Yorkshire Day Bake Sale!

Yorkshire Day Bake Sale 🎂💙💛 What a fantastic Yorkshire Day bake sale we had! Our wonderful home-baked goodies flew off the table and thanks to everyone who baked, bought, donated and supported us, we raised an incredible £140! 🎉 A huge thank you to everyone who helped make it such a success. We’ll be back …

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Skydive Brid 26!

What an incredible day! A huge thank you to all our amazing skydivers, our fantastic coordinator Jade and other team members families for being so brave! We are so proud of everyone who took the leap. Your bravery, enthusiasm and commitment to supporting local families was truly inspiring. Together, you have raised an incredible £3,000 …

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Thank you Mia Haines

We would like to say a huge thank you to Mia for generously giving numerous hours of her time, completely free of charge, to support us. Mia has been working with us to create valuable marketing materials, promotional leaflets and statistics, helping us to present our work clearly and professionally to potential corporate partners. Her …

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Thank you for your generous donation Barnett Waddingham!

A huge thank you to Barnett Waddingham for their incredibly generous £2,000 donation. Thanks to this support, over the next year we will deliver three parenting courses: Each course will run over six sessions (12 hours in total) and will be limited to six families, ensuring parents receive the personalised support they need. Your generosity …

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Thank You to Basit Salam

We would like to thank Basit Salam for his generous donation of a painting. Basit is a visual artist based in North Yorkshire who has created ‘an abstract painting inspired by connection, vulnerability, and the emotional journey many dads experience in the early stages of fatherhood’.He said ‘As I work on it, I’ve been thinking …

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Great Leeds Walk!

What an incredible event the Leeds Great Walk was! 👏 A huge congratulations to our walkers including our amazing Home-Start coordinators, Kacie and Rachel who completed the 10-mile walk through the beautiful Yorkshire countryside, finishing at the top of Otley Chevin. 🥾☀️ Despite the scorching temperatures, they powered through and raised an incredible amount of …

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Charity Golf Day 2026

What a fantastic day everyone had at the First Home-Start Leeds Charity Golf Day at Howley Hall Golf Club Huge thanks to everyone who played, our sponsors, the club and the brilliant volunteers from TransUnion – Jane Cadman, Ellie Reidy, Nitika Ali and Courtney Ellis – for making it such a success. Special mention to …

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Another GREAT Quiz Night

Thursday 12th March saw our second Quiz Night held at Human Spaces. There were 15 Teams and we raised £980.00 from Quiz Entry, Refreshments and a Fantastic Raffle. Our thanks goes to sponsors Human Spaces, Jackson Trophy’s (for our winners Trophy) Morrish Solicitors and Morrison (Merrion Centre) Leeds Knights Ice Hockey – Family Ticket Leeds …

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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