About Us
Leeds Connecting Communities is a voluntary organisation working to support Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) groups of all sizes to access funding, become successful and play their full part in contributing to community life in Leeds.
Our Vision is a Leeds where Black and Minority Ethnic communities, with all citizens, fully participate in, contribute to and enjoy the richness and prosperity of the city.
Our Mission is to work in partnership to address issues of inequality and barriers to effective participation experienced by Black and Minority Ethnic communities.
What We Do
We support BME community groups to start up, find relevant sources of funding, work with them to make sure their organisation is eligible, support them in accessing information and advise them on how to develop and sustain their work.
We have access to Grantfinder facilities for all BME community groups, a very powerful way of finding the money you need for your activites. We also have a team of Development Workers who provide one to one support and advice, helping you to manage your organisation to succeed.
We are also an active member of the Leeds Infrastructure Consortium (LIC), a collaboration of organisations with a range of skills and expertise in supporting community organisations to develop their function, sustainability and services. If there's part of your development plan where one of our partners in LIC can offer the best advice we can introduce you to an expert who can!
Leeds BME Network
We also host the Leeds BME Network, which is a growing forum for the sharing of ideas, news, best practice, opportunities and general exchange of information and experience for those working in BME community groups around Leeds. On this website you will find the discussion forum for members of the Network.
The Network also has a Newsletter and quarterly events for people working with BME communities across the city.
Community Mirror Spring 2007.pdf
Community Mirror Winter 2007.pdf
Community Mirror Summer 08 FINAL_1.pdf
If you wish to join please contact us at sophie@leedsconnectingcommunities.org.
How We Work
Leeds Connecting Communities will work alongside you on the goals that your organisation has chosen. We will show respect for people of all backgrounds and work to promote equality of opportunity and equal access to services for all communities in Leeds
Our service is free and confidential and we welcome feedback from organisations on new services that they would find useful.
Our services are available in English, Urdu, Punjabi and Amharic. We will always try to meet other needs of groups for language or access.
BME Network Post Card June 08 - ARABIC.pdf
BME Network Post Card June 08 - Bengali2.pdf
BME Network Post Card June 08 - Farsi.pdf
BME Network Post Card June 08 - French.pdf
BME Network Post Card June 08 - Polish.pdf
BME Network Post Card June 08 - PUNJABI.pdf
BME Network Post Card June 08 - Somalian.pdf
BME Network Post Card June 08a-English.pdf
