Community Leaders West Yorkshire

Professional network for Community Leaders in West Yorkshire

Partnerships

The People’s Fund – Tackling Serious Violence Together, YOU DECIDE

The West Yorkshire Combined Authority and the Violence Reduction Partnership would like to invite you to the Tackling Serious Violence Together, YOU DECIDE Events that are taking place between 12 and 21 May 2026. Local groups, organisations, agencies or service…

Halifax Spotlight Event

Members of Community Leaders West Yorkshire (CLWY) organised a collaborative Womens Safety event in Calderdale. The event was a success, presentations about work to combat Violence Against Women and Girls and the Police’s Clear, Hold Build strategy were given to…

Young people’s anti-harassment films challenge misogyny

Five powerful films depicting all-too-common types of harassment faced by women and girls, co-produced by Bradford’s Youth Ambassadors and Bradford Council, are to be released next month. The films support Mayor of West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin’s  #JustDont campaign which has…

The Peoples Fund – You Decide

The West Yorkshire Combined Authority Violence Reduction Partnership is wanting to give people across Kirklees, Bradford and Calderdale the chance to have their say on what the new “Peoples Fund” goes towards. Events have been arranged in these three districts….

Bradford: Connected for Change

Community Leaders West Yorkshire (CLWY) recently teamed up with StreetGames UK to co-produce the Connected for Change event in Bradford, West Yorkshire. “it genuinely felt like a reminder of why this work matters.” – So many of the powerful conversations…

Sound Steps

Sound Steps is a 10-week creative music project for young people aged 18–25 living in Kirklees who might be facing barriers to work, training or education.  Delivered by Yorkshire Youth and Music at our Safe Space Studio in Huddersfield town centre, the project offers a…

Bradford: Connected for Change

Bradford: Connected for Change brings together the StreetGames and Community Leaders West Yorkshire (CLWY) networks to showcase the real work happening across our communities. This event is all about youth voice, community safety, and partnership in action — a chance…

Homeless Street Angels Christmas Appeal

Community Leaders West Yorkshire member Melody Reed features in this years Homeless Street Angels Christmas Appeal video as a singer. the video has been created to raise funds for the charity which supports homeless people. From the appeals page: In…

Reclaim the night

Join us on 26 October to Reclaim the Night. Five events will be held across Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Leeds, and Wakefield. Open to everyone, these events are an opportunity to send a clear message: violence against women and girls has…

Community Leaders stepping up on safety

Community Leaders stepping up on safety The latest ‘Community Leaders’ have set their sights on reducing serious violence. As part of a 3-month programme from Jones Consulting and the West Yorkshire Violence Reduction Partnership, another group of 20 from across the county…