Welcome Skate Store AMAZING Xmas Cheer

Wow …..once again Welcome Skate Store (Thornton’s Arcade ) and their customers have been AMAZING with their generosity when it comes to making Christmas a little brighter for Leeds Children supported by Home-Start Leeds. Thank you Sam and Tom and it was great to see you and have a chat.

Big Xmas Thank You

This week BT Openreach staff helped make a difference to children living in Leeds. A HUGE thank you for the gifts that will really make a difference to children’s Christmas experience

Leeds Abbey Dash 2025

Home-Start Leeds would like to say a BIG Thank You to those who run the Leeds Abbey Dash 2025 to raise funds to support our work on Sunday 30th November 2026.. The Leeds Abbey Dash is an official England Athletics 10Km Championship event; making it a key fixture on the national road racing calendar for …

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Quiz Night

We held our first Fundraising Quiz Night last week to raise vital funds to support our work. Wow what a great night and a huge thank you to all who supported us by taking part in the Quiz and buying a Raffle Ticket – and a huge thank you to those who sponsored the event. …

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Collective Futures – Thank You

A huge thank you to Collective Futures www.collectivefutures.org/about-us for choosing Home-Start Leeds as one of their first Grant recipients Collective Futures are focusing their Grant Making on areas that have outsized potential to improve lives but are under-resourced or overlooked, and they prioritise prevention over intervention – which aligns well with Home-Start Leeds work. Over …

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St Peter’s School Fundraising

Following the schools Lent Fundraising the School Council chose two local charities to support – and we were one of them. This week the School Councillors visited Home-Start Leeds to learn more about our charity. They met the team and learned about the support we give to people in Leeds, especially those who are new …

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Kagoshima University Visit

Today we met the fantastic Midwifery Students from Kagoshima University in Japan who are in the UK for a few days to look at Maternity Services and how the UK supports Families. We explained about our work across a range of services, about staff training and how we are funded Thank you to Nao from …

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Thank You for the Gifts

Many thanks to Ford Campbell Freedman for the gifts collected for Home-Start Leeds Families. Your gifts really make a difference at this time of year, so many thanks

Christmas Jumper Joy

A big thank you to Nexus at the University of Leeds for raising funds to help our Families with their Christmas Jumper Day. Every pound makes to difference to our work

A Huge thank you to WelcomeLeeds Skate

A HUGE thank you to the Staff and Customers of @WelcomeLeeds for another great donation of Xmas gifts this year. You are fantastic and the families we support will have a great Xmas Day