Children and young people
Children and young people are at the heart of a child-friendly city, and everything that we do is done with the vision of making Leeds the best city to grow up in.
Climate change has a grand impact on our city. It is like villain on the loose and us children and adults are the heroes!
Leeds Youth Voice
Children and young people in Leeds can get involved opportunities through the Leeds Youth Voice offer:
- Join the Leeds Youth Council (for ages 10-18).
- Become a Member of Youth Parliament (for ages 14-18). Or vote for a Member of Youth Parliament (for ages 11-18).
- Join the SEND Youth Council (for children or young people with SEND aged 11-25).
- Run to be the next Leeds Children’s Mayor (for children in Y5). Or vote for the Leeds Children’s Mayor (aged 18 or below).
- Join the Children in Care Council (for young people currently in the care of Leeds City Council, aged 10-17).
- Join the Care Leavers Council (for young people who have previously spent time in the care of Leeds City Council, aged 17-25).
The Child Friendly Leeds Awards
The Child Friendly Leeds awards take place every other year and provide opportunities to children and young people:
Be on the planning group
You can sign up to plan our awards. As a planning group, you get creative freedom to pick the theme, develop the script, and you are in charge of a portion of the budget!
The group run the event and can take on a range of roles, from presenting the awards on stage, to working on the sound and lighting, or even welcoming guests as ‘front of house’ staff.
Perform in the awards
You can sign up to perform on stage during the awards ceremony. This is valuable experience performing at a theatre venue in Leeds, and you can invite family/friends along to watch too.
Cole LC brought his unique sound to the 2022 awards, having competed on The Voice Kids in 2017. Cole LC has continued to have great success in the music industry, reaching over 1M streams on Spotify in 2023.
In 2024, a Leeds-based band ‘The Casuals’ performed one of their own songs to a crowd of over 350 people.
For queries: CFLAwards@leeds.gov.uk
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Get the Breeze pass
The Breeze Pass is a digital pass that sits on your phone giving you discounts to venues, events and different activities across the city.
It only costs £5 per year and once you have the Pass on your phone you will get notified of the latest Pass Perks which are constantly being updated and changing.