brown, an organiser of…
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