Peace and Cooperation

Oct 6, 20211 min read

Climate campaigner visits Leeds in a Steel Wire Ball

Last week, climate change campaigner, Arnd Drossel, visited Leeds on his journey to the UN Climate Conference COP26. Arnd is travelling...

Nov 23, 20203 min read

Today’s guest blog comes from Renee Hodges and features the work of the Leeds and West Yorkshire branch of the Children’s International...

Nov 6, 20202 min read

Leeds, along with the UK’s other key cities, has expressed its commitment to European cooperation post Brexit. The commitment was made...

Jul 3, 20201 min read

This week Leeds sent a wreath of poppies to the French town of Bus-lès-Artois to pay tribute to the members of the Leeds Pals who...

Jun 19, 20202 min read

Leeds has joined other cities from across the world to mark and celebrate World Refugee Day, an international day designated by the...

Apr 21, 20201 min read

Leeds’ partner city of Hangzhou has been offering its support during the Covid-19 emergency by sending a donation of face masks to Leeds...

Nov 21, 20192 min read

We hosted another international visit this week as the Ambassador of Kazakhstan, Erlan Idrissov, visited Leeds to explore opportunities...

Oct 14, 20192 min read

Throughout the month of October, we’ve been celebrating the 50th anniversary of twinning between Leeds and our German partner city of...

Sep 19, 20192 min read

The LD50 (Leeds/Dortmund 50) literature festival has announced an exciting schedule of music and literature events as part of Leeds’ 50th...

Aug 20, 20193 min read

2019 marks the 50th anniversary of twinning between Leeds and the German city of Dortmund. And to celebrate we’ve got an exciting...

Jul 22, 20192 min read

Last month saw the launch of a new forum to help businesses gear up to welcome more Chinese visitors and to provide great customer...

May 15, 20191 min read

Last week the Lord Mayor, Councillor Graham Latty, and the Lady Mayoress, Councillor Pat Latty, visited Leeds’ partner city of Dortmund...

Apr 23, 20193 min read

Earlier this month Leeds Libraries’ Chief Librarian, Andrea Ellison, visited our Chinese partner city, Hangzhou, to sign an agreement...

Nov 12, 20181 min read

This weekend the Mayor of our German partner cities of Dortmund and Siegen joined civic dignitaries and thousands of Leeds residents to...

Sep 19, 20185 min read

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...