Leeds 400 celebrating 400 years of the city
On 13 July 2026, Leeds marks a remarkable milestone — 400 years since receiving its first Royal Charter from King Charles I. That moment in 1626 marked the beginning of Leeds’ journey towards self-governance and, [...]
Charities facing mission-limiting hostility, fear and intimidation
Increasing levels of division and polarisation Charities across the UK are reporting increasing levels of hostility, fear and intimidation, alongside growing division and polarisation in wider society. In October, the National Council for Voluntary Organisations [...]
PAFRAS 20th Birthday Celebration
Positive Action for Refugees and Asylum Seekers (PAFRAS) is celebrating 20 years of supporting people seeking asylum in Leeds, and everyone connected to the organisation is warmly invited to take part. For two decades, PAFRAS [...]
TCV Hollybush Potato Day & Seed Swap
Get digging! The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) is bringing back its annual Potato Day & Seed Swap at Hollybush Conservation Centre in Kirkstall, Leeds — a celebration of seed potatoes, gardening, community and outdoor fun. What [...]
Canopy Housing Guide to Retrofit launch
This is how we do it: Canopy Housing Guide to Retrofit launch For almost 30 years, Canopy Housing has been working with volunteers from the local community to bring empty homes back into use. Their [...]
WY Integrated Neighbourhood Health and Mental Health
The NHS West Yorkshire Integrated Care Board is running a monthly Integrated Neighbourhood Health (INH) webinar series, bringing together partners from across West Yorkshire to share learning, practice and challenges as neighbourhood health models continue [...]
Online summit on finance, tech and future-proofing
Charities are facing rising costs, reduced donations and increasing demand for services. Financial decisions are becoming harder, teams are stretched, and the margin for error feels smaller than ever. Third Sector is hosting a one-day [...]
Commission opportunity for UK-based disabled artists
Shape Arts is supporting a new commissioning opportunity with UCL East Engage, inviting applications from UK-based disabled artists to create an original artwork responding to research on urban accessibility. This commission is linked to research [...]
Getting Ready for Healthy Relationships Training
People with learning disabilities are often given limited opportunities to talk openly about relationships, consent and staying safe. This can leave people without the information or confidence they need when relationships begin to develop. Connect [...]
Introduction to the West Yorkshire Insight Library
The West Yorkshire Insight Library is a shared digital space designed to help organisations across health, care and the VCSE sector discover, share and reuse insight gathered from communities, patients and service users. This blog [...]
Three things that stood out from the February Representatives’ Meeting
The recent Representatives’ Meeting surfaced a lot of information. What stood out most was not just what is changing, but how the VCSE sector is being asked to respond to that change. From the discussion, [...]
HomeFirst Highlights – early Spring 2026 edition
The early Spring 2026 edition of HomeFirst Highlights is now available, sharing progress and learning from HomeFirst Phase 2 and the work underway to transform intermediate care, prevention and neighbourhood-based support across Leeds. This edition [...]
Leeds Community Healthcare publishes refreshed Third Sector Strategy for 2024–2027
Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust has published its refreshed Third Sector Strategy for 2024 to 2027, setting out how it will strengthen partnership working with the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector across Leeds. [...]
Breast screening services across West Yorkshire
A new project is underway across West Yorkshire to better understand women’s experiences of first-time breast screening invitations, with the aim of improving uptake and making services work better for all communities. The work is [...]
Lens Lab LGAP Communications Skills Survey
Help shape support for green community organisations in Leeds We’re sharing a short survey from Lens Lab, developed in partnership with Leeds Green Action Partnership (LGAP), to help shape a potential new programme focused on [...]