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Adult Social Care Leadership Academy Lunch and Learn
Strong leadership is key to delivering high-quality care and support. This session offers a quick way to understand what training is available and how to access it. Leeds City Council’s Leadership Academy is hosting an [...]
Community Care Fund Grants for Local Projects
Small grants like this can make a practical difference. They can help organisations improve spaces, buy equipment, or deliver activities that bring people together. Caremark has opened its Community Care Fund, offering three £3,000 grants [...]
Big Bike Revival 2026 Opens for Delivery Partners
Cycling UK has opened applications for organisations that want to deliver Big Bike Revival activity in 2026. This is relevant for community organisations in Leeds that support adults with health, confidence, cost or access barriers [...]
Let’s Move: South Leeds returns to Cross Flatts Park
This event is a useful chance for local organisations and residents to connect around physical activity, community wellbeing and what South Leeds has to offer. Let’s Move: South Leeds is a free community event at [...]
£2 tennis sessions at Cross Flatts Park
Affordable local activities like this can make a real difference. They help remove cost barriers and give children, young people and adults more chances to be active close to home. Weekly coached tennis sessions are [...]
Translated TB awareness videos to support community engagement in Leeds
Forum Central is sharing a set of translated tuberculosis (TB) awareness videos developed to support organisations working directly with communities across Leeds. These resources have been shared by Leeds City Council Public Health (Health Protection [...]
ABCD in Leeds: What Six Years of Community-led Change is Telling Us
A new review of Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) in Leeds offers one of the clearest pictures yet of what happens when communities are trusted, resourced, and supported to lead change themselves. Covering six years [...]
Sing ON: Inspire
Sing ON: Inspire Programme Supports People Living with Lung Conditions in East Leeds Programmes like this offer a practical way to support people’s health and wellbeing through simple, accessible activity in the community. [...]
Cost and Operating Pressures Survey Now Open
Forum Central’s latest Cost and Operating Pressures Survey is now open, and we are asking organisations to complete it on behalf of their organisation. This survey was previously known as the Cost Pressures Survey and [...]
Three Issues Shaping Leeds Health and Care Partnerships Right Now
This month’s Representatives and Reference Group discussion highlighted three connected issues that matter for the VCSE sector in Leeds: access to community buildings and estates, the role of prevention within neighbourhood health, and the importance [...]
Push for Paternity Leave Community Walk
A family-friendly walk is taking place in Leeds, calling for better paternity leave and more equal parenting from day one. Push for Paternity Leave brings parents, carers and supporters together to raise awareness of how [...]
Neurodiversity In Older Adults Seminar
An in-person seminar in Leeds will explore neurodiversity in older adults as part of the Reimagine Ageing Network. The session will bring together research, discussion and networking focused on understanding neurodiversity in later life. Event [...]
Free mental health courses at Leeds Recovery College
Leeds Recovery College offers free courses and workshops to help people learn more about mental health and develop practical ways to support their wellbeing. Courses are open to adults (18+) who live, work or [...]
Funding for Creative Projects Connecting Communities with Nature
Funding for Creative Projects Connecting Communities with Nature Grants of up to £15,000 are available through the Seasons of Culture 2026 programme to support creative projects that bring people closer to nature across Leeds. Funded [...]
Major Youth Leadership Funding Opportunity
A significant new funding opportunity has opened for organisations working with young people in Leeds, with a single grant of over £120,000 available through the Lead the Change programme. The fund aims to support youth-led [...]