The Highrise Project is a socially engaged collaboration to explore the impact of creativity in developing local spaces with communities. We use ethnographic and artistic approaches to co-produce work with residents and other participants, as well as supporting people to develop their skills and interests.



We are now offering free 1:1 support for visual artists and photographers in Leeds. The sessions will take place at Armley Community Hub and Library in Leeds on Tuesdays between 10.30am - 3.30pm in June, July and August.

There's lots going on across Leeds Libraries and Community Hubs to celebrate the Queens Platinum Jubilee, with events taking place in the run up and over the Jubilee weekend. 

We're creating an archive of your memories and photos of the Queen here in Leeds. You can share anything - from anecdotes about past Royal visits, street parties, or preparations for this year's Platinum Jubilee. Head over to Leodis to view the gallery and get involved! 

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Buy Nowt Library of Things is a community group with an actual library lending out tools, powertools, holiday, camping and event equipment with the aim of improving lives and helping people do exciting things with limited resources.

The Dynamite Project is a collective established in 2014 by local urban artist Mikkel Ullah.

Mikkel says "It felt important that I could help young musicians, dancers and artists from Leeds access opportunities and connections for creative projets, whilst staying connected to the city myself."

Marching on together, were gonna see you win….We are so proud, We shout it out loud,  We love you – Leeds Leeds Leeds!

So goes the chorus of the Leeds United anthem, sung proudly at each game, and the inspiration for the name of the Leeds United LGBTQ+ fan group – Marching Out Together.

Ever wanted to help shape the future of a creative organisation? Well, now is your chance.

From 31st March 2022 - 2nd April 2022 at new experimental warehouse venue Testbed, informed by her Jewish history, artist Rachel Mars will be making an exact replica of the 100kg steel ‘welcome gate’ which was stolen from the Dachau concentration camp. Accompanied by a live sound-scape by sound artist Dinah Mullen, audiences are invited to watch as Rachel welds a replica of the replica gate over the course of three days.

Leeds label and development organisation Come Play With Me have reopened submissions to artists, aiming to platform a new selection of artists and bands as part of their mission to showcase, support and develop the incredible emerging talent across the region. The call out is the latest in their search for exciting new releases from the Yorkshire region. 

A partnership of colleagues from Culture, Active Leeds and Public Health in Leeds City Council has secured funding of £4,000 to deliver a project which will bring benefits to the city in terms of increasing levels of physical activity, promoting walking routes in areas including Chapeltown and Harehills, celebrating a Leeds cultural phenomenon, and developing a range of products to embed and showcase intergenerational story-telling.

Hyde Park Picture House are presenting the first wave of a new African film strand, supported by Leeds African Communities Trust.

African cinema has historically been excluded and underrepresented locally, nationally and internationally. This film strand aims to raise awareness of African life and culture through excellent films for the African and non-African audiences in Leeds.

Here's a review of Cook Off (2017, Zimbabwe) the first film in the series, which is being screened at Headingley HEART on 4th March at 7.30pm. The review is by Leeds writer Lucy Ndlovu.