Scarborough Trip

SB writes: On 21 August Conversation Club went to Scarborough. We were 25 asylum seekers and refugees with 6 volunteers: Margaret, Sue, Colin, Christine, Nigel and Dot. We all set off from Leeds at 9am in 2 mini-buses. It was a raining little when we set off. I was worried that the weather would be … Read more

Outing to Thwaite Mills

On Saturday 7th October 2023 we took a group of 25 asylum seekers, 2 town councillors and volunteers from the city centre on a 5 km walk along the River Aire towpath to Thwaite Mills for a picnic. The route took us from the Corn Exchange via Brewery Wharf, the Royal Armouries Museum, Clarence Dock … Read more

Outing report: Tree planting in Nidderdale

Margaret Cliff writes: a lovely spring day, Matt Trevelyan of Nidderdale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) took us to Swinton (in the Ure valley) for a day of volunteering. Seven guests and two volunteers were picked up from Leeds and driven to Nutwith Common where we were joined by a small group from Pateley … Read more

Threadbear Theatre & ‘At the Edge’ festival

Since early 2023 we have had a productive partnership with the Threadbear Theatre group, who specialise in improvisational drama workshops. Duncan Marwick visits us at Mill Hill Chapel every Thursday to do games and theatre exercises with any guests interested to join us. Some of the Conversation Club volunteers take part of the sessions and … Read more

Skipton trip

On 31st August, 40 people from Conversation Club set off by train to the beautiful North Yorkshire town of Skipton, a place with a long history of farming and the wool industry.  We visited the 900-year-old castle, had a picnic lunch in the castle grounds, wandered around the streets of old stone houses and went … Read more

Leeds Light Night

Leeds Light Night is ‘an annual free multi-arts and light festival that takes over Leeds City Centre for two nights in October’. We made a photo-gallery with pictures of the displays and the guests enjoying themselves.

Glorious Wharfedale!

On 16th August 2021, several volunteers took a small group of guests, including some from our sister organisation LEDAS, to visit Fell Edge Farm, near Addingham in Wharfedale. Fell Edge was originally a typical Dales sheep farm, with pasture land divided into small fields by ancient stone walls. Now there is a converted barn – … Read more

Ceilidh raises £1,000

Thank you to everyone who supported the ceilidh and helped us raise £1,000. We held the ceilidh at the Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church in Chapel Allerton. Bandiera Rossa provided the live music. If anyone has any ideas for future fundraising events, please get in touch.