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Family enjoying a meal together at home, promoting online support for flourishing families in Leeds.

Flourishing Families has gone online!

We are pleased to announce that Flourishing Families has moved some of its projects online to keep in touch with the families that we support. Due to the restrictions caused by Covid- 19, we decided to take our cookery group and Creators Club online!

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Amelia stands outdoors beside her bicycle, smiling warmly in front of a blooming rose bush. She has long, curly red hair, glasses, and is dressed casually in a black top and patterned trousers.

Meet Amelia!

The Flourishing Families team is thrilled to announce that we have employed our very first graduate intern. Amelia has been a key volunteer for us over the past two years on our mentoring programmes and is now a member of our staff team for the year.

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Two volunteers with shopping trolleys full of food donations outside Morrison's Kirkstall, supporting local families in need.

Rhinos to the Rescue!

We’re so grateful for all the help we have received enabling us to feed vulnerable families at this time, from generous grants to help with the shopping. Thank you Harvey and Brett from the Leeds Rhinos Foundation– having a couple of rugby players certainly helped with carrying all those cans!

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Collection of arts and crafts supplies including paints, stickers, and paper for family activities during lockdown.

Lockdown Love: Community care during the crisis

Here at Flourishing Families our regular projects are all on hold, but there is still plenty going on.

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Group of diverse young people and adults engaging with a large world map during a community learning session at Flourishing Families Leeds.

Thank you MDA College!

Flourishing Families recently organised some training for our English class volunteers. Our English class has continued to grow from strength to strength with a brilliant team of volunteers who give up their time to teach and make contact with our students.

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Child preparing a meal in a cooking class at Flourishing Families Leeds.

Seasoning’s Greetings!

As the Christmas holidays begin we look back on what's been a fantastic term for our family cooking clubs.

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A festive scene with numerous red Santa sacks filled with presents, ready for delivery during the holiday season.

Santa’s in town

This week the Flourishing Families team had the wonderful task of distributing around over 40 big sackfuls of presents to families in some of the schools we work with.

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Supporting Mentors at Flourishing Families Leeds.

Our Marvelous Mentors

The mentoring projects at Flourishing Families have continued to develop and grow this term- we now have a bigger team of volunteers than ever before, with 20 student mentors helping with sessions on a weekly basis.

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Community members expressing gratitude at Flourishing Families Leeds event, promoting family well-being and community support.

Thank You!

A big THANK YOU to Leeds City Council Language Hub for supporting our Side by Side project.

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The Future is Flavourful!

At the start of a new year of working in schools we’d like to take a moment to reflect on the last year.

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Children holding star and cloud-themed props, engaging in a storytelling activity to promote family bonding and literacy skills.

Thank you!

A BIG thank you to Sovereign Health Care who are supporting our new Better Together Project which addresses literacy and nutrition challenges faced by families.

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