Yorkshire Children’s Charity is launching its 2024 Winter Support Campaign, aiming to support families by offering essential items.
Now that children have gone back to school, and the weather has turned, families are feeling the cost-of-living crisis more than ever.
To keep children warm this winter, Yorkshire Children’s Charity's 2024 Winter Support Campaign aims to support families by offering essential items like warm, waterproof coats, school shoes, bedding, and pyjamas.
Towards the end of the year, the charity will also be helping families to provide festive gifts.
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Last year, the charity supported 1058 children with winter essentials and Christmas presents, delivering over 9000 items across Yorkshire, and have already received over 2000 applications for 2024.
As a result of last year’s campaign, 87% of schools reported students are warmer and drier as a result of the winter coats that were provided, 26% of schools reported an improvement in attendance as a result of putting new, dry shoes on feet and 82% of schools reported an improvement in children’s wellbeing.
Yorkshire has the third highest rate of child poverty in the UK, with 31% of children living in the region currently living in poverty.
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Yorkshire Children’s Charity aims to relieve some of the immediate struggles of families living with poverty and disability, while in the long-term they are working to break the cycle of intergenerational poverty across the region. The Winter Support Campaign is just one of many programmes that run throughout the year.
Want to get involved? Whilst the first round of the Winter Support Campaign has closed whilst the charity fulfils the current applications, a second intake will open up in January 2025.
Nestled in Armley, Assembly House is an independent creative hub bringing artists together.
Assembly House, based on Canal Road in Armley inside a historic Victorian mill, has become a home for creatives across Leeds since launching in 2013.
The artist-led organisation combines working studios with an independent gallery and project space, hosting everything from exhibitions and workshops to community events and live music.
The space is currently home to 80 creatives who make up their community, comprising of professional practitioners including educators, performers, painters, sculptors, illustrators, video artists and designers.
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Their aim is simple - to offer affordable studios to emerging artists alongside technical support, producing support along with access to workshops, internal film screenings and events.
Assembly House offer a yearly program of exhibitions designed to showcase the studio holders and get their work out there. It's all aimed at helping the artists, whether it's their first show or tenth.
It has also helped bring art into the wider neighbourhood through community murals, public sculptures and activities for local people.
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They believe art has the power to bring people together and to evoke emotion and thought, and we've got to say that we absolutely agree.
The space can also be hired by students and independent creatives looking to put on their own exhibitions or bring a project to life.
The fabulous venue is generally open to visitors during exhibitions, workshops and events, with visits by appointment at other times, so it's worth checking its website before heading over.
To have a look at their current programme and to find out more about what Assembly House are doing for Leeds and the community, you can take a look at their website here.
Clubland to celebrate 25 years with huge Leeds arena show
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Clubland is heading to Leeds for a special arena-sized anniversary celebration next year.
The Clubland Arena Tour promises a night of the biggest artists and biggest anthems, giving fans the chance to come together for a celebration of the dance music brand.
Celebrating 25 years of Clubland, the tour will stop off at arenas in Manchester, Glasgow, Newcastle, Aberdeen, and of course Leeds.
With the event set to take over one of Leeds' biggest live entertainment venues, anticipation is already building for what promises to be a nostalgic night of club classics and dancefloor favourites – even before the lineup is announced.
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The full line-up is expected to be announced very soon, with fans encouraged to keep an eye out for further details.
Previous headliners at Clubland Live have included Cascada, Basshunter, Scooter, Ultrabeat, and Vengaboys, always guaranteeing a night of non-stop anthems.
For many dance music fans, Clubland has become synonymous with the sounds that dominated clubs, radio playlists and party nights throughout the 2000s.
Over the years, Clubland has continued to celebrate the artists and songs that helped define an era of dance music, giving fans the chance to experience their favourite tracks live alongside thousands of like-minded clubbers.
From infectious pop-dance hits to harder-hitting electronic anthems, its events tap into a sense of nostalgia while keeping the energy of a night out firmly at the centre of the experience.
The 25th anniversary tour looks set to build on that legacy, bringing a quarter-century of club classics to arenas across the UK.
The Clubland Arena Tour will be at the First Direct Bank Arena on Saturday 1 May 2027.
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