All posts by Gemma Sargeant

Halton Moor Wood – Litter pick and clean up

Do you have some spare time to help improve your local environment?  The Friends Of Temple Newsam Park with the support of Temple Newsam Estate are organising a community litter pick and clean up of Halton Moor Wood on Tuesday 15 October. For further information please click here

Leeds SEND Information, Advice and Support Drop In Sessions – Autumn 2019

Leeds Special Educational Needs & Disability Information Advice Support Service  (SENDIASS) are providing impartial Information, Advice and Support to parents and carers attending drop in sessions. We will be supporting enquiries on:

  • SEND advice in schools;
  • EHCP;
  • Specialist Provisions and other SEND questions on the day.

Refreshments are available at the sessions. SENDIASS volunteers will also be available on the day supporting parents and carers and professionals attending, to take part in the sessions. For further information please click here

If you would like to contribute to the SENDIASS projects by taking part in ‘focus groups’ – please contact the SENDIASS project team at:  sendiassproject@leeds.gov.uk for further information.

 

Leeds City Listening Project 2019

Leeds City Council are running a one off focus group that aims to get the views of women in the community  (over the age of 18)  of barriers they may face and also asking them to identify what solutions they believe could help with some of these barriers. For further information please click here

What is important in your Community?

We want to know what are the important issues for you in your community so that we can use your views and opinions to drive the work of the TNCP. This will include campaigns for our TNCP School Council, work in the community, Holiday Activity Programmes, and the wider work of the TNCP.

All responses will be entered in to a free prize drawer for a £20 voucher – please include your name and address if you would like to be entered. All responses will remain anonymous and your details will not be shared.

Click here to complete the survey and to enter the drawer.

Leeds Museums & Galleries – Volunteering Opportunities and Paid Placements!

Please click here and here for details of volunteering opportunities at Leeds Museums and Art Galleries.

There are other opportunities for events volunteers:

  • at Kirkstall Abbey Deli Markets and Lotherton (including Hallow’een and Christmas events);
  • during school holidays with family craft activities at Temple Newsam ;
  • to join the Weekly Colour  Garden sessions at Leeds Industrial Museum;
  • re-enactors to help bring Abbey House’s Victorian street to life.

Details of all these opportunities can be found on Leeds Museums & Galleries volunteer webpage.

Leeds Museums and Galleries are also offering some paid work placements and two jobs – for further information, please see Leeds City Council’s jobsite