Ahead of the Wave: Celebrating 20 years of Space2

Ahead of the Wave: Celebrating 20 years of Spac2 Space2 celebrates 20 years with another East Leeds Extravaganza at Leeds Playhouse. Join us for a show that celebrates Space2 and its communities, from school cupboard to Gipton Fire Station. The caretaker heard all, or so they say, curiosity, fun and friendship, heritage and herstories.  Expect moving solos, song, dance and a …

Soul Stitching

Soul Stitching exhibition A unique collaborative exhibition driven by participants’ passion for sharing women’s stories through textile art. The artworks are reflecting historical and contemporary female role in our society and the power of protest and the use of public spaces to create a change.  Soul stitching exhibition is created by:  – The Women of Banners and artist Hayley Mills-Styles – …

Northern Man Festival 2023

Northern Man Festival 2023 A festival, which put men’s health and wellbeing issues centre stage, highlighted the need to create safe spaces for men to talk, and the importance of finding inner strength to overcome adversity and trauma. The Northern Man Festival, attracted around 1,000 visitors over a week of activities.  It was part of a Leeds city-wide two-year funded Men’s …

20 years of Space2

Space2 at 20Space2 are celebrating their 20th anniversary in 2023. Over the past year Space2 have been developing an archive that tells the story of Space2’s journey of change and growth (from school broom cupboard to a purpose-specific renovated building of its own), celebrating its co-production approach with community members and highlighting its contribution to participatory arts practice. For this …

Meet Me At The Old Fire Station

Meet Me @ The Old Fire Station  The Old Fire Station (TOFS) was set-up from 2014 and opened in 2017 as a community resource with Gipton Fire Station Community Enterprise as the landlord. The Meet Me At The Old Fire Station (MMATOFS) initiative is aimed at building on this development to achieve a shared vision and realise the full potential …

The Unlocked Zines

The Unlocked ‘Zines  With lockdown restrictions having its impact on all of us from March 2020, The Manbassador Project adapted by producing a small magazine which was then distributed by organisations and community hubs across Leeds, distributing food parcels to the more vulnerable in the city. Many thanks to every one of those 32 hubs that were getting our zine …

Manbassadors

Manbassadors This ground breaking project, Manbassadors, first ran in April 2019 and reached out to isolated men to support their mental health with a simple intervention of bite size support on a very local level to tackle high rates of male suicide in Leeds 9. Just as COVID came in March 2020, we were also taking the project to LS8, …

Our Pandemic Response

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People’s Pantry & The Clothing Rebellion

People’s Pantry & The Clothing RebellionTwo community businesses run by a group of women from the Gipton area of East LeedsWho our community businesses benefit The people who benefit from People’s Pantry and The Clothing Rebellion are those living in the Gipton area who are on a low income, including families; single people; socially isolated people; unemployed people, working people …

Leeds Eastern Fire Heritage Group

Leeds Eastern Fire Heritage Group Leeds Eastern Fire Heritage Group is a group of volunteers, most of whom are retired Fire Fighters and their families, who trained or served at Gipton Fire Station. They have a passion for the Fire Service and preserving the heritage of the Old Fire Station in Gipton, built in 1937, which has been transformed into …