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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 [...]
Wassail at Meanwood Valley Urban Farm
Seasonal community events can be a powerful way to bring people together, especially during the darker winter months. The team at MVUF regularly hosts open, welcoming events for the local community and encourages people to [...]
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 [...]
Introduction to Local Care Partnerships in Leeds
Local Care Partnerships (LCPs) are a way of working that brings organisations together to deliver more joined-up, neighbourhood-based care. They focus on supporting people locally, working in and with communities to improve health and wellbeing [...]
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 [...]
Burmantofts Community Friends expands support to Harehills and Nowells
Burmantofts Community Friends (BCF) has shared some positive news about an expansion of its area of work, following discussions with partners and commissioners. From January 2026, BCF will begin supporting older residents in parts of [...]
Covid, Community and How We Come Together
Leeds Beckett University School of Health is hosting the next event in the Centre for Health Promotion Research (CHPR) Seminar Series, focusing on how communities responded to Covid-19 and what this means for future public [...]
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 [...]
Region of Learning and Creativity Strategy – Invitation to Consultation
The West Yorkshire Combined Authority is inviting Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisations to take part in consultation on a new Region of Learning and Creativity strategy. The strategy builds on the title and [...]
Out Together Secure Digital Support for Older LGBTQ+ Funding
Yorkshire-based LGBTQ+ charity Out Together has secured Government funding in partnership with Patient.info to expand vital digital inclusion and support services for older LGBTQ+ people across West Yorkshire. The funding has been awarded through the [...]