ELFM asks what are the best and worst things about summer and how it it could be made better for young people.

 

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Mandi’s Academy of Dance was set up 3 years ago by Mandi Robinson to give young people something to do and to learn different styles of dance. Since then the Academy has gone from strength to strength and is now entering various dance competitions as well as putting on a series of successful shows recently in Whitkirk.In this podcast you will hear Mandi, as well as the parents and their children, talking about the academy and what it has to offer.Mandi runs a class at Newbourne Methodist Church every Tuesday evening (6 - 7pm) as well as classes at the Hunslet Boys & Girls Club.

 

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It might not be quite what you expect - a jobs-fair inside a prison. But the ‘Out of Armley’ group of training providers and employers recognise that one of the ways of stopping re-offending is to ensure that prisoners have a clear plan of how they are going to get employment once they are released.

So that was the idea of having a jobs-fair; the first one ever at HMP Leeds in Armley.

ELFM have worked closely with the prison and probation service for a number of years - see the Outside Looking In series of programmes - and we were only too happy to come and see what happened on the day…

 

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Carr Manor High School is one of the schools in Leeds that plays host to many young people arriving from other countries. The important thing when they arrive is to make them feel welcome

ELFM are working with Carr Manor to create a dvd resource that tells the new arrivals and their families what the school is all about. We are working with a group of young people at the school who themselves were new arrivals at Carr Manor in the last few years - who better to explain what it is like to start at a new school in a new country.

The project has been commissioned by Education Leeds and we are currently in production. We thought you might be interested in a little taster of the work…

Photos by Lizzie Coombes

 

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Held at the West Indian Centre in Chapeltown, Leeds on March 31st 2008, this event was put together to raise awareness and to start a conversation with the community of Leeds about a permanent memorial to David Oluwale. Amongst the speakers were author Caryl Phillips, writers and performers from the ‘F Words’ Project and Leeds Young Authors.

ELFM were there to support the event.

David Oluwale arrived in Hull as a stowaway from his native Nigeria in September 1949. he served 28 days in Leeds Prison for his crime. Twenty years later, in May 1969, he was pulled out of the River Aire, at Knostrop in Leeds, where he had drowned.

For more information on the David Oluwale Memorial Appeal click here.

To listen to more ELFM podcasts about David Oluwale click here.

 

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