New blog by Ankitha Manohar, PhD student @universityofleeds.bsky.social During recent fieldwork in the Philippines, Ankitha used GFEI funds to give local communities disposable cameras to document their meals and tell their individual food stories. Read her reflections: medium.com/globalfoodle...

🎉We are proud to share that LBU is once again in the top 20 of UK universities in the latest Knowledge Exchange Framework #KEF5 for our work with business, research partnerships, and work with public and third sectors! 🗞️ Read more - bit.ly/4pET2QX #AcademicSky #research #KEF

Join us - launch event of Leeds Institute for Societal Futures. Bringing key stakeholders together to find solutions to some of society's most urgent challenges. 🗓️29/9/25, 3-5pm 📍University of Leeds 🔗Register bit.ly/46dcU54 #Leeds #InstituteForSocietalFutures #LISF @universityofleeds.bsky.social

Hear from an expert panel at our #LabourPartyConference event ‘Building a Better Future for Northern Women’, which includes: @hannahdavies.bsky.social, @kirithentwistle.bsky.social, Professor Dame Lesley Regan, and Professor @louiseckenny.bsky.social. Join us: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/building-a...

💚Applications for 2026 Community Garden Grants are now open 🍃 Amount: £5000 💷 (maximum) 📌Deadline: 12 noon on 20th October 2025. 🗓️ ➡️ More details & to check eligibility: https://f.mtr.cool/finqrlgopz

Come along to the @climateactionleeds.bsky.social Networking Event Tue 7 Oct, 6:30 - 8pm @ All Hallows Church. Everyone is welcome. To register tinyurl.com/35mzmjea

Just one week until The Northern Way Community-led Housing Summit! 🌟 📅 When: Tues 23 & Wed 24 Sept Explore community-led growth, workshops, site visits & more. 🔍 Limited spots! Book via Eventbrite: [Eventbrite Link] #communityledhousing #leeds #empowercommunities

Wednesday 15th October, 12.00-12.40 pm Speaker: Dr Mapenzie Tauzie Title: 'Negotiating Empowerment: Exploring how women balance agriculture, household responsibilities and social networks in rural Malawi' Register for free: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/womens-eve... 👇

The latest Y-PERN newsletter is packed with insights on community-led growth and knowledge mobilisation across Yorkshire & Humber. Read September's edition: lnkd.in/eAUSkXTY] Interested in community development, local governance, or knowledge exchange in Yorkshire & Humber? Subscribe today!

🌱 If you’re passionate about gardening, or a complete newbie who wants to learn, join our new Wellbeing Gardening Group! Everyone is welcome, as long as they are 18+ 🪴 There are limited spaces for this group, so please sign up by emailing [email protected]

It's Apple Season and many local places are running days where you can bring along your apples and help juice them - join an apple day near you. Why not take a look and join up to one of the free events. https://f.mtr.cool/jzwffuvlhn #applesfordays

NEW RECIPE from Sonia Sandhu aka IG @hungry_sonia foodwiseleeds.org/recipes/kera... Keralan potato & pea stew - Give it a go!

Participate Projects are running a workshop webinar for Business for Good West Yorkshire on Grant Fundraising on 21 October 2025. doinggoodleeds.org.uk/event/free-g...

Calling all food enthusiasts! 🍳🌱 Have a mouthwatering and nutritious recipe up your sleeve? Share it with us!  Whether you're roasting veggies or whipping up a fresh salad, we want to hear from you. 👉 Submit your recipe now: https://f.mtr.cool/wjgovtcyca

What does dissemination mean in research? It’s the “push mechanism” that gets findings out into the world beyond academic journals. But here’s the key: #dissemination ≠ #researchimpact. Discover why in this week’s #TerminologyTuesday. Watch now: youtu.be/UgATodTYets #impactacademy

Juicing up fresh solutions to fight the Cost of Living and Climate Crises in Leeds and Bradford. Here's how you can get involved! https://f.mtr.cool/rhxpmpowpg #LeedsUrbanHarvest #SustainableYorkshire @TCVHollybush @LeedsUrbanHarvest @FruitWorksCoop @ClimateActLeeds @OurFutureLeeds

Meet the Funder: National Lottery Heritage Fund (free zoom session for groups in Leeds, 1-2pm in Tuesday 2nd September) Sign up 👇 doinggoodleeds.org.uk/training-cou...

We have a super-exciting project starting soon and 𝘄𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗮 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿! Is that you? Have a look at the Job Description at peopleinaction.org.uk/get-involved... and come and work with us!

Join us from 10:30 am on Wednesday, 24 September at Stringer House for VAL’s AGM. The meeting will be a chance to reflect on the work of VAL, as well as the usual AGM business, financial reports and election of Board Members. We hope you can join us www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/voluntary-...

🌿 Love the outdoors? In partnership with the Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust, we have an exciting opportunity for a local young person to be an Apprentice Ranger. 📅 Apply by 29 Aug 👇 yorkshiredales.org.uk/park-authori... 📷 Jon Chappell #Jobs #Apprenticeship #YorkshireDales

📢 ESRC IAA FUNDING CALL NOW OPEN 🗓️ Closing date - 3 Sept 2025 📍Up to £15,000 for researchers at the University of Leeds tackling social science challenges Full guidance and application available via LSSI website: bit.ly/46XFB7Y Other open calls: Co Production, Commercialisation and more!

The Leeds Compassionate City Awards recognise the outstanding individuals and organisations who make a difference to their communities. Who will you nominate? Nominations open until 8 Sep. www.leeds.gov.uk/about-leeds/...

Looking for a room in Aug? Look no further than #StringerHouse with their Pay As You Feel Room Hire for Aug! doinggoodleeds.org.uk/news/pay-as-...

Still places available for Damp & Mould Awareness Course Wed 25 June. www.climateactionleeds.org.uk/event-detail...

Leadership opportunity: Chair of Third Sector Leeds If you’re passionate about the third sector and want to help shape it’s future alongside a vibrant collective of leaders, Third Sector Leeds is offering a fantastic opportunity for you! doinggoodleeds.org.uk/news/leaders...

📢 Now open | Work and Health Grants for Leeds VCSE sector - Apply by 8 July shttps://doinggoodleeds.org.uk/news/%f0%9f%93%a2-now-open-work-and-health-grants-for-leeds-vcse-sector-apply-by-8-july/

Just grabbed some locally grown strawberries from The Fruit Stall in Chapel Allerton! 🍓 Sweet, delicious, and a perfect power snack. One of your five a day, packed with nutrients and fiber. And easy to grow too! Who else loves fresh berries? #LocalEats #BerryGood #GetGrowingLeeds

🍎🌿 Join Fruit Harvest Share: Aug-Nov 2025! 🌿🍎 Hey apple lovers!  Why not join Fruitwork Coop's 'Fruit Harvest Share' 🍏🍐 https://f.mtr.cool/sswbcvlukh  🌱 Delicious chemical-free fruit 🌼 Support Local What's not to love? Share this post with friends!

#JustOneMore focuses on helping people in Leeds to find great ways to eat one more portion of vegetables every day as a snack or in meals 🍅 Find out more about #JOM2025, including how you could win vouchers for Tropical World, Temple Newsam and Leeds Rhinos: bit.ly/4ml4i3n

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How can we make food production cleaner? In our recent blog, we talk with Dr Paola Sakai @paola-sakai.bsky.social about her project, Food for Our Own Good. 🔗 Read the full post here: geosolutions.leeds.ac.uk/news/food-fo...

There is also a lack of information and accommodations designed for people with learning disabilities in LGBTQ spaces.

June 16th-22nd is Learning disability week! This national event is organized annually by the learning disability charity, Mencap. Learning disabilities is an umbrella term covering a wide range of lifelong conditions that affect the way a person learns new things.

Breaking Barriers to Engagement with Parliaments. Come along on 3 July to find out about the impact that grassroots groups can have on central government through petitioning. doinggoodleeds.org.uk/event/leeds-...

@volactionleeds.bsky.social embraced the #JustOneMore campaign with lots of delicious salads at their recent away day! Staff & trustees loved it and not a morsel was wasted! @foodwiseleeds.bsky.social #JOM25

Looks amazing! #JOM2025

LeedsACTS, the Meanwood Valley Partnership & Water@Leeds invite you to 'Empowering Citizen Science Partnerships' event: 📅 Wed 11th June, 9:30 am–1:00 pm 📍 Newlyn 1.01, Mount Preston Street, University of Leeds Book your place: forms.office.com/e/gFTsqCuhDV

We have 2 webinars in June: 1) Dr Rory Padfield, Wed 4th June, 12.00-12.40pm 🎥'Food on Film': Community-led film making in the context of Bradford food Free & open to all. Find out more and register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/food-on-fi... 1/2

⚠️ NHS Healthy Start is a vital nutritional safety net for families struggling with the #costofliving But our latest briefing with @1stepsnutrition.bsky.social highlights several reasons why it's failing to reach those who need it the most. Read more: bit.ly/4lXepuZ #HealthyStart #foodpoverty

Tomorrow is our #WomanofTheNorth Summit at Durham University and there is still time to book your place to be part of the conversation around improving conditions for women in the North of England. Find out more and book your free place at www.healthequitynorth.co.uk/woman-of-the...

🚨 Opportunity: We're recruiting for a full-time #PhDStudentship focused on injury prevention in #AdolescentSports, in collaboration with the #FootballAssociation. 📅 Apply by June 9 2025: www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/the-graduate... #LBUResearch @lbu-rae.bsky.social @leedsbeckett.bsky.social

Research request: Researchers from the University of East London are conducting a piece of research to explore transgender men’s experiences of cervical smear testing in the NHS. If you are interested in sharing your story with them in an online interview, please email [email protected]

LeedsACTS, the Meanwood Valley Partnership & Water@Leeds invite you to 'Empowering Citizen Science Partnerships' event: 📅 Wed 11th June, 9:30 am–1:00 pm 📍 Newlyn 1.01, Mount Preston Street, University of Leeds Book your place: forms.office.com/e/gFTsqCuhDV

We're hiring for a Nature Recovery Project Manager to work with a diverse range of partners to deliver community-led and evidence-based nature recovery across Northern England: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Check out the films by: - Inn Churches - Feeding Bradford and Keighley - Catholic Care - Horton Community Farm - Eyarun Nessa (Eden Association) 👉 Films: youtube.com/playlist?lis... 👉 More on the project: environment.leeds.ac.uk/dir-record/r...

In collaboration with the Food Ethics Council, we've co-authored a blog on the right to food in the UK. It explains what the right to food is, how we can achieve it, & emphasises that ensuring the right to food is the responsibility of UK Government, not the third sector. medium.com/globalfoodle...

Are you a parent or carer of a child aged between 0-19 living in Leeds. Leeds City Council and Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust would love to hear from you about their 0-19 Public Health Integrated Nursing Service, which includes Health Visiting and School Nursing www.enventure.co.uk/Leeds0-19

Great example for a health behavior where people will be like “everybody does X, it’s never going to change” until it actually does change within a rather short time span, from a historic perspective.

Curious about setting up a Community Orchard? Come along to our FREE workshop - register here: urbantreefestival.org/own-communit...

This #BowelCancerAwarenessMonth, we’re supporting @bowelcanceruk.bsky.social’s #PassItOn campaign by sharing the symptoms. The earlier bowel cancer is spotted, the more treatable it’s likely to be. Learn more about the possible symptoms of the disease: www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk/about-bowel-...