Tag: young people

Hunslet Fashion Show goes ahead after garments stolen in break in

For 12 weeks the young Youth Club members at The Hunslet Club have been working tirelessly towards the success of its sustainable fashion project. A sustainable, youth led fashion initiative aimed at promoting eco-friendly fashion practices among young people. The project was split into 3 sections: re-cycle, re-use and re-purpose.

Hamara Centre to lead £1.7m work discrimination programme

Youth Futures Foundation have announced a £1.7 million grant to tackle workplace discrimination and support employment opportunities for young people from ethnic minority backgrounds in West Yorkshire. The Beeston-based Hamara Centre has been selected to lead the project targeted at young people with Bangladeshi and Pakistani heritage living in Leeds

Knife Angel starts conversations about knife crime in Leeds

The touring Knife Angel sculpture is coming to Leeds in February, to send a powerful message and spark conversations about knife crime in the city. It will be placed outside the Royal Armouries Museum as part of an intensification month on knife crime which launches on Thursday (1 February 2024).

From the shadows to the spotlight: Hunslet Rogues present The Greatest Showman

Orphaned and penniless but ambitious with a limitless imagination, the American entertained PT Barnum rises from poverty and creates something extraordinary. With themes of self-acceptance, individuality and community, this theatre performance of The Greatest Showman, is one to watch this December. The Greatest Showman is a 2017 biographical musical that

A group of ten young people pose with a certificate in front of a steam locomotive called 'Sir Berkeley'

The young people that are the future of Middleton Railway

Middleton Railway was celebrating its Youth Group who took over the running of the railway today (6 August 2023). The group was awarded their runners up certificate in the Rising Stars category of the Heritage Railway Association (HRA). Presenting the award, Noel Hartley, a Director at the HRA, said: “It’s