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04 Jul 2025

Funding programme aims to provide perfect platform for business success

A new funding programme has been launched to support innovation, business growth and the development of Leeds’s next generation of entrepreneurs.

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School's young minds help bring big idea for outdoor play to life: John Jamieson 7

03 Jul 2025

School's young minds help bring big idea for outdoor play to life

A specialist school in Leeds is celebrating the opening of a newly-renovated outdoor space designed to revolutionise play and learning for pupils.

Schools

New sign language boards at playgrounds hope to boost communication skills through play: BSL signs at Stanningley Park

02 Jul 2025

New sign language boards at playgrounds hope to boost communication skills through play

Children at playgrounds around Leeds are being encouraged to learn sign language as new fun educational boards are installed.

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Leeds gardener becomes Apprentice of the Year after sowing the seeds of new career: Chris Cole Apprenticeship Award

01 Jul 2025

Leeds gardener becomes Apprentice of the Year after sowing the seeds of new career

An apprentice gardener dedicated to changing the way people view gardens has won Apprentice of the Year at the North Yorkshire Apprenticeship Awards in the public service category.

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Museums give city economy multi-million pound boost: Big birds

30 Jun 2025

Museums give city economy multi-million pound boost

The city’s council-run museums and galleries have given a massive £47.3m boost to the local economy over the past year, new figures have revealed.

The latest economic impact report compiled by Leeds Museums and Galleries sets out the remarkable figures, with the service’s eight sites also welcoming an impressive 939,494 people in the same period.

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