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Julie Longworth, Leeds City Council’s director of children and families, makes a speech at the opening event.

Pictured left to right: Stephanie Jefferies (Play Explore Art), artist Clare Devlin and Emma Bearman (Playful Anywhere) at the opening event.

Some of the new play installations in the grounds of the Compton Centre.

A Scholes playground is open again for play after a much-needed refurb.

The Scholes playground now has new surfacing, a new multi-unit that offers climbing and a slide, as well as a spinner and a seesaw.

Staff at Leeds City Council have been supporting a Christmas Shoebox Appeal for local families. Shown left to right are: Liz Roarty (appeal lead), Councillor Debra Coupar (Leeds City Council’s deputy leader and executive member for resources) and Sarah Martin (chief officer, Civic Enterprise Leeds).

Winner of Environmental Achievement of the Year, Hyde Park Source currently runs seven different weekly volunteer gardening groups.

Janet Wilcock has won the Unsung Hero of the Year award at the Compassionate City Awards 2024.

The winner in the Community Sports Project of the Year category was Farsley Celtic Deaf FC.

Curators of natural sciences Sarah Burhouse (left) and Clare Brown measure the huge wandering albatross preserved at Leeds Discovery Centre. More than a century old, up-to-date measurements taken this week show the gargantuan seabird to be more than three metres across despite only being a juvenile.