Please find below an update shared by Community Advertiser Unity Leeds CIC who hold an annual festival in Leeds.
We’re feeling really grateful for the energy, care, and commitment our volunteers continue to bring – thank you for helping grow something meaningful together 💛
🙏 Special shout outs:
- Huge thanks to Helen from GoodGym for helping deliver flyers across the community 👟💚
- Big appreciation to everyone who supported Bring Your Ears music night last Saturday – together we raised £312.25 🎶
- Special thanks to Cas for coordinating such a great night and The Pack Horse Pub, Woodhouse for hosting.
Updates this week:
✨ Community Drop-Ins (formerly Volunteer Drop-Ins)
Now open to everyone and happening every 3 weeks at Hyde Cafe & Bar, LS6 2AS
- Thurs 14th May 6 – 8pm
- Thurs 4th June 6 – 8pm
- Thurs 2nd July 6 – 8pm
Focus: shaping Unity Day 2026 + support to develop your own workshops & activities
👉 Expression of interest: https://forms.gle/T73nrJvDEdEC27eaA
🎉 Last call for volunteers – & Unity Leeds Vaisakhi Mela Community Gathering
🔗 https://linktr.ee/unityleeds
Sat 9th May, 2–6pm, All Hallows Church, LS6 1NP
ALL faiths and none welcome – a vibrant Sikh and Punjabi community festival 🌈
Cultural food, stalls, dance performances, storytelling & children’s play area
Deputy Mayor visit at 5pm
🎶 Unity Leeds & partners – Fundraisers for Unity Day 2026
👕 Clothes Swap & Vinyl Exchange (Unity Leeds Fundraiser) — 16th May, 1–5pm
The Cardigan Arms, LS4 2HQ
Open Decks 🎧
💌 lucyairey@yahoo.co.uk (for details)
👨👩👧 Kids welcome
🧠 Human System Reset Lab & Unity Leeds CIC Wellbeing Fundraiser
All profits go to Unity Day 2026
- Sun 17th May – Hyde Park Book Club, 1–3pm, LS6 1BL
- Tues 26th May – Woodhouse Community Centre, 11:15–1:45, LS6 2NY
Limited spaces – very accessible pricing
💌 Contact Nick: weissnick77@yahoo.co.uk
⭐ Volunteer support = free entry to all future Reset Lab events
🛍️ Unity Day 2026 – Market Stalls & Hot Food Vendor Applications
Deadline: Friday 15th May
🔗 linktr.ee/unityleeds https://linktr.ee/unityleeds
🕊️ Prayer, Sensory & Contemplation Area (Quiet Zone) – Unity Day 2026
We are creating a calm, inclusive space for reflection, prayer, and mindful rest for all faiths and none.
So far supported by The Quakers, Leeds Hindu Forum, and The Brahma Kumaris World Spiritual University – a global, women-led spiritual movement founded in 1936 in India, offering free education in meditation, inner peace, and positive living.
We warmly welcome anyone who would like to:
- Offer an inclusive activity
- Share or raise awareness of spiritual/religious practices
- Support coordination of this space
💌 Please get in touch to be involved: sarah.trueman@uk.brahmakumaris.org
🎤 Community Poetry Collaboration Event
Unity Leeds & North Hyde Park Neighbourhood Assn Community Fundraiser
📍 Dagmar Woods, Grosvenor Road, Headingley, LS6 2DZ
📅 Sun 21st June: Summer Solstice – beautiful setting 🌿
Poets & volunteers welcome to collaborate, coordinate contact: 💌 abigaillarter@hotmail.co.uk
📝 Volunteer Feedback (important 💛)
If you’ve volunteered in any capacity for Unity Leeds CIC or Unity Day in 2025/2026, please share your feedback to support grants + reflection:
👉 https://forms.gle/zywK6iCfUUWSynhR7