Leeds strengthens French connection as it renews twin city link with Lille
Leeds City Council has put pen to paper on an agreement that reaffirms its special relationship with the French community of Lille. Leeds...
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Jun 17, 20211 min read
World Refugee Day: Our Intercultural City – Our Home
Leeds is joining other cities from around the world to mark World Refugee Day on 20 June. World Refugee Day offers a chance to raise...
Nov 23, 20203 min read
Children’s International Summer Village looking for participants and volunteers
Today’s guest blog comes from Renee Hodges and features the work of the Leeds and West Yorkshire branch of the Children’s International...
Oct 14, 20202 min read
A day in the life of a Leeds youth councillor
Today’s guest blog is from Charlotte Williams, the Chair of Leeds Youth Council, who recently took part in a high level session around...
Oct 1, 20201 min read
Putting forward the voice of cities and young people in Europe
Earlier this year Leeds became Chair of a new working group for children and young people within the EUROCITIES network. Part of the...
Feb 19, 20191 min read
“German thoughts on Brexit” – an invitation from Leeds Anglo-German club
Leeds Anglo German Club and Mark Green, Honorary Consul for the Federal Republic of Germany, invite you to a talk in Headingley on...
Feb 7, 20191 min read
Settled Status : pourquoi en faire la demande et comment l’obtenir ?
Today we have an invitation from Henriette Mahamane from the Petite Ecole de Leeds, to an event for French residents wanting to find out...
Jan 25, 20191 min read
EU exit awareness evening for Central and Eastern European citizens in Leeds
The Central and Eastern European Network of British Embassies (Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Hungary, Poland, Romania,...
Jan 7, 20192 min read
Bridges to New Beginnings
Today’s guest blog is by Dinah Beckett who works for Migration Yorkshire as the regional coordinator for unaccompanied asylum seeking...
Dec 19, 20181 min read
Romanian Day celebrations in Leeds
Last week saw the visit of a delegation from Bucharest, headed by the Romanian Ambassador to the UK, Mr Dan Mihalache, to mark Romanian...
Dec 5, 20181 min read
Remembering Nelson Mandela, Freeman of Leeds
Today marks the fifth anniversary of the death of Nelson Mandela who was made a Freeman of Leeds in April 2001, marking the contribution...
Nov 12, 20181 min read
German Mayors join Leeds Remembrance Sunday events
This weekend the Mayor of our German partner cities of Dortmund and Siegen joined civic dignitaries and thousands of Leeds residents to...
Sep 25, 20181 min read
Sharing knowledge on inclusion with EUROCITIES
Leeds City Council’s Communities Team has long been doing great work with migrants and refugees to help them arrive in the city, overcome...
Sep 19, 20185 min read
Roots Alive tour to Chemnitz
Roots Alive is the City of Leeds Youth Folk Group. It is run by ArtForms Music (part of Leeds City Council’s Children and Families...
Aug 12, 20181 min read
Lille call-out for young ambassadors!
Our partner city Lille in France is currently recruiting two volunteers from its partner cities for an 8-month paid work experience in...
Jun 27, 20181 min read
Have you ever been involved in the Leeds-Lille twinning?
This year, Leeds is celebrating the 50th anniversary of its twinning with the city of Lille in France. The partnership is not just...
Jun 6, 20181 min read
Thumbs up for Child-Friendly Leeds
A good five years ago Leeds started to substantially reform its services and offers for children and young people and since then hundreds...
May 7, 20182 min read
Youth for Peace and Democracy
The key aim of city partnerships is their contribution to international understanding and peace among nations. Where friendships grow...
Apr 11, 20182 min read
Guest blog: European Youth Parliament
by Jake Moran and Annie Bowyer, Head Organisers, EYPUK As Head Organisers of the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Session of the European...
Mar 30, 20181 min read
Commonwealth Big Lunch in Leeds!
Last week the Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Jane Dowson, hosted a Commonwealth Big Lunch which brought together business leaders from...
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