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Loads of community focused editorials from THAT LEEDS MAG about the communities of Meanwood, Chapel Allerton, Moortown and Headingley.

Roundhay Artists

Roundhay Artists

Roundhay Artists enjoy showing their new work and discussing their creative processes with visitors to their Open Studios Art Trail.

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Irish History Month

Did you know that throughout the month of March every year, Irish History Month takes place? Brought about by the Irish Arts Foundation.

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Roundhay Artists

Roundhay Artists

Roundhay Artists enjoy showing their new work and discussing their creative processes with visitors to their Open Studios Art Trail.

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Irish-History-Month

Irish History Month

Did you know that throughout the month of March every year, Irish History Month takes place? Brought about by the Irish Arts Foundation.

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The Starting Point

The Starting Point Centre in Leeds is a vital resource for families in the community.
Committed to helping families build strong, healthy relationships.

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Music House

Music House is a lovely music facility in the heart of Leeds. Creating equal access to everyone who wants to learn to play an instrument or sing.

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Leeds Bread Co-op

Leeds Bread Co-op, Meanwood, are a socially conscious community bakery,, baking real bread in an environmentally responsible way for Leeds.

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Homeless Hampers

Homeless Hampers began by delivering hampers of essentials to the homeless (in Christmas 2015). The charity has grown enormously.

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Horsforth Shed

Horsforth Shed s a fully functioning, comfortable workshop akin to those found in many of the new build high schools around our city.

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Cycling the Pan-American Highway

Follow Declan Faherty cycling the Pan-American Highway from Prudhoe Bay to Guatemala City in Central America – 6570 miles. This is the first half of a famous cycling route which takes you from the top of Alaska down to Argentina, the plan is to finish the last stretch in 2023.

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Leeds Homeshare

For this edition I have spoken to two wonderful ladies who explain about Leeds Homeshare, what it is and the wide range of people from all walks of life that it is helping across Yorkshire.

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Make greener choices in Leeds

Make greener choices in Leeds with REAP. Set up in 2007 by a group of Leeds residents concerned about the impact of climate change. Their basic aim is to support and encourage the local community and individual residents to take practical local action.

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Light on Leeds meets THAT LEEDS MAG

For this edition, I’ve chatted with local podcaster Hazel Millichamp – her Light on Leeds Podcast celebrates everything Leeds. I find out how she does it, why she does it and discuss some of her recent guests too.

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5 WAYS to Wellbeing

5 Ways is the Leeds hub for those in recovery for an alcohol or drug misuse issue. Located just off Burley Road, in a converted old chapel, the specially-trained workers help service-users sustain their recovery and support them into education, training and employment.

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Hashtag tips to get noticed on LinkedIn

Have you ever created a post on LinkedIn, and been incredibly frustrated
with the lack of views or reach the post gets?
Including relevant hashtags will help with views! But, on LinkedIn too many and your posts will look ‘spammy’. Here are a few tips and tricks to get you started.

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Lisa Thiel meets THAT LEEDS MAG

For the December 2021 edition, I’ve chatted with local Egghead – Lisa Thiel. We discussed what it’s like as a contestant on a TV quiz show and why she thinks they get less women applying.

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Sustainable Clothing in Leeds

We have a new sustainable clothing store in Headingley, Tråd Collective. If, like owners Jo and James, you find it difficult to shop for clothes in a sustainable way, read all about their store then pop in to see the wide range available. Please mention that you found them in THAT LEEDS MAG.

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Plastic Free Christmas

I’m dreaming of a Plastic Free Christmas. With help from Plastic Free North West Leeds I’ve brought together some information on how we can all think differently about gift wrapping this Christmas and beyond. Do you know what the SCRUNCH TEST is?

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LINKEDIN SHOWCASE PAGES

Regular contributor Mike Roberts has shared another expert LinkedIn tip for visibility on one of the busiest social media platforms. I’m excited to try this tip for Linkedin Showcase Pages on my Company Page posts in this edition’s social posts.

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Semiconductor Shortage

A lack of semiconductors is having a massive effect on the car industry at the moment! What are they? Why has this happened? What does it mean for the industry? Read a no-jargon update from an expert at trueFleet vehicle leasing.

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Marty Jopson meets THAT LEEDS MAG

For the November 2021 edition I have spoken to Marty Jopson we chat about the Otley Science Festival. Marty is the resident science reporter on BBC’s, The One Show and has been working in television for twenty years, on the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Sky, The Discovery Channel and National Geographic, he lives in lovely Otley.

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Meanwood Community Centre

Hidden just off Stainbeck Avenue you will find Meanwood Community Centre, a fully inclusive and accessible bustling hub of community activities and events, managed by Leeds Community Spaces.

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Find confidence and creativity through theatre

Brave words are dedicated to telling inspiring stories and asking what we can learn from them. We create adventures in the arts that support the children, young people and communities around us, including our ever-growing programme of pay-what-you-can youth theatres across Leeds and our schools programme.

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buy nowt ls6

Are you sick of single use purchases? Do you need a mallet or disco ball, but will probably only use it once? Visit Buy Nowt LS6 to borrow items!

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Ann Jones meets THAT LEEDS MAG

For the September 2021 edition I have managed to grab a chat with Ann Jones, a local board game expert. If you are looking for a unique way to bring friends and family of all ages together with simple to learn cooperative or competitive games for any event she can help.

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Headingley Heart

Headingley Enterprise and Arts Centre (HEART) is the arts, enterprise and community centre in the middle of Headingley run by the community for the community.

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7 seconds to grab attention

Some great tips, tricks, strategies and advice to improve performance on LinkedIn, If you are looking to grow your business or improve your appearance for employment, try these tips yourself.

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Have you visited Moortown Park

Have you visited Moortown Park? Hidden away between Shadwell Lane and Street Lane, Moortown Park was formally opened in December 2018 and has proved a very popular addition to the Moortown community ever since.

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Dress with confidence this autumn

Dress with confidence this autumn | As the seasons change, our dressing habits change too. You’ve probably started adding layers and the debates are raging on whether to wear your winter coat and have the heating turned up!

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Go beyond carbon neutral

Go beyond carbon neutral with Beyond Neutral paper from a supplier based in Yorkshire and distributing office paper to businesses, schools, councils, and end users across Yorkshire.

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Rob Wilson meets THAT LEEDS MAG

For edition 7 of THAT LEEDS MAG, I’ve had a conversation with super friendly Rob Wilson, founder of Angels of Freedom. Rob is busy in the Freedom Quarter every Friday night but even busier behind the scenes providing support and information to families with LGBT+ children and organising inclusive social events.

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Take a Seat Leeds

Leeds Civic Trust wanted to commemorate the strength of our communities throughout Covid19. Their ‘Take a Seat’ bench campaign does just that, read more about the three benches in our area. #takeaseatleeds

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Prepping for Big School

Do you have children starting Primary School in September? It’s a mentally challenging time for both parents and children, make it easier with the top tips from Author Jodie Webber. And find out more about Mystic Bunny Boy.

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Improve your appearance on search

Improve your appearance on search with top tips from Chroma Marketing helping businesses get found online. In the early stages of THAT LEEDS MAG, I had an Online Digital Review, Laura Norman and her team are experts!

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Rethinking gift cards for small businesses

OPEN is a new type of gift card which can be used across the city centre and suburbs in a wide variety of independent businesses . The OPEN gift card is designed to give people a genuine alternative to big retailer gift cards, by allowing them to spend locally.

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In the Chapel Allerton Community

Set up in 2017, CA Spaces is a volunteer run group who bring colour, greenery and playful art projects to Chapel Allerton.
Projects have included working with street artists on murals and media boxes around the area, planting trees and wildflowers and creating a mud kitchen for children to play and families to meet in a small, unused green space.

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Could you be using your time more productively?

Can we save time? We have all got the same amount of time so we can’t bank hours to use later but we can use our time more productively. It is so easy to be distracted; to put off things till “later” and to be side-tracked onto more interesting activities.

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Mental Health Mates Leeds

Mental Health Mates Leeds is part of a growing national (and international) network of peer support groups run by people with mental health issues, they meet regularly to walk, talk and share with others, without fear of judgement. It is based on the premise that mental health issues can be magnified in isolation and promotes the message ‘Helping you find your we. Because you are not alone.’

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lisa holdsworth meets that leeds mag

Lisa Holdsworth meets THAT LEEDS MAG. Lisa is a scriptwriter and has been involved in the creation of some exciting dialogue for Emmerdale, Midsomer Murders, Fat Friends, Call the Midwife to name a few and more recently A Discovery of Witches. She is Chair of the Writers’ Guild as well as being passionate about women’s rights.

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Winter Friends

‘Winter Friends’ encourages people to extend support into warmer months.
Kind-spirited people across Leeds are being encouraged to look out for the vulnerable in their communities even as the weather warms up and government restrictions ease.

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Meanwood Valley Rangers

Volunteers welcomed by the Meanwood Valley Rangers. Volunteers can help to improve and maintain habitats for wildlife, carrying out a range of different tasks from litter picking, scrub control, invasive plant species control, hedge laying, dead hedging, woodland management (coppicing, tree planting, willow pollarding and tree seed gathering) to scything and wildlife surveys. Along with site repairs and public rights of way work, footpath and drainage repairs.

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Ben ‘Buddy’ Slack Meets THAT LEEDS MAG

The Swan Song Project is a charity which gives people living with terminal illnesses or dealing with bereavement the opportunity and support to write and record their own original song. I wanted to find out more about the great service provided and what people could expect if they got involved.

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Memphis Pete Meets THAT LEEDS MAG

Born and bred in Leeds with eight siblings, Memphis Pete has stayed true to his roots with countless outdoor events to cheer up the locals. Keeping himself active with online, street and care home garden shows for the communities he knows and loves.

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Dress with Confidence

Do you feel like you’ve lost your sense of style since lockdown began? Thoughts are now forming about what you’re going to wear post lockdown and if what you’ve got will still fit.

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Shout Aloud

A life changing trip to Bali. In 2019 Suzie Hamlin could never have known that walking into a jewellery store in Bali would change her life forever. Not just her life, the lives of a talented Balinese lady and her family and countless people in the UK.

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Kirby’s meets that leeds mag

New owner of Kirby’s of Meanwood, Andy Crombleholme has been frying fish since he was 15. I caught up with him to see how taking over this iconic takeaway at such a challenging time has been.

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Larry & Paul meet That Leeds Mag

What brilliant fun I had interviewing Leed’s up and coming comedy stallions – Larry & Paul. They thoroughly enjoy producing lockdown gloom busting comedy to entertain us, and their passion for comedy shines through.

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Shared Lives and Leeds Homeshare

Shared Lives and Leeds Homeshare – provide a unique approach to meeting the needs of local people. Both schemes are part of Leeds City Council. They keep in regular contact with all participants and have careful Covid measures in place.

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SILKY MEETS THAT LEEDS MAG

THAT LEEDS MAG caught up with Silky before he set off to Wales for one of the last few gigs he had booked. It was the first chat we have ever had and we found out quite a bit about each other. Silky moved to Chapel Allerton in 2007 from York, but has lived all over England. We talked about his lockdown experience and discussed a woodpecker on his bird table.

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Meanwood, what makes you mad, sad or glad

By 2030 we will work together to make Meanwood a climate resilient community where all neighbours can enjoy a healthy life with equal access to opportunities, facilities, services and public spaces.
This is our vision for Meanwood over the next 10 years. Our 2020 research has led to three focus areas each with their own projects. We plan to consult again over the next ten years as these projects begin to happen, to be sure the focus areas are still relevant and to identify new projects based on current needs, and new ideas.

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Start 2021 with a more eco-friendly outlook

Seagulls Paint came on board to advertise in THAT LEEDS MAG in November and I was more than happy to design their advert for them. Doing my research to make sure that the ad reflected what they do and their brand I discovered that they are also a liquid refill store. I went over to visit them to find out more.

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The Ingredients for a Smooth Business Start-Up

Top tips on starting a business. The worst economic climate since the second world war has sparked an unexpected entrepreneurial boom, with recent figures indicating a significant increase in the creation of businesses every day. The majority of such businesses are being run from spare bedrooms and attics, and they are being fuelled by redundancy payments and the possibility of launching services over the internet.

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Street Art Comes to Meanwood

THAT LEEDS MAG is excited to share some lovely pictures and information about Meanwood Street Art. Leah Clarke from Meanwood Street Art shared details with us about the colourful boxes popping up around Meanwood. Find out what it’s all about, what’s coming up next for the Project and how you might get involved.

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MyCarbon meets THAT LEEDS MAG

THAT LEEDS MAG is excited to be chatting to Toby Green, co-founder of MyCarbon and PhD researcher at the University of Leeds. It is clear from our interview that Toby, co-founder of MyCarbon is incredibly passionate about the environment. In our chat we discuss how to calculate my carbon usage, what our highest carbon use activity as humans is and why striving to be carbon neutral is so important.

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Chilli-Shop meets THAT LEEDS MAG

Frank is a genuine foodie and chilli expert who has a passion for sharing his knowledge and love of chillis with everyone. On a visit to the hottest shop in town in the Merrion Centre you can expect your taste buds to more than be tingled by delicious products from all over the world. I wanted to find out more about the Chilli-Shop and how Frank’s creative marketing has kept his business afloat during the pandemic.

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Redundancy

I will start up THAT LEEDS MAG. I will employ myself. Producing the work over lockdown has given me the confidence to say, I am a great Graphic Designer. I can help your business by building on your brand to make it stand out and grow.

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