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Healthy Holidays Leeds

3rd April 2026

CHILD FRIENDLY LEEDS

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Healthy Holidays Leeds offers food and fun for children during school breaks

Healthy Holidays Leeds is helping children and young people stay active, well-fed and entertained during the school holidays with a wide range of free clubs and activities across the city. The programme, which is Leeds’ local name for the Department for Education’s Holiday Activity and Food Programme, runs during the Easter, summer and Christmas…

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Free and low-cost things to do over the Easter school holidays.

27th March 2026

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Free and low-cost family activities to enjoy in Leeds this Easter holidays

Families across Leeds looking to make the most of the Easter school holidays do not need to break the bank to enjoy days out together. With two weeks to fill, many parents and carers will be searching for affordable ways to keep children busy, active and entertained. Fortunately, Leeds has no shortage of free…

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Shakespeare Primary School Leeds

8th October 2018

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Child friendly plan helping make Leeds the best city for children and young people

Children from Shakespeare Primary School helped senior figures from Leeds City Council and the Children and Families Trust Board launch a refreshed Children and Young People’s Plan, setting out how the council and partners will continue to put children and young people at the heart of the city’s growth strategy and realise its ambition…

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Child Friendly Leeds

25th September 2018

CHILD FRIENDLY LEEDS

3 mins read

Don’t miss out on chance to nominate individuals and organisations for Child Friendly Leeds awards 2019

People are being asked to nominate the organisations and individuals who they think epitomise child friendliness in Leeds, for the city’s Child Friendly Leeds awards 2019. Children and young people will be at the forefront of the awards, which are being organised by Leeds City Council in partnership with the Leeds City Varieties. A…

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Leeds City Council’s Children’s Services

17th September 2018

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1 min read

Children’s services in line for top awards

Services supporting children, young people and families across Leeds are in line for five prestigious industry awards. Leeds City Council’s Children’s Services have been shortlisted for five Children and Young People Now Awards. Children and Young People Now is the only dedicated magazine for professionals working with children, young people and families. Children and…

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Leeds Children’s Mayor

12th September 2018

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2 mins read

Young people urged not to miss on chance to vote for new Leeds Children’s Mayor

Twelve Leeds school children are now in the final stretch of their campaigns to become the new Leeds Children’s Mayor. This follows schools from across the city being invited to nominate one year-five pupil for election to the role. As part of the process, each candidate was required to write a short manifesto outlining…

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Child Friendly Leeds

30th July 2018

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2 mins read

Summer of fun as pop-up spaces and activities transform the city centre

The city centre will be coming to life over the summer months with a jam-packed calendar of activities starting at the end of July. Whether you want to relax on a deck chair at City Beach, soak up the sunshine at one of our pop-up spaces or get involved with one of the many…

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Schools Yorkshire Tour 2018

3rd July 2018

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A big Leeds welcome for the Schools Yorkshire Tour

Pupils from Brownhill Primary School and St. Augustine’s Catholic Primary School in Leeds have brought the 400-mile cycling relay which has been winding its way through Yorkshire for the past month, to a close today. The pupils rode into Millennium Square to hand over the baton to the Lord Mayor of Leeds Councillor Graham…

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Schools Yorkshire Tour 2018

28th June 2018

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Leeds pupils bring 400 mile Yorkshire school cycle relay to a close

Children and young people from 27 Leeds schools will be taking part in the final stage of the 400-mile cycling relay which has made its way through Yorkshire over the past month. The Schools Yorkshire Tour relay began on Tuesday 5 June as part of national Bike Week and saw hundreds of pupils from…

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Leeds Meets Shakespeare

20th June 2018

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Leeds pupils are all a ‘Bard’ for Shakespeare celebration

Pupils from six Leeds schools are to attend a special event tomorrow to celebrate their hard work and success after taking part in the ‘Leeds Meets Shakespeare’ project. The aim of the project was to raise the attainment of Year one pupils who have English as an Additional Language, by teaching Shakespeare through drama.…

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Schools Yorkshire Tour

31st May 2018

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2 mins read

Hundreds of Yorkshire pupils take part in 400 mile cycle relay

Children and young people from over 160 schools across Yorkshire will be taking part in a cycling relay covering 12 local authority areas over the next four weeks. The Schools Yorkshire Tour relay will start on Tuesday 5 June as part of national Bike Week. The relay will see pupils from primary, secondary and…

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Snapp Leeds

23rd May 2018

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2 mins read

Leeds young people get snapp happy with photography competition

Teenagers across the city are being given the chance to win vouchers by taking pictures around Leeds city centre and uploading them to new Instagram page @SnappLeeds. Leeds City Council has launched the Snapp Leeds photography competition which was one of the winning ideas in the ‘Making Leeds city centre more child-friendly’ competition. The…

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Roller Disco

23rd March 2018

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Get your skates on for a Roller Disco in Leeds city centre this Easter

Children and young people across the city will have the chance to get their skates on at a new pop-up roller disco this Easter. The event space at Leeds Market will be transformed into a roller disco arena for three days in the Easter holidays and has been brought to Leeds as one of…

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Arooj Creative Writing Competition

14th March 2018

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2 mins read

Pupils praised for perfect prose

Pupils who have been taking part in a creative writing competition will be awarded for their poetic and literary efforts at a civic ceremony on Tuesday. Hundreds of children from primary schools across the city submitted entries into the Arooj creative writing competition, with 28 pupils being short listed as potential winners. The winner…

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Child Friendly Leeds

2nd February 2018

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3 mins read

Child Friendly Leeds 2018 champions announced

The winners of the fifth Child Friendly Leeds awards have been announced in a star-studded ceremony at Leeds City Varieties last night (Thursday 1 February). The awards, organised, planned and presented by young people, celebrate some of the people, places and organisations helping to make Leeds a child friendly city. Hundreds of nominations came in for…

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Child Friendly Leeds

17th January 2018

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4 mins read

Shortlist revealed for the 2018 Child Friendly Leeds awards

The names of the people, places and organisations shortlisted for the 2018 Child Friendly Leeds Awards have now been revealed. The winners will be officially announced at a prestigious awards ceremony, being organised by Team Ten & Co, a group of young people, which will be held at Leeds City Varieties on 1 February.…

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Child Friendly Leeds

26th October 2017

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Leeds’ busiest shopping street transforms into play space for four days

A fun and interactive play installation has appeared on Briggate this week to transform the busiest shopping street in Leeds into a vibrant child friendly playground. The interactive, fun family event brings together arts and crafts, outside play and physical activity right in the heart of the city centre. The installation features a climbing wall, arts and…

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Child Friendly Leeds Awards

26th October 2017

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7 mins read

Youngsters take the lead in planning citywide awards

Children and young people take centre stage when it comes to putting on the city’s prestigious annual awards ceremony which celebrates the people who make Leeds truly child friendly. The Child Friendly Leeds Awards are the only city awards which are planned, delivered and hosted by young people. This year marks the fifth birthday…

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Swarcliffe-Arium

2nd October 2017

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2 mins read

New art installation designed by youngsters to be proudly displayed at new city horticultural nursery

Youngsters from six city schools have created a very special art installation which will take pride of place in a new and exciting purpose-built city horticultural nursery. The art work will be officially unveiled later this week as part of the celebrations to mark the official opening of ‘The Arium’, which will replace Leeds…

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Child Friendly Leeds Awards

22nd September 2017

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Don’t miss your chance to nominate your child friendly champions

There is only one week left to nominate the organisations and individuals who deserve to be recognised for their contribution to making Leeds a child friendly city. The fifth annual Child Friendly Leeds Awards will take place in February 2018 and are the perfect opportunity for the city to celebrate and shout about the…

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You Can Foster

20th September 2017

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7 mins read

Leeds children in foster care invited to tell their Inspiring Stories

Leeds children who are in foster care are being encouraged to enter an inspirational new creative writing competition to tell their stories and encourage a new generation of adults to sign up as foster carers. Developed by the award-winning ‘You Can Foster’ campaign the competition is open to children from all over the North…

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Baby Week Leeds

19th September 2017

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Second Baby Week Leeds nurtures a best start in life

A week of events brought a South American idea to Leeds in a bid to help give all babies in the city the best start in life. Baby Week Leeds ran last week from 11-17 September 2017 with a six day schedule of conferences, workshops and fun activities for parents-to-be, new parents, and professionals.…

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