💰📣 FUNDING AVAILABLE - Heritage Open Days Event & Support Grants 2024 📣💰

📆 DEADLINE: MONDAY 20 MAY

🎭🎨 Our grants are here to encourage Leeds' creatives, freelancers, historians, communities and organisations to host Heritage Open Days events.

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Great to be at the opening of The Wagon Lifting Hoist at Wellington Place, which after a £1.5m restoration is now a new museum and cultural space for #Leeds . Proud that Arup UK have been part of the design team, and fabulous to have great views of the tower from our office.

Good news. Following the considerable public outcry, Unite Students are apparently withdrawing their application to deface the iconic Broadcasting Tower up near University of Leeds with branding. Thanks to all who spoke up, including the indefatigable Leeds Civic Trust + many others.

📣 New guided walk! 🚶 SHERBURN IN ELMET HERITAGE WALK 📆 20/06/24 10.30am

This walk will trace the development of Sherburn from early medieval times to the present and will include a visit to the Grade 1 listed All Saints Church.

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This month we are launching a specially curated exhibition celebrating Leeds artist, Philip Naviasky (1894-1983)coinciding with the installation of a blue plaque at his former home in Chapel A with Leeds Civic Trust can you support our current crowd funder? bit.ly/3Wj9IkP

Next month we're unveiling a new Leeds Civic Trust #blueplaque to celebrate Joseph Whitwell, who lived & worked at Hollybush Farm, pioneering the production of forced rhubarb. Join us from 3.30pm on Weds 5th June for lots of #rhubarb themed fun. #kirkstall #LS5 #localhistory

'Not Trying to be Clever or Anything' - free talk on Thursday evening, 16th May, as part of our continuing contribution to OurYear2024. Come and listen to Hugh Pearman as he talks about architecture and building design across 5,000 years! eventbrite.co.uk/e/about-archit…

🍺 FANCY A PINT? 🍺 We're hosting a panel discussion on the future of pubs in the UK at the Adelphi. We're being joined by a truly sensational panel, full to the brim with pub expertise.

BOOK HERE: zurl.co/ewyq

📆6:30PM-8PM Thursday 16 May

SEE YOU AT THE PUB! 👋🍷

🌟THE PROMISED LAND🌟 Our new exhibition of PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN photography of Leeds 1988-1995 📣 21-25 MAY @ 2 Brewery Place📣 Read the incredible story of this exhibition on our website: zurl.co/iNSR

FREE ADMISSION

#UKREiiF #UKREiiF 2024 #leeds

🍺 DO YOU ENJOY A TRIP TO THE PUB? 🍷 YOU DO? 👊 COME TO THE PUB WITH US NEXT WEEK!🤝 We will be discussing the future of pubs at The Adelphi with a truly exceptional panel. 🍻Find out more and book your ticket here: zurl.co/IkUB

SEE YOU AT THE PUB! 👋🍷

The site in the picture was to become the site of the Royal Armouries! 👑 We're hosting an exhibition of photographs collected by Leeds Development Corporation (1988-1995) and the sites as they stand today in May... zurl.co/rbvO

Image credit: L. Samways

So pleasing to see the Headingley Bear Pit being fully restored by @leedscivictrust.

QUESTION 🤔

What stands on the barren, lifeless site in this picture today? Put your guesses in the comments 👇

📆 Check back tomorrow for the answer and some VERY exciting news... 👀

LAST 2 TICKETS LEFT 📚We are excited to announce that East Street Arts new book 'Hidden Histories of New Briggate' will be launched after our guided walk, 'Why is New Briggate “NEW”?' Guests are invited for drinks and nibbles at Kino for the launch. 🔗👉zurl.co/d3Tx

We are always delighted to be joined by our corporate members and distinguished guests at our corporate lunches throughout the year. 🤔 Interested in your organisation becoming a Leeds Civic Trust corporate member? 🤝JOIN US HERE: 👉 🔗zurl.co/udFv

👟 Our walk, Victorian Circus Walking Tour of Leeds, fast approaches! 19th century Leeds hosted many visiting circuses. We will stop at each location where we'll talk about the colourful circuses and performers who appeared there. 🔗INFO&TICKETS: zurl.co/p80L

Did you know about Horsforth’s role in introducing the board game Monopoly to the UK? We’ll be unveiling a blue plaque in Horsforth later this year as part of LeedsBID Monopoly take over in Leeds City Centre this summer bbc.com/news/articles/…

🔵 National Heritage Plaque Survey: Civic Voice and @historicengland have launched a new project aimed at understanding more about the impact of the diverse array of local plaque schemes across England, and the dedicated organisations behind them.

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We are showing a wonderful collection of works by Leeds artist Philip Naviasky. Our friends Suzi & Rich are unveiling a blue plaque at his previous home in CA with Leeds Civic Trust together we are fundraising to help us with costs - bit.ly/3Wj9IkP please help if you can!