Partners

Hello! We are a friendly group of arts and community organisations who are working together to ensure that the arts in Leeds and beyond are as welcoming and accessible as possible to groups of people who might usually have barriers to engaging with them.

  • 5 Ways

    5 WAYS is a place for people in recovery and those who are coming to the end of their treatment...

  • Adults and Health Directorate

    The Adults and Health department at Leeds City Council co-ordinates public health activity and social support across the city. We...

  • Aire Place studios

    Aire Place Studios is a creative studio which holds spaces of equality and solidarity. We host comfortable studios spaces, hold...

  • ArtForms

    ArtForms is the music and arts service for Leeds City Council, working with children, young people, and families.  We offer...

  • Arts & Minds Network

    The Arts & Minds Network brings together people in Leeds who believe creativity can promote mental wellbeing. We support creative...

  • Association of Blind Asians

    The Association of Blind Asians, ABA, is a city-wide project providing support services to visually impaired people in Leeds. ABA is...

  • Between the Lines

    We are Sarah Autumn and Denetta Copeland. A couple of Leeds-based and born lasses who have a shared belief in...

  • BIASAN

    BIASAN (Bradford Immigration and Asylum Seekers Support and Advice Network) have an open constitution which is based on equality, partnerships,...

  • CFL Enrichment Team

    The Enrichment team is part of Child Friendly Leeds. We are a dedicated resource for care experience children, young people...

  • Cloth Cat

    Cloth Cat is a grassroots music based organisation which supports people through a range of events, projects and music courses....

  • Compass Live Art

    Compass works with artists from across the UK and beyond making interactive, projects for public locations. Most of our projects are...

  • DISrupt

    DISrupt is a collective of disabled artists in Leeds. We want disabled artists to get the recognition we deserve in...

  • DJ School UK

    DJ School UK is a not-for-profit company, based in Leeds, with three clear missions: 1. To supply accessible, engaging and...

  • Fall into Place

    Fall into Place aims to build people’s confidence, wellbeing and skills, mainly through drama. We are based in Seacroft and...

  • Feel Good Factor

    We provide health and wellbeing activities and services for communities in Leeds. We have activities ranging from knitting and sewing...

  • Geraldine Connor Foundation

    The Geraldine Connor Foundation (GCF) is a registered charity, established in 2012 to continue the work and vision of Geraldine...

  • Harewood House

    Harewood House Trust is an independent charitable educational trust set up to maintain and develop Harewood, its collections and grounds,...

  • Harmony Choir

    Harmony is a friendly community choir meeting every Thursday in East Leeds for 10 years, with currently about 40 singers....

  • Henry Moore Insitute

    The Henry Moore Institute is a hub for sculpture. Based in the heart of Leeds where Henry Moore began his...

  • Inkwell

    Inkwell Arts is the creative wellbeing service from Leeds Mind. Through the arts, we support our community in discovering the...

  • Leeds 2023

    For one whole year (all 365 days, 12 months, and 500,000 minutes of it), this city is Letting Culture Loose....

  • Leeds Art Gallery

    Stroll around the Gallery’s collections of paintings and sculptures and be amazed by outstanding art by exciting artists. Enjoy tea...

  • Leeds City College

    We are the main provider of 16-19 further education in the city and at our brand new state of the...

  • Leeds City Council – Culture Development Team

    The Culture Development team is, in effect, a policy team which works to support and champion creativity and the creative...

  • Leeds Combined Arts

    We are a community and voluntary arts organisation based in Headingley. We run a wide variety of arts-based workshops in Headingley,...

  • Leeds Festival Chorus

    Leeds Festival Chorus is a chorus singing to professional standards with 140 performing members in soprano, alto, tenor and bass...

  • Leeds International Concert Season

    Leeds International Concert Season is part of Leeds City Council’s Arts Events and Venues team. Each year at the Concert...

  • Leeds Irish Health and Homes

    Leeds Irish Health and Homes offers individual support and creative group work for Irish people or people of Irish Heritage....

  • Leeds Libraries

    We provide a free public library service at libraries and community hubs across Leeds and aim to engage with people...

  • Leeds Playhouse

    At Leeds Playhouse the range of our work is massive; whether you’re a beginner, an aspirational artist or a professional,...

  • Left Bank Leeds

    Left Bank Leeds is an arts space in the Hyde Park area of Leeds. We’re based inside a beautiful grade...

  • LLA

    LLA (fka Little London Arts) is about promoting and encouraging creative activity in the widest sense for learning, enjoyment, or...

  • Made With Music

    We believe that everyone should have access to live music. We are a charity and run our own early years...

  • Mafwa Theatre

    Photo Credit: Tom Arber At Mafwa Theatre we make theatre with sanctuary seekers (people who have refugee status or are...

  • Meeting Point

    Meeting Point is a social community project working with refugees and asylum seekers. We run a drop-in, English classes and a...

  • New Roots

    New Roots is a collaborative project between Refugee Council, RETAS and Path Yorkshire helping refugees in Leeds. ‘Connect’ is the social...

  • Northern Ballet

    Northern Ballet is one of the UK’s leading ballet companies and the widest touring ballet company in the UK. Bold...

  • Northern Opera Group

    Northern Opera Group enable everyone to take part in opera – for free! We welcome people of all ages, experiences...

  • Open Source Arts

    Open Source Arts is a place for making; a space for practicing community, creativity & collaboration across art forms, crafts,...

  • Opera North

    Opera North is an opera company based in Leeds which tours to theatres and concert halls throughout the North of...

  • People in Action

    People in Action is a charity that tries to improve the lives of people with a learning disability or autism...

  • Project Farsley

    We are a community led co-created arts organisation based in the neighbourhood of Farsley. Our aim is to work in...

  • Pyramid

    We invest in people with a learning disability through the discovery, development and disruption of the arts. Our goal is...

  • Red Ladder Theatre Company

    Red Ladder Theatre Company are a Leeds-based national touring theatre company. All our work tells stories about and for working...

  • SAA-uk

    South Asian Arts-uk (SAA-uk) is a centre of excellence in Indian Classical Music and Dance. For over 20 years we...

  • Slung Low

    We are a theatre company who specialise in making outdoor adventures in unusual spaces. In December 2018 we also became...

  • Space2

    At Space2 we have a passion for the arts. The kind that changes lives. And we know it does because...

  • StandFast Productions

    Standfast was created in 2019 on Dalton’s release from prison. The term Standfast comes from when the officers count the...

  • Sunny Bank Mills

    Sunny Bank Mills is a former worsted mill in Farsley, West Leeds; with a Gallery, Archive, Artists’ Studios and a...

  • The Arts Development Team

    The Arts Development Team at Leeds City Council supports arts organisations across the city and delivers a programme of cultural events...

  • The Dance Studio Leeds

    So a bit about ourselves… we are a small, but mighty, team here at The Dance Studio Leeds! Our team...

  • The Grief Series

    The Grief Series is a body of projects by artist Ellie Harrison. Ellie’s work uses playful strategies to engage people...

  • The Performance Ensemble

    The Performance Ensemble is a Leeds based ensemble theatre company of performers aged 55 years and older. We work with...

  • The Swan Song Project

    The Swan Song Project is a Leeds based charity established in 2017 that gives anyone facing the end of life...

  • The Tetley

    The Tetley is a pioneering centre for contemporary art located in the stunning art deco headquarters of the former Tetley...

  • Theatre Company Blah Blah Blah

    We work with skilled artists and writers to make high quality theatre. Through our work we create rich opportunities for...

  • Theatre in Education

    We’re a small theatre company who create and perform plays that look honestly at real life, and like real life...

  • Womens Health Matters (Rainbow Hearts Group)

    Women’s Health Matters regularly run creative sessions as part of our group work including things such as jewellery making, print...

  • Yorkshire Dance

    Yorkshire Dance is a Leeds-based charity which champions the value of dance and its development in Yorkshire.  We create opportunities...