Child Friendly Leeds winners announced
The winners of the fifth annual Child Friendly Leeds Awards were announced last night at Leeds City Varieties.
Hundreds of supporters, city leaders, VIPs and performers packed out the historic music hall to celebrate the people and organisations helping make Leeds such an amazing place for children and young people.
Winners were announced throughout the night, alongside performances from some of the many talented young people in Leeds, including singer-songwriter standout Ella Playford; John Scholey, performing the classic Moon River; and acoustic band Pull the Trigger. The event was itself planned and presented by a group of 12-18 year olds.
aql sponsored the awards in a continuation of its longstanding partnership with Child Friendly Leeds, and company founder and CEO Prof. Adam Beaumont took the stage to present the final award of the night for ‘Overall Contribution to Making Leeds a Child Friendly City’. The award went to the Central Yorkshire Scouts, an organisation run entirely by 2400 volunteers that provides ‘fun, friendship, challenge and everyday adventure to 6500-plus young people in Leeds and Wakefield’.
“We’re absolutely committed to our partnership with Child Friendly Leeds and are proud to sponsor the fifth annual CFL Awards,” said Beaumont. “Young people are our future and we have to do all we can to enable them to thrive.”
And the winners were…
Communities and Schools Working Together
Fuel for School and The Light – for their Old School Junk Project pop-up pay-as-you-feel shop and restaurant in partnership with The Light during the 2017 summer holidays.
Inspiring Creativity through Arts and Culture
Chapel FM – a community arts centre, radio station and performance space in east Leeds that inspires young people to achieve through arts, music and technology.
Best Place in Leeds for Children and Young People
CATCH – a safe and welcoming environment that empowers young people, raises their aspirations and is helping community and cultural cohesion in Harehills.
Adult Making a Difference for Young People
Errol Murray, Leeds Dads – who has brought hundreds of fathers and their children together to play, meet and support each other on the third Sunday of the month at The Tetley.
Child of the Year Under 11
Taylor Aitcheson – a local tennis star who decided that he wanted to give back to the community by helping raise awareness of the charity Candlelighters.
Young Person of the Year
Kayleigh Glancy – who has saved her pocket money and raised money for the last six years to help provide chocolate eggs and gifts for children at Easter and Christmas.
Overall Contribution to Making Leeds a Child Friendly City
Central Yorkshire Scouts – run entirely by 2400 fantastic volunteers, who provide fun, friendship, challenge and everyday adventure to 6500+ young people in Leeds and Wakefield
For more information, visit www.childfriendlyleeds.co.uk.
