All Action Projects

Action Bound

Each month we take young carers, and children who have siblings with disabilities, out for a well deserved Sunday of fun! Come join us for canoeing, tobogganing, theme parks and many more great action packed day trips.

actionbound@leedsaction.co.uk

• Helen Wood

Action Socials!

This is not a project, so any members can come to these with or without a CRB check!

This is a space to advertise social events coming up and to display our photos of the events!

Cheers!

And I hope to see you at our next social!

• Ben Fisher

Bridge the Gap

Fancy a cuppa tea, a bicky and a chat with someone older and wiser? Come and spend a few hours on a Thursday playing bingo and dominoes with residents in a local residential home. But beware- there are some pretty crafty dominoes players!

bridgethegap@leedsaction.co.uk

• Frances Rogerson
• Moyna Sohal
• Christina Everington

Easter & Summer Holidays

 Struggling to find something useful to do over your holidays? Well why not make a difference and give to children from all sorts of backgrounds the chance to have five days of holiday fun! We need a team of volunteers to get involved in all aspects of running a residential project; from helping to plan meals, organising the activities and looking after the children... there is a role for everyone!

We hold training sessions so you’ll have plenty of support! It’s a fantastic experience and a really good way to make great friends with other volunteers whilst making a real difference to some children’s lives.

easterandsummerholidays@leedsaction.co.uk

• Seonaid Jones

Green Fingers

We do gardening activities; lots of carpentry and construction is involved as well as more typical gardening activities. The allotment is for the use of all the projects, for socials and to take their beneficiaries there for a day of activities. Through BBQs, tool use, and some educational stuff thrown in, we hope to create interest in, and promote; play, healthy eating, exercise and environmental awareness. We also do days just for volunteers to keep the allotment in good shape.

greenfingers@leedsaction.co.uk

• Philip Tate
• Ruth Hutchinson

Green Streets

Want to help save the world from environmental dangers? We do! We care about the environment and want to spread the message to reduce, reuse and recycle. You can help us throughout the year to inform people about how they can improve their impact on the environment by campaigning and even lobbying relevant bodies. You can allso help us  co-ordinate with all the student halls to take unwanted goods to shelters, hostels and charity shops. We also hold free shops at the union and we need many volunteers to help sort and distribute items.

greenstreets@leedsaction.co.uk

• Kimberley Catherine Cooper

Hawksworth Project

Hawksworth Wood Project runs out of term time for the period of one week (Mon to Fri) during easter and summer holidays.

It works with children aged 8 to 10 from the local area and are considered disadvantaged. During the week we do a number of workshops which involve drama, art and crafts, sports and games. This is all carried out within the Hawksworth Wood Children's Centre, both inside and outside.

• Gareth

Hyde Park 5-8s

Fancy some arts and crafts fun with some 5-8 year old crafty little scamps? Well join us for a few hours while we play games and make art with primary school children. Great if you want to gain some valuable experience for a career working with young children too!

hydepark5-8s@leedsaction.co.uk

• Rebecca Loi
• Gareth

Interaction

Watch this space for events where we really mix things up! In Interaction, projects join forces to mix volunteers and children and young people from many different proejcts to run events bigger and better than we could do alone. It's a great way to let the people we help to get the opportunity to socialise with each other. It also gives volunteers a taster of what different projects are like.

• Seonaid Jones

Little London Crazy Club

Based in Little London primary school, we play games and have fun painting and making some brilliant artistic creations. Have a great time doing activities with 7 to 12 year olds after school, for a few hours on a Thursday.

littlelondon@leedsaction.co.uk

• Jo Warrilow
• Ellie Stopard

Older People's Tea Party

Once a year we take around 250 older people in the community to the union for a bigger than life tea party. The event includes food, drinks, live entertainment, dancing and even a spot of bingo. Who knows you might even end up sharing a cuppa with the mayor, one of our frequent prestigious guests. Held in the refectory, we need lots of help with transport, serving food and having a good old chin-wag with our guests.

olderpeoplesteaparty@leedsaction.co.uk

• Jessica Shay

Outdoor Mix

Fancy a weekend away supporting young people? Well give some young urbanites a chance to do some outdoor activities in the glorious English countryside. Be prepared for cycling, climbing, caving, archery and chatting round the campfire. Go on, impart them with your aged wisdom with anecdotes of ‘when I was young...’ while toasting a marshmallow!

outdoormix@leedsaction.co.uk

• tom gill
• Victoria Briggs
• Carla Powell

Reach

We take young people aged 12-16 who have learning difficulties away for the weekend. Take them on Safari, horse riding, canoeing and farm visits to name just a few of the exciting activities available. Volunteers will be the ‘guardian angel’ to one young person throughout the weekend, helping them at meal times and getting up and going to bed. You’ll be giving their parents a well earned rest too!

reach@leedsaction.co.uk

• Jo Curtis
• tom gill

Referrals

Action has strong links with other groups doing community based volunteering. Having referral projects allows us to offer a wider range of opportunities to our volunteers. If you volunteer on a referral project you are still an Action member and as such you still receive full support, you can gain accreditation and come along to all of the socials. Below are some of the opportunities available:

Shire View for Visually Impaired

Shire Views is a drop-in resource centre run by and for blind and partially sighted people. There are opportunities to help with various groups that are run at the centre offering education, advice, support, training, information and counselling to service users. Groups include braille classes, computer classes, craft groups, a women's group, support groups, social groups and more.

The Rookery

The Rookery is home to 12 adults with learning difficulties, based in Chapel Allerton.  Volunteers are needed to be a “buddy” to some some of service users, who wish to do more things within the community and need support to do so.  Activities may include swimming, going to the library, pub, shopping, cinema, and going to the local park. 

Bethel Day Care Centre

Bethel Day Care Centre is a drop-in centre for elderly people living in the local community. Volunteers are required to help with one-off activities such as day trips, as well providing entertainment for residents and helping out with everyday activities such as gardening.

Older Active People

Provides a range of activities for local people aged 55+ in the local area. They offer a befriending scheme that encourages volunteers to visit an elderly service user once a week.

After School Clubs at Woodsley Centre

Volunteers are required to help with any of the following after school clubs:

•  A Secondary Club to assist local children working twards their GCSEs and SATS with homework, coursework and projects.
• A Drama Club for those aged 6-13 years, which aims to improve children’s confidence and ability to work in groups through role-play.
• A Citizenship Building Club for those aged 6-15. The group seeks to develop children’s understanding of environmental issues, understanding of disability, and regard for other religions and cultures.
• A Primary Club assisting children with Primary school subjects.
• A Craft Club for 5-13 years. Activities include art, craft, painting, drawing, designing, etc. Very messy, but lots of fun for all involved!
• A Kids’ Press Club which is mainly aimed at secondary school kids and encourages them to look at all forms of media communication. One of the projects involves helping the children produce a local community newsletter.

There are lots more opportunities for you to get involved in the community; tell us what you are interested in and we will try and find the right placement for you.  

referrals@leedsaction.co.uk

• Lisa Marriott

Saturday Special

We take children with learning difficulties on exciting trips and activities! we've been to lots of places including swimming, visiting farms, science museum Magna and loads more days out all over west Yorkshire and the surrounding area

By signing up to the project you will be making sure these children have a great time and ending up having alot of fun yourself!

saturdayspecial@leedsaction.co.uk

• olivia bailey
• Naomi Barnby

Shopaholics

Fancy a bit of shopping on a Saturday? Each month we take local older people on shopping trips around Leeds. And with retro prints and vintage all the rage at the moment helping these people out could earn you some very stylish fashion tips!

shopaholics@leedsaction.co.uk

• Christina Everington
• olivia bailey

Sunday Sunshine

Bring a little sunshine to the lives of some full of beans 6 to 12 year olds. We take children living in temporary housing out on fun day trips around Leeds. Be it to see a pantomime at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, listening to ghost stories at the Royal Armouries or whizzing around an ice-skating rink there is a whole lot of fun to be had! The children always really look forward to each project.

sundaysunshine@leedsaction.co.uk

• Sachini Dharmaratne

Wacky Wednesdays

Wacky’s takes children aged 8-12 years who live locally out for activities around Leeds. This is an energetic and active project and we need volunteers who are prepared to think like a kid whilst keeping everything comfortably supervised.

wackywednesdays@leedsaction.co.uk

• Seonaid Jones
• Christina Everington

Woodhouse Kids Club

Based in a community centre in Woodhouse, we provide an after school club for 5 to 9 year olds. It gives kids and volunteers a chance to get messy with some arts and crafts and silly with fun games. A great way to unwind after a hard days studying for students young and not so young!

woodhousekidsclub@leedsaction.co.uk

• Emily Matthews