🎄✨ SAVE THE DATE! CHRISTMAS CAROL SERVICE ✨🎄 🎅🏾 Sat 13 Dec, 3pm 🤶🏾 Jamaica Society Leeds invites everyone—bring your nans, granddads, grand-aunts, uncles, little ones… or just bring yourself! 💛💚❤️ Elderly-friendly & intergenerational—let’s celebrate together! 🎶🕯️❤️💚💛 #ChristmasCarol #Leeds #Christmastime

Grace Has the Final Word. 💛 💚 In our last #volunteer spotlight for #HurricaneMelissaRelief, Grace Macintosh is inspired by her heritage, and #Jamaica that has given the world so much. 🇯🇲✨ We’re humbled by her grace. 🙏🏾 #Leeds #Community #StrongerTogether #JamaicaStrong

🧵 1/2 Volunteer Appreciation – We Couldn’t Do It Without You! 💚🖤💛 💝 ’Tis the Season of Giving & Reflection 🙏🏾 Our hearts are with #Jamaica recovering from #HurricaneMelissa. Last month, we were a true #community hub. Volunteers from across #Leeds (and even Bradford!) 🇯🇲📦

🧵1/3 🌟 MONDAY MOTIVATION 🌟 90+ YEARS YOUNG AND STILL GIVING WITH LOVE! 💛💚🖤 Meet two incredible nonagenarians whose hearts are as strong as their roots. 👴🏾💪🏾👵🏾 Their actions this week left us truly moved. 🥲 #MondayMotivation #HurricaneMelissaRelief #JamaicaStrong

🧵 1/3 🌟 Thank You Leeds! 🙏🏾🇯🇲 Our Drop Off Centre is now closed for 2025. Over the past weeks, YOU have shown what true community spirit looks like. Every donation, box packed, hour volunteered - #Leeds stood strong for #Jamaica. 🇬🇧💪🏾🇯🇲 #HurricaneMelissaRelief #OneLove #Community

🏉RUGBY LADIES IN HURRICANE RELIEF ACTION TODAY!🇯🇲 The #Jamaica Reggae Warriors Women’s Rugby Team are stepping into a different kind of scrum to pack for #HurricaneMelissaRelief 💛💚🖤 🇬🇧👉🏾🇯🇲 #Leeds #Community #StrongerTogether #JamaicaStrong #OneLove

📣 IT’S FRIDAY. WE’RE COLLECTING & BOXING TODAY!📦🇯🇲 #HurricaneMelissaRelief continues at Jamaica House and… 👉🏾Tomorrow is the LAST DAY to donate for 2025. 🚗🛍️ 🧺Bring your essentials, let’s make every item count for those in need. 💛💚🖤 #SupportJamaica #Jamaica #Leeds #StrongerTogether #HurricaneMelissa

💚Big Hits, Bigger Hearts!💛 The Reggae Warriors Women’s Team are trading tackles for teamwork this Saturday, packing #HurricaneMelissaRelief donations at #Jamaica House. 📦🏉 | One #community. One team. One mission. 🇬🇧👉🏾🇯🇲 #Leeds #StrongerTogether #JamaicaStrong #OneLove

1/2 ⏳ LAST DAYS TO DONATE! 🇯🇲📦 Our final collection for #HurricaneMelissaRelief donations for 2025 is this Friday & Saturday. 🙏🏾You’re so generous , we’ve run out of space… again! 💛💚🖤 Thank you! Finish strong, Leeds! Full list 👉🏾 shorturl.at/X6SL9 #Jamaica #Leeds #StrongerTogether

🎁Need more boxes? Cheryl Moore delivers!🙋🏽‍♀️ 🇯🇲Just when our Hurricane Melissa Relief efforts need more boxes, the marvellous Cheryl Moore delivers more pallets…relief in motion.📦✨” Thank you 💚🖤💛 #Community #HurricaneMelissaRelief #StrongerTogether #JamaicaStrong #ThankYouLeeds #Jamaica #Leeds

1/2 💛 Community Appreciation! 🇯🇲 Huge thank you to Pete Tatham (Hyde Park Source) for transporting donations from Seacroft Grange Care Home — and to Kadie Price, Simone Angel & the team for organising the collections. 🙌🏾 #HurricaneMelissaRelief #Community #ThankYouLeeds

🇯🇲 Rest peacefully, Jimmy Cliff. His songs were anthems, his voice unmistakable, his impact eternal. We join #Jamaica and the global #reggae family in mourning a cultural giant whose music carried our spirit to the world. 🕊️ Walk good, #JimmyCliff. #OneLove.💚🖤💛 #ReggaeLegend

❄️🚗 All the way from Saltburn-By-the-Sea to support #Jamaica! 🇯🇲💚 Thanks to Lorna Bennett, who drove through the snow with donations from Rosedene Nursery and Saltburn Primary School. 🙌🏾💛💚🖤 ❤️ across counties! #Community #JamaicaStrong #StrongerTogether #NorthYorkshire

1/2 🌟 Honouring legacy. Serving community. 🇯🇲 Keeley Gardner-Parker - granddaughter of #Windrush pioneer & RAF veteran Alford Gardner -volunteered at #Jamaica House #Leeds for the #HurricaneMelissaRelief Drive. She volunteered in his memory bringing “her granddad with her”. 🙏🏾 #CaribbeanCommunity

1/2 🌟 Sky Business Leeds showed up for Jamaica! 🇯🇲💛💚🖤 Huge respect to Tulsy, Leon, Keeley, Charlotte & James for volunteering at Jamaica House to support the #HurricaneMelissaRelief Drive. From sorting to lifting, they jumped straight into the hard work. 💪🏾 #Community #Sky #Leeds #Jamaica

🇯🇲 We’re Collecting Tomorrow! 💛💚🖤 Thank you, #Leeds, for your incredible support so far of our #HurricaneMelissaRelief Let’s keep going for #Jamaica. 🙏🏾✨ ONLY items on the essential list accepted found here. 👉🏾 shorturl.at/X6SL9 #StrongerTogether #JamaicaStrong

1/2 🌱 Help Jamaica Grow Again! 💛💚🖤 Hurricane Melissa devastated Jamaica’s western parishes - the island’s bread basket. We’re collecting seeds to help farmers restart their livelihoods. 🌾 See list of seeds below. 👇🏾 #Jamaica #Leeds #HurricaneMelissaRelief #Community #JamaicaStrong #OneLove

1/2 SMALL ACTS. BIG IMPACT. 💚💛🖤 Our #HurricaneMelissaRelief effort is powered by kindness. Surprise drop-offs of boxes & tapes & drivers, you showed up for #Jamaica. Thanks Helen Maycock, Cheryl Moore, Vi Brown, Danny Dayton, Leanne Thomas-Blair, Adam and Pete. 🙏🏾✨ #Leeds #ThankYouLeeds #OneLove

1/2 🚚💛💚🖤 MOVING DAY MONDAY! 📦 Today the boxes move and hope moves with them. 🇬🇧👉🏾🇯🇲 Donations for #HurricaneMelissaRelief are on their way to Birmingham, then shipped to #Jamaica where Food for the Poor ensures they reach those most in need #ThankYouLeeds #FoodforthePoor

🟩 1/2 💛💚🖤 ONE LOVE SUNDAY 💖✨ SENDING LOVE TO JAMAICA 🇯🇲 Our amazing volunteers filled Jamaica House with warmth, packing every box with love for families affected by Hurricane Melissa. Your generosity is travelling far. ❤️ #OneLoveJamaica #Jamaica #Leeds #HurricaneMelissaRelief

💛💚🖤 Not all heroes wear capes-some bake cakes! 🍰✨ Huge thanks to the Reginald Centre team, esp Sharon Campbell & Nicole Hardaker, raising £530+ for #HurricaneMelissaRelief Sharon rallied supporters, with top cake donations from @TheBiskery to supports survivors. #Community at its sweetest! 🙏🏾

🇯🇲🍲 Soup ready yet? It’s Saturday! 💙Support our Tesco Blue Token Campaign!🛒💈 Chicken Soup or Veg Soup, while you’re shopping at Tesco, drop a Blue Token for Jamaica Society Leeds. Help keep #Jamaica House full of warmth, culture + community. 1/2 #StrongerStarts #BlueToken #Tesco #Leeds?#Community

Collection paused, but the Community Spirit is unstoppable. ✊🏾🫶🏾 Thank you Leeds! Your love for #Jamaica is shining bright. 🇯🇲🤝🇬🇧 More updates soon 💛🖤💚 Partnered with Jamaica National distributed by Food for the Poor by in Jamaica 1/2 #JamaicaStrong #Leeds #HurricaneMelissa

🌊 Overwhelmed by Kindness! Donations Paused🇯🇲💚💛🖤 We’ve been blown away by your incredible generosity! 💫 We’ve received so many donations for those affected by #HurricaneMelissa that we’ve actually run out of space at Jamaica House! 📦📦 😮 1/2 #Jamaica #Leeds #CommunityLove

🇯🇲 Remembrance Day 🇬🇧 | 11th Hour, 11th Day, 11th Month 🇯🇲🇹🇹🇧🇧🇰🇳🇱🇨🇻🇨🇬🇩🇦🇬🇩🇲🇧🇸🇬🇾 When the guns fell silent, the world remembered. We honour the brave men & women from the Caribbean & Commonwealth who answered the call of duty, leaving families & islands to serve the “Mother Country.” 🕊️ #LestWeForget

1/2 Heartfelt thanks to Cllr’s Eileen Taylor, Sharon Hamilton & Jane Dowson for supporting our #JamaicaRelief appeal 🇯🇲 Their commitment to the people of Leeds and to Jamaica, truly shines. 💚💛🖤 #HurricaneMelissa #ChapelAllerton #Meanwood #StrongerTogether #JamaicaStrong

🇯🇲❤️🕊️ Remembrance Sunday 🕊️❤️🇬🇧 Today we honour those who served and sacrificed for freedom especially our Jamaican RAF veterans Errol James, Glen English, Alford Gardner, Charlie Dawkins, Roy Mitchell and more. 1/2 #LestWeForget #RemembranceSunday #Jamaica #Leeds

1/2: 💫 Hearts full, hands busy, hope alive! 🇯🇲 Another amazing day at Jamaica House - full of energy, teamwork & compassion. 🖤⚡️ Volunteers & donors showed up again, sorting & packing supplies for families in Jamaica hit by #HurricaneMelissa. 💚💛 #Jamaica #Leeds #CommunityInAction

What an incredible first day! 🇯🇲 💪🏾Over 50 volunteers! 🎁70+ donors turned out for the #Jamaica Society Leeds #HurricaneMelissa Relief Appeal. 🚙Cars full of supplies + businesses donating materials📦. Pure community spirit! 💚💛🖤 Thank you #Leeds! 🙏🏾#OneLove #JamaicaStrong #StrongerTogether

📢 We’re collecting today #Hurricane #Melissa Relief Supplies🇯🇲 🥫 Non-perishable foods 🧼 Hygiene 🔋 Solar & battery lighting 🚰 Sanitation items …and more. 💚💛🖤 📍 Drop-off: #Jamaica House, 277 Chapeltown Rd, #Leeds, LS7 3HA Entrance Back Sholebroke Ave 🕙 Open 10am-4pm today. #StrongerTogether

1/2 We’re also collecting hygiene, Light & sanitation essentials for Jamaica 🇯🇲 🧴 Deodorant, toothpaste, toothbrushes 🧼 Sanitary pads, nappies 💧 Water purification tablets, wipes 🔦 Solar lights, batteries Show Jamaica, Leeds cares 💛💚🖤 #HurricaneMelissa #SupportJamaica

🌟 Second Drop-Off Day! 🌟 Bring your donations to Jamaica House, Leeds (LS7 3HA) this Saturday 10am–4pm 🇯🇲 Check lists before donating 👉🏾 shorturl.at/X6SL9 Partners with @JNGroupLtd & distributed in Jamaica by Food For The Poor. 💛💚🖤 Help rebuild, recover and restore Jamaica! #HurricaneMelissa 1/2

🇯🇲 When giving, give thoughtfully. Not all non-perishables are equal . Choose easy-open tins, ready-to-eat foods, and small treats . 💛💚🖤 📦 Drop off: Jamaica House Fridays 10–4 Let’s pack smart and send love. 📽️Courtesy of @WeAreWongaMedia #HurricaneMelissa #StrongerTogether

🇯🇲 HURRICANE MELISSA FOOD APPEAL We’re collecting tinned & dry foods for Jamaica: 🥫 Corned beef, mackerel, sardines 🫘 Peas, beans 🥛 Condensed/evaporated milk 📦 Drop off Jamaica House, Fridays 10–4 ⚠️ No expired foods. 1/2 #HurricaneMelissa #SupportJamaica

📦🇯🇲 CALL FOR PACKING SUPPLIES! #HurricaneMelissa relief, we need: ✅ Sturdy boxes (any size) 🖊️ Black marker pens ✂️ Rolls of cellotape 📍 Drop off: Jamaica House, 277 Chapeltown Rd, Leeds LS7 3HA (Back Sholebroke Ave) 🕙 Fridays 10am–4pm 📱 Call/Text/WhatsApp: 07709659108 #SupportJamaica #Jamaica #Leeds

🇯🇲 Volunteers Needed! 📦Help with our #Hurricane #Melissa Relief donation boxes. 💚💛🖤 When? 🕐 Fridays starting 7 Nov. Tell us your availability! 10am - 4pm 📍 Jamaica House, 277 Chapeltown Rd, Leeds, LS7 3HA 👉🏾To volunteer cont’d): 1/2 #HurricaneMelissa #SupportJamaica #Leeds #Jamaica

🇯🇲 HURRICANE MELISSA RELIEF LEEDS DROP OFF CENTRE 🇯🇲 We’ll receive donated items at Jamaica House, 277 Chapeltown Rd, Leeds LS7 3HA (entrance via Back Sholebroke Ave). 🕙 Open 10am–4pm 📞 07709 659 108 (or WhatsApp) 📧 [email protected] #HurricaneMelissa #SupportJamaica 1/2

💙Drop your #Tesco blue token for #Jamaica Society #Leeds Today 💚 🗓️1st of November - a new month with news of heartaches, but new hope. 💛 Your kind support when you shop helps us stay strong for those who need us most.💪🏾🖤 1/2 #StrongerStarts. #TescoBlueTokens #WeRiseTogether #CommunityStrength

🇯🇲 We’re devastated by the destruction caused by #HurricaneMelissa. We’re doing all we can to help. 💛💚🖤 In the meantime, please follow the #Jamaican High Commission’s guidelines on donations. See the official Needs List here 👉🏾 supportjamaica.gov.jm/needs #Jamaica 1/3

🇯🇲 Support Jamaica’s recovery after #HurricaneMelissa 🌧️💛🖤💚 We hope #Jamaicans are safe in the aftermath of this devastating disaster. Donate safely via the official site: supportjamaica.gov.jm Let’s help rebuild lives and restore hope. 🇯🇲 #SupportJamaica #Jamaica #Leeds

Message on #HurricaneMelissa from the Chair of The #Jamaica Society #Leeds🇯🇲

🇯🇲 Our thoughts and prayers are with everyone in Jamaica as Hurricane Melissa continues its passage. Please see the Jamaican High Commission’s official statement below and stay tuned for updates from the Jamaican authorities. 💛💚🖤🙏🏾🫶🏾 #HurricaneMelissa #Jamaica #Leeds

We’re BACK in @Tesco’s #StrongerStarts blue token scheme! 💙 Your tokens help Jamaica Society Leeds keep our youths & elders connected through food & friendship at #Jamaica House. 1/2 #BlueToken #Tesco #Community

🇯🇲 Today we honour Jamaica’s National Heroes — Nanny, Sam Sharpe, George William Gordon, Paul Bogle, Norman Manley, Sir Alexander Bustamante & Marcus Garvey — whose courage, intellect & vision shaped our freedom and identity. 💚💛🖤 #NationalHeroesDay #Jamaica #Leeds #OutOfManyOnePeople

💚💛🖤 Thank you to all who joined our Independence Day Service at St Aidan’s Church! Proud to see the 4th generation of British-born Jamaicans carrying our flag 🇯🇲 —Elijah Hylton (Reggae Warriors) with brother Mason (L) & cousin L’Nye (R). #Jamaica #Leeds #Jamaica63 #BeProudBeBold #BlackGreenGold

Happy #JamaicaIndependenceDay!
63 years strong. One people. Unstoppable spirit. We carry that pride across generations and oceans. 
"Be Proud, Be Bold in Black, Green, and Gold."💚💛🖤 We celebrate proud, and rooted. 🙌🏾🇯🇲 
#Jamaica63 #BeProudBeBold #BlackGreenGold #Jamaica #Leeds

🧵 1/ Happy Emancipation Day! Today we honour our ancestors—who endured, resisted and rose.✊🏾 Freedom came on 1 Aug 1834 across the British Empire incl Jamaica 🇯🇲 Let’s never forget their sacrifices and build a future rooted in pride, unity, and liberation.💚💛🖤 #Jamaica #Freedom #RememberResistRise

🇯🇲 Help send the #Reggae Warriors to the #Rugby League World Cup Qualifiers in France! 🇫🇷 🏉 Support Martin Hylton’s £10K fundraiser to back Jamaica’s national team on the global stage. 🎯 Donate now: tinyurl.com/2zd4cjay #ReggaeWarriors #France2025 #RoadToWorldCup #Jamaica #JamaicaToTheWorld