Leeds Ultimate Thunder: The Fight to Finish Their Story
The learning disabled band, hailed as ‘the most punk rock band in Britain’, is fighting to ensure their story is not left unfinished. Ultimate Thunder, a Leeds-based group of musicians with learning disabilities and autism, are the subject of an intimate behind-the-scenes documentary that risks never being completed unless new funding can be found. After […]
White Rose Hosts Record-breaking Skating Event
High fives and Skate to Donate at White Rose with Leeds Knights on 3 December White Rose Shopping Centre hosted a charitable ice skating event on Wednesday 3rd December, inviting ice hockey fans to take to the rink with members of Leeds Knights in return for a small charity donation to benefit local charity Kidz Klub. […]
Sue Ryder Celebrate a Life Leeds
More than 150 people from across the City gathered at Sue Ryder’s winter remembrance event this month. The annual event is held to honour the lives of those who meant so much and to reflect as a community on special memories shared. Sue Ryder Celebrate a Life Leeds, hosted by the palliative care and bereavement support charity, which runs Sue Ryder Wheatfields Hospice in Headingley, was held at Leeds City Museum on 7 December. The afternoon featured a mix of uplifting music from Jasmine […]
Peepal Tree Press Celebrates 40 Years
Leeds-based independent Peepal Tree Press will celebrate 40 years as the world’s leading publisher of Caribbean and Black British literature with an evening of readings at the University of Leeds on Thursday 13 November. Still based in the same redbrick house in the Leeds suburb of Burley, the Press’s many successes have included Costa Novel […]
Leeds based Arts Organisation opens Studio Pyramid
A new art studio in Leeds for people with learning disabilities and autism, Pyramid, has opened the doors to its accessible art space, Studio Pyramid. Formerly operating as an add-on for existing Pyramid members, the inclusive studio is expanding its reach to welcome more local artists with learning disabilities and autism. Studio Pyramid offers artists […]
