Category Archives: Caring Together

Caring Together Festive Get Together

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The tree is up and the window display finished. We are just about ready for the festive get together today

Date: Wednesday 6th December 2023
Time: 1pm
Venue: Caring Together premises, 127 Woodhouse Street, Leeds LS6 2PY.

A warm welcome awaits, there will be hot chocolate, other warming drinks, mince pies, cake and some wonderful music from the Choir made up of students of University of Leeds. They are normally outside in the Charing Cross square but this year they will be inside due to the work being undertaken.

We hope you can join us.

Buses……..

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We have two two events on Friday 24th November at our Caring Together premises, 127 Woodhouse Street in relation to the buses in Leeds. that we hope you can make.


See below for details:
1pm Cllr Kayleigh will be with us to listen to your concerns/grievances around the current bus services in our area, the infrequency and inconsistency of services and the re routing of the 38 & 39 due to works in the area.
and then at


1.30pm Bus Reform – Join the consultation with The West Yorkshire Combined Authority that will inform a decision by the Mayor of West Yorkshire in whether or not to introduce the Proposed Franchising Scheme in March 2024.

Work starting on Charing Cross Square

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The renovation work on Charing Cross Square – outside Caring Together is starting today and is expected to last about 12 weeks.

The Before Picture

The plans involve resurfacing the square, adding trees and a new sign, putting steps at the front of the square to the pavement (near the bus stop) and changing the steps at the back of the square—taking away part of the large step area to create more space as you enter the square from the back and repairing the steps to make them safer.

We hope that, when finished, this will be a big improvement to this area, but it is bound to create some disruption in the short term. We have been promised that access to the shops and to Caring Together will be maintained throughout the works.

Here at Caring Together we have lots of activities happening over this time and we are intending to continue these as planned if we can. If you are planning to visit us, or attend an event/activity, and you have any concerns about it, please contact us.

Caring Together Winter Newsletter

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Our Winter Newsletter has gone out to members and supporters. You can read the newsletter and inserts below

Issue-102-Winter-2023

Bus-Reform-Nov-23

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Festive-Get-Together..2023

Film-Afternoons-Oct-Feb24

Winter-Warming-Soup-and-Roll-2024

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Useful-Nos-2023

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‘Pre Light Night Get Together’

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It was a great few weeks having a bit of fun getting ready for our mini ‘Light Night event’. We got to channel some of inner creativity. At the event itself we also got to enjoy some homemade chilli and jacket spuds and desert. The room looked wonderful with all the lighting and new glow in the dark additions not just on the tables either….

Caring Together AGM

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We had the pleasure of welcoming a good number of our members, students from the Leeds University Union Music Impact in the Community, the Lord Mayor of Leeds and friends, Hilary Benn and some funders to our AGM Friday.

It is the first one in our premises! It was lovely, it was ended with some wonderful music followed by a cuppa and food.

Thank you everyone in the community for coming along and ‘Caring Together’, what a year.

Cinema@ Charing Cross

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It was lovely to welcome members to our first film afternoon in our Charing Cross premises. Hot drinks and cake were on the menu, as well as popcorn and sweets.

The film was ‘Respect’ – The story of Aretha Franklin and seemed to be enjoyed by all, although it was a bit emotional at times.

The next one is on Thursday 16th November at 1pm (at Caring Together). We can’t tell you what the film is – you will have to come along to find out!

World Mental Health Day 2023

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The theme for World Mental Health Day this year is ‘Mental health is a universal human right’ The day aims to raise awareness of Mental Health and encourage people to reach out to talk about their mental health and to access support when they need it.

You can find out about mental health support in Leeds on https://www.healthandcareleeds.org/health/mental-health-services/

West Yorkshire mental health support line – 0800 183 0558.

The 24/7 service  provides free, confidential support, advice, information and guidance for anyone registered with a Leeds GP who is concerned about their own or a family member’s mental health