Prevent Awareness Week 2026: Free training for frontline staff in Leeds
Leeds City Council is hosting Prevent Awareness Week 2026, taking place from Monday 9 to Thursday 12 February 2026. The week will offer a programme of free learning and training sessions focused on key areas [...]
Careers in Care: Do You Work With Someone Who Could Benefit?
We’re sharing an opportunity for VCSE organisations in Leeds to help people they work with take a first step into paid work in health and social care. The Careers in Care programme is now open [...]
Time Well Spent: Workshops to help navigate change later in life
Time Well Spent is a series of small-group workshops designed to support men aged 55 and above who are experiencing change in later life. The sessions offer time and space to reflect, share experiences, and [...]
Grow Wild Community Programme
The Grow Wild Community Programme offers funding to community groups and not-for-profit organisations across England to support projects that help people connect with nature and improve local green spaces. The programme focuses on community involvement, [...]
West Yorkshire Micro Accessibility Capital Grants
VCSE organisations across West Yorkshire can apply for Micro Capital Grants to support physical and practical improvements that make community and cultural spaces more accessible for disabled people. The fund supports capital investment that delivers [...]
Forces in Mind Trust Funding
About the fund The Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT) is inviting applications from organisations working to improve outcomes for ex-Service personnel and their families across the UK. FiMT funds projects that support successful transition from [...]
Essential Skills for Volunteers – New Online Course
The Lifelong Learning Centre and Digital Education at the University of Leeds are launching a new Essential Skills for Volunteers course later this month. This free, online resource has been co-created with Voluntary Action Leeds, [...]
Free Motivational Interviewing Training
The Leeds Health and Care Academy is offering free access to Motivational Interviewing training for people working in health and care roles across Leeds. Two study days will take place on 21 and 22 April [...]
Grassroots Grants programme
The Grassroots Grants programme is now open for its next funding round, offering small grants to support grassroots organisations working at a local level. The programme is made possible thanks to funding raised by players [...]
Applications now open: Yorkshire & Humber CVDRM Fellowship
Applications are now open for the Health Innovation Network Cardiovascular, Renal & Metabolic (CVDRM) Fellowship, a new regional development programme designed to build leadership capability and support system-level improvement across Yorkshire and Humber. This flagship [...]
Strengthening Resilience: Thriving in the VCSE Workplace
A practical workshop for charity staff and volunteers Working in the voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) sector is deeply rewarding — but it can also be emotionally demanding. Charity staff and volunteers often face [...]
Career Compass: celebrating impact and shaping the future
Partners from across Leeds and West Yorkshire are invited to come together for Career Compass: Celebrating Impact, Shaping the Future, an in-person event focused on learning, reflection, and collaboration. The session will explore how Career [...]
Research Opportunity: Autistic Adults and Mental Health Crisis Services
The University of Strathclyde is inviting autistic adults in England who have used mental health crisis services to take part in a research study exploring what works well, what doesn’t, and how support could be [...]
Paid Community Research Opportunity in Leeds
The National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) is recruiting paid community researchers in Leeds to support a national research project focused on improving living standards. This opportunity is aimed at people who: live [...]
Unpaid Carers Survey 2025
The 2025 Unpaid Carers Survey is still open and unpaid carers in Leeds are encouraged to take part. Led by Carers Leeds, the survey helps build a clearer picture of carers’ experiences and priorities, and [...]