We are excited to announce that CCL has been awarded new funding from the National Lottery Community Fund. This investment will directly support asylum seekers and refugees in Leeds, as well as nearby areas such as Bradford, Wakefield and Pontefract. It will give us a huge boost to continue providing a social space for them to make friends, … Read more
Thanks to all friends of Conversation Club who participated in (or were coerced into!) our fundraising Yorkshire place names quiz over Christmas. It resulted in a lot of fun and brain-teasing over the turkey and mince pies. Well done to those few who managed to complete it successfully! And it raised £61 – thank you. … Read more
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