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22nd November 2025

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Impact of Leeds’ ABCD Programme Highlighted in New Six-Year Review

A comprehensive new review has showcased the significant and growing impact of Leeds’ pioneering Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) programme over a six-year period, revealing powerful outcomes for residents and neighbourhoods across the city. Published this month, A review of ABCD in Leeds Pathfinder Sites (2019–2025): A six-year journey from seeds to trees brings together…

Leeds City Council launches review into city statues

A long-standing former councillor is to lead a city-wide review into statues and monuments across Leeds. Alison Lowe, chief executive of Leeds-based mental health charity Touchstone, who was the first female BAME city councillor and represented Labour from 1990 to 2019, has been appointed to the role as part of the council’s response to…

Leeds wins bid to become one of the first Time to Change hubs – set up to change how we all think and act about mental health

Councils, the NHS, police, community groups, charities, employers and schools in Leeds are all coming together to change how we think and act about mental health, as part of a new initiative from Time to Change. Today Leeds has been named one of the first Time to Change hubs in England, a new partnership…

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Impact of Leeds’ ABCD Programme Highlighted in New Six-Year Review

Leeds City Council launches review into city statues

Leeds wins bid to become one of the first Time to Change hubs – set up to change how we all think and act about mental health

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