A great team effort meant that our Summer Newsletter was packed into envelopes and either hand delivered to many members and supporters or in the post to others within a couple of hours of being printed this afternoon.
Thank you to all who helped!
Issue-100-Summer-2023
Al was officially appointed at the Full Council AGM yesterday here she is resplendent in her robes.
Congratulations Al from Caring Together – we know you will do a good job!
Picture above and text below from https://www.leeds.gov.uk/Pages/Lord-Mayor-of-Leeds
“Councillor Al Garthwaite is the 129th person to hold the Office of Lord Mayor of Leeds.
Al grew up in an army family and moved frequently, including to Germany, Turkey and Wales. After school, and a stint as Assistant Matron in a boys’ school, she studied English and Psychology at Durham University. It was here she became involved in international and local campaigns for human rights and social justice.
In 1973, Al came to Leeds, where her mother’s family originated. She lived in Chapeltown, in a communal house of children and adults. Enthusiastic for lifelong learning, she qualified as a teacher, taught in prisons and pioneered women’s health courses in inner-city community centres. She participated in the creation of a national Women’s Advice and Referral Service, producing a fortnightly newsletter for information and political discussion.
Wishing to use her varied skills and experience for the benefit of the city she’s made her home for the last fifty years, Al has been an elected Councillor for Headingley, Hyde Park and Woodhouse since 2016. As well as striving for the increased wellbeing of her ward and its residents, especially during the current cost of living crisis, she focuses on environment, climate change, arts and culture, community safety, planning, licensing, and working for an end to violence against women and girls.
Al is extremely honoured to have been chosen as the Lord Mayor of Leeds and is very much looking forward to her year in Office.
As the first citizen of Leeds, the role of the Lord Mayor is to act as an ambassador for the City, meeting with citizens and communities and welcoming visiting dignitaries from home and abroad. The Lord Mayor holds a ceremonial, diplomatic role, meaning that they cannot engage in political or Ward matters during their time in office. They are not an elected Mayor and therefore have no influence over policy and decision making.”
It was standing room only for a while at our Celebration Afternoon Tea this week!
Members enjoyed afternoon tea and we were entertained with live music thanks to students from Leeds University (LUUMIC)
As always, this was a communal effort, involving members and volunteers as well as our staff. Making decorations and setting up the space, contributing home made scones, cakes and coronation trifle, preparing food on the day as well as serving and keeping on top of the mountain of washing up, donating prizes and lots of other things to be used on the day, and turning up to support us. Everyone had a part to play.
We had several skill share sessions leading up to the event and this produced decorations for our window and tables.
The results are in!
The Councillors elected for our local areas are:
Abigail Marshall-Katung (Labour Party) for Little London and Woodhouse ward.
Abdul Hannan (Labour Party) for Headingley and Hyde Park ward.
For all the election results click here: https://www.leeds.gov.uk/your-council/elections/leeds-city-council-election-results
Our Coronation Celebration Afternoon Tea is this afternoon between 1pm and 3pm.
Whether you are excited for the Coronation or not we hope you will join us for a lovely afternoon afternoon get-together with nice food and and good company
At our premises on Charing Cross Square – Woodhouse Street 1pm – 3pm
We will be closed on Monday 1st May for the May Day Bank Holiday
We are back on Tuesday 2nd and there’s plenty going on:
| Tuesday: | 11.30am-12.30pm 1.30-2.30pm | Dance Fusion at Lovell Park Hub Drop in coffee at Caring Together premises |
| Wednesday: | 11.00am – 12.30pm 1.00-3.00pm | Coronation Skill Share at Caring Together premises Coronation Celebration Afternoon Tea at Caring Together premises |
| Thursday: | 11.00am – 12.30pm | Dying Matters “Let’s Talk About It” Coffee Morning at Caring Together premises |
| Friday: | 1.30 -2.30pm | Gentle exercise at Woodhouse Community Centre |
On Sunday April 23rd at 3pm there will be a test of the new UK emergency alerts system.
Emergency Alerts is a UK government service that will warn you if there’s a danger to life nearby.
In an emergency, your smartphone or tablet will receive an alert with advice about how to stay safe.
The government does not need to know your phone number or location to send you an alert.
The alert on Sunday is just a test and so you do not need to do anything, in a real emergency you should follow the instructions that come with the alert.
It will only go to smartphones or tablets that work on 4g or 5g networks, so if you have an older phone it may not receive it.
When the test happens your device is likely to make a loud siren like sound, even if it’s set on silent and maybe vibrate. The sound and vibration will last for about 10 seconds.
If, for any reason, you do not want to receive the test alert please make sure your phone is switched off at 3pm on Sunday – you will not get the alert when it is switched back on.
The message that you will get (in England) is:
This is a test of Emergency Alerts, a new UK government service that will warn you if there’s a life-threatening emergency nearby.
In an actual emergency, follow the instructions in the alert to keep yourself and others safe.
Visit gov.uk/alerts for more information.
This is a test. You do not need to take any action.
The alerts are sent by mobile phone masts, which can broadcast them to compatible devices in the surrounding area during an emergency.
This means the Government does NOT need your phone number, location or any other personal details to send you an emergency alert, and you DON’T need to download an app or sign up to receive them.
Scammers often exploit Government initiatives and other news items as a way to target people so be wary of suspicious texts, emails or other messages asking you to hand over your details.
There are a number of changes to the bus services across Leeds from this Sunday – 2nd April. This will affect the current 51/52 service which runs through Woodhouse & Little London. This route is to be divided into 2 separate routes and so will no longer go through to Morley from this area.
The 51/52 route will run from Morley to Leeds City Centre and back only
A new service 38/39 will cover the route from Moor Allerton to Leeds City Centre (via Woodhouse & Little London). New service 38 will run via the old 51 route, and new service 39 will run via the 52 route.
They will all start and finish at Leeds Eastgate. The timetables can be found here: https://www.wymetro.com/buses/bus-timetables/
This and all the other changes to bus services are here: https://www.wymetro.com/media/9472/public-transport-changes-apr-2023-13807.pdf
A big shout out on International Women’s Day to all the amazing women we work with, who we support and who support us too in many many ways!
(And all our other amazing people too!!!!).
