Gift Memberships Now Available
What could be better than receiving a one year membership of the Leeds Civic Trust? Gift memberships are now available through our online shop: Gift Memberships – Leeds Civic Trust
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In Conversation with… James Lewis (Council Leader) & Tom Riordan (Chief Executive)
In Conversation with… James Lewis (Council Leader) & Tom Riordan (Chief Executive) A conversation with Leeds City Council Leader James Lewis and Chief Executive Tom Riordan about the issues facing Leeds. Recorded in October 2021
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Become a Member of Leeds Civic Trust today…
… and be a part of our story for the next 12 months. We’d like to say THANK YOU to our volunteers, members, and followers for your support over the last year. The work we do here at the Trust relies on your support and so we simply wouldn’t be doing the great work we […]
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Leeds Civic Trust Community Heritage Fund.
What are the stories of Leeds still to be told? Which stories have been forgotten over time? What are the key moments that shaped our city?
In partnership with Leeds Community Foundation – Leeds Civic Trust is here to support you in revealing the untold stories of Leeds.
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In Conversation with… Rt. Hon. Hilary Benn
In Conversation with…Rt. Hon. Hilary Benn The first in a series of conversations between Director of Leeds Civic Trust Martin Hamilton and a variety of prominent people who are based in or who have an interest in the city of Leeeds. This interview with Leeds MP and former cabinet minister Hilary Benn, focuses on the […]
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In Conversation with… James Lewis: Leader of Leeds City Council
In Conversation with…James Lewis: Leader of Leeds City Council Join Leeds Civic Trust Director Martin Hamilton for an interview with Leeds City Council Leader James Lewis. As the city emerges from the Covid pandemic, we will be asking James about his vision for the future of our city, discussing issues such as transport, the development of […]
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In Conversation with… Sinead Rocks Channel 4 MD, Nations & Regions
In Conversation with…Sinead Rocks Channel 4 MD, Nations & Regions Leeds Civic Trust Director Martin Hamilton is in conversation with Sinead Rocks, Managing Director of Nations and Regions at Channel 4, asking Sinead what Channel 4 hopes to achieve with their new Leeds location, her perspectives on the media and creative industries in our city more […]
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Blue Plaque Unveiling For Selig Brodetsky
Blue Plaque Unveiling For Selig Brodetsky. We are delighted to invite you to the unveiling of a Blue Plaque for Selig Brodetsky at 11.15 on 10th October 2021 at 3 Grosvenor Road, Leeds LS6 2DZ, followed by refreshments at the Hyde Park Book Club Born into poverty in Russia, one of thirteen children, he fled […]
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Time To Take A Seat! Apply for a community bench.
Time To Take A Seat! Apply for a community bench. Leeds Civic Trust and Time to Shine at Leeds Older People’s Forum are delighted to be working together to bring more benches to our communities and bringing colour to Leeds! Is your community centre, surgery or local street in need of a much-needed place to […]
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Independent Blue Plaques Report
Leeds Civic Trust is pleased to announce the publication of Susan Pitter’s Independent Blue Plaques Review. To read the full report click here. To read our Trustees statement please click here. To find out the background to this report – click here. The Trustees of Leeds Civic Trust accept the recommendations of the report and […]
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Preserving our community heritage – Can you help us map Dyson & Sons benches?
Preserving our community heritage – Can you help us map Dyson & Sons benches?
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World Car Free Day Micro-Grants
Be part of this international event encouraging motorists to give up their cars for a day!
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Take A Seat! A Colourful Community Of Benches for Leeds
With support from Dobson Construction and Seagulls we are proud to present our ‘Take A Seat’ project. Each of the 15 benches created through this initiative, came with a grant to help support community groups commission artists to decorate them, and to install and maintain them. We wanted the benches to reflect the incredible way […]
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THE UNVEILING OF A BLUE PLAQUE TO DR EDITH PECHEY
We are pleased to announce that our 181st Blue Plaque has been unveiled. Sited at 8, Park Square, Leeds, LS1 2LH, it celebrates the life and work of Dr Edith Pechey. A most extraordinary woman whose life began in 1845 in Langham, Essex. She came to Leeds in 1863 to teach but her calling was […]
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Edible England – Heritage Open Days Micro-Grants
Heritage Open Days Micro Grants – Edible England Our Heritage Open Days Micro Grants are intended to support events hosted during the annual Heritage Open Days festival here in Leeds (10 – 19 September 2021). Whether there is a local figure you’d like to celebrate, a great story you would love to tell, or you’d […]
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