Collaborating Through Culture - Leeds City Council x Leeds Beckett University
Description
Join likeminded people from across Leeds to discuss the opportunities to collaborate around the Leeds Ambitions Strategy . Leeds Ambitions Strategy: Collaborating Through Culture In October 2025, the Leeds Ambitions were launched — a shared vision for ensuring Leeds can reach its full potential for everyone who lives, works, studies, and visits here. At the heart of the Ambitions is a commitment to working across partnerships and communities as ‘Team Leeds’, to tackle poverty and inequality and unlock the huge potential of Leeds through four interconnected priorities: Health and Wellbeing Inclusive Growth Thriving Communities A Resilient and Sustainable City Join us for a series of panel sessions, which will bring together voices from across the city to explore how collaboration can help turn these ambitions into action. Researchers, policymakers, cultural organisations, industry leaders, charities, and community partners will share ideas, challenges, and examples of work already shaping Leeds’ future. Our first event, Collaborating Through Culture, will explore the role of arts, culture, heritage, and creative practice in building a more inclusive, connected, and resilient city. The session will consider how cultural collaboration can support social change, strengthen communities, and contribute to the wider ambitions for Leeds – and how we can harness this potential in the future. Join us at The Knowledge Exchange, Leeds Beckett University, from 12:00 – 1:30pm on Monday 21st September for discussions, insights, and opportunities for cross-sector discussion and collaboration. The panel session will last approximately 1 hour, with 30 minutes for networking/lunch afterwards. Panel speakers will include: Hannah Farley, Principal Officer Culture Programmes - Leeds City Council Catherine Hayward, Learning and Engagement Manager - Leeds Heritage Theatres Sam Nicholls, Director - Launchpad, Senior Lecturer in Music - Leeds Beckett University