Next Sustainable Chapeltown meeting
Sorry for the late notice but this meeting has been hastily rearranged. You’re very welcome to come! Sustainable Chapeltown meeting Wednesday 19th January 5pm CDT offices (Unit 41, 26 Roundhay Road) We’re going to be talking about community gardening, public green spaces, fuel poverty protests, and our new home energy assessment project amongst other...
Come share a meal and meet your neighbours
Come along to the next Chapeltown Conversations to talk to other local people about the things that interest you and for a chance to get things off your chest. Every two months since Autumn 2011 we’ve met up in a community venue in Chapeltown, shared a meal and had a chat. Take a look at http://chapeltown.wordpress.com/...
Want advice on saving energy and reducing your fuel bills?
Our four new household energy assessors are going to start their training at the end of January and they’re going to need some houses to practice on. Don’t worry, they’ll be supported by and working alongside experienced energy assessors from Groundwork Leeds during their training so you won’t get advised to turn your thermostat up...
Chapeltown Conversations has a blog
Chapeltown Conversations is a regular event that happens in various social centres or community venues across Chapeltown. Anyone who turns up is welcome to share in a meal and either join in with a conversation that interests them, or start their own. Past topics have ranged from a strategy for young people, to a food...
Chapeltown Festive Fayre rings in the holiday season.
Many thanks to everyone who made our final event of 2011, the Chapeltown Festive Fayre, such a success! Our trusty volunteers arrived on a rather soggy December morning to work out how to cram as many stalls as possible into Roscoe Methodist Church Hall. After a little bit of frantic geometry we managed to fit...
Household energy assessors recruited
We’re very pleased to have taken on four local people to train as household energy assessors. At the very end of 2012 Riley from Chapeltown Development Trust and Danny from Groundwork Leeds interviewed all applicants for the post and were very impressed with Gerran, Kenan, Pete and Puru. Our aim was to find unenemployed people...
Get involved
Chapeltown Development Trust is a community-led organisation based in the Chapeltown area of Leeds. As a community organisation, it is our aim to encourage as much involvement and participation as possible from the community that we serve. There are lots of different ways you can get involved. Suggest ideas for activities and/or services that you think would benefit...
Chapeltown Map
View Chapeltown in a larger map Chapeltown doesn’t appear on the offical maps but locals know where it is. This map shows some of the things in the area. Red marker – Charities/ Businesses that help people. Red cross – Hospitals and health clinics. Pink marker – Places of worship. Pink camera – Culture/ Arts....
Sustainable Chapeltown
Early in 2011 Chapeltown residents asked the Development Trust if anything could be done to reduce their energy bills. Sustainable Chapeltown is a CDT project that is part of the answer to this question. The group is also looking at the wider sustainability of Chapeltown, bringing together work done by the various groups in the...
Chapeltown Conversations
Chapeltown Conversations is a series of events to give the people the chance to talk about the future of the community and the ways in which it can move forward. The conversations will allow relationships to be developed around common causes and provide a platform from which action and progress can happen. Who are the...
Chapeltown Development Trust AGM
Notice of Annual General Meeting 6pm, Tuesday 25th October 2011 Main Training Room, Phase 2, Unity Business Centre 26 Roundhay Road, Leeds, LS7 1AB The AGM is open to all and we hope lots of you will come and bring friends and family with you. Only members of Chapeltown Development Trust (Class 1 Shareholders) are...
About Chapeltown Development Trust
Chapeltown Development Trust is an emerging development trust. Incorporated in September 2009, we are a fledgling organization with big ideas! Our mission: “To promote the economic, social and environmental wellbeing of Chapeltown” We were originally funded by the Development Trust Association (DTA) with support through Leeds Enterprise Growth Initiative (LEGI). Our objectives are to increase...