On Saturday 31th of October, football hooligans, far right extremists and Islamophobes will be descending on Leeds with one simple goal – to whip up fear, religious tension and violence. Last weekend Birmingham Council failed to act to stop a similar march – and a near riot broke out.
I’ve sent a message to Leeds City [...]
Black Children’s Awards 2009
As part of National Refugee Week, the Shine Business Centre in Harehills hosted a Police Day on 16th June. With lots of activities to attend, everyone who attended had a good time, especially those who visited the ELFM Caravan of Love in the Shine car park…
Have a listen to the broadcast in two parts – [...]
We’ve been following the work of the David Oluwale campaign on ELFM over the past 18 months – see the posts from the Memorial Event in April 2008. It’s been part of our work connected to the Stephen Lawrence awards (see the interview with Doreen Lawrence by students from Brigshaw school).
West Yorkshire Playhouse is currently [...]
On Sunday 1st February ELFM attended the Leeds Holocaust Memorial Day service which marks the anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz in 1945 and commemorates those who died in the in Nazi holocaust and other genocides.
This year’s theme was ‘Stand Up To Hatred‘. Students of Roundhay School in partnership with Theatre Company Blah, Blah, Blah [...]
Connect Housing, the Refugee Council, Stop Hate UK and Community Sports launched Leeds Refugee Week with a children’s and adults’ football tournament and family event held at Thomas Danby College. The event was a great success in bringing together a wide range of teams and spectators from Leeds and Kirklees of diverse ages and communities. [...]
Teachers from across Leeds created three individual short programs from their experiences of the ‘Beyond One World Day’ seminar held at The West Park Centre by Artforms, the Music and Arts Initiative from Education Leeds. The event was organised in partnership with the Ethnic Minority Achievement Team, International Relations at Leeds City Council and the [...]
