It’s not an overstatement to say the COVID-19 pandemic has brought huge changes to our lives. Not only have we lost loved ones and faced unprecedented challenges, the outbreak has taken our lives out of our hands – changing the way we work, socialise and go about our daily lives. Unsurprisingly, it has had a significant impact on our confidence and self-esteem too. The COVID-19 shocked the pillars of our children’s lives. Faced with quarantine, school closures, and social distancing, many children were deprived of the everyday experiences that normally build their self-esteem...

The impact of climate change is devastating especially for people in deprived areas, but ingenuity can help them adapt and thrive. Solving the global climate change crisis is going to rely on, in one way or another, changing human behaviour. As individuals, we each have a responsibility to change how we live on a day to day basis to reduce the further onset of dangerous climate change. We can all play our part together and then many small changes will multiply into a large contribution. Our team of young volunteers were gathered at the Middleton Circus speaking with residents and giving...

The Diverse Empowerment Network, the first of its kind brought together a coalition of individuals, organisations and private owned businesses across different sectors in Leeds at the Kentmere Community Centre, Seacroft. This event offered individuals, organisations and private owned businesses the opportunity to showcase their individual areas of work and also provided a medium to promote diversity and inclusion amongst ethnic minority communities. SpringAid was well represented as we showcased our organisation and the various areas of our work. We provided great emphasis on our “Protecting...

It was great to be in Middleton Arms where our armies of climate volunteers spoke to residents about the 3 ‘R’s – Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. “Reduce is about cutting back on the amount of waste we make. Reuse is for finding a new way to use items so that we don’t have to throw them out. Recycle is using waste materials to make new products that can be sold again”. We have residents tips and handed flyers on how to greener and environmentally friendly. The phrase Reduce, Reuse, Recycle or the three ‘R’s is often used when we talk about how to be more environmentally...

Protecting Our Climate for the Future through our “Together For Our Planet Programme”. When you drive your car, buy a pair of sneakers or grill a steak, you contribute to the emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The effects of human-caused global warming are happening now, and are irreversible on the timescale of people alive today, and will worsen in the decades to come. Little changes to your lifestyle can help a lot in curbing carbon emissions and saving our planet. We help you offset your carbon footprint and combat climate change in the most effective...

In celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, we’re launching our “Keep Fit, Keep Healthy, Practice Sports” program. On 6th February this year Her Majesty The Queen became the first British Monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee, marking 70 years of service to the people of the United Kingdom, the Realms and the Commonwealth. To celebrate this unprecedented anniversary, we are hosting a series of outdoor and indoor community sports events that will take place throughout the year, starting this bank holiday weekend – Saturday 04th June 2022. The outdoor sports will be...

We were fully represented at the “We Are Seacroft” Festival on the Seacroft Village Green, where we took steps and actions to planting trees and reducing our CO2 environmental footprint as part of the Jubilee week celebrations. Young people gathered and showcased their trees as part of their contributions towards reducing carbon emissions. Trees are a useful way of capturing and absorbing carbon dioxide from the air while releasing oxygen in its place. We love trees and believe many more should be planted. We need more trees and we need direct air capture. A Huge thanks goes to the “We...

Topic: Implications of Western Approaches to traditional African family value systems – Mental Health and Well-Being. Parenting Styles, Internalization of Values and Self-Esteem: Within Western cultures, self-esteem consistently amongst young people from minority communities has been demonstrated to be inversely related with parenting styles, which in effect can be characterized by low levels of acceptance and high levels of overprotection. Whatever our personal values, we largely base our self-worth on living up to the prevailing values of our culture. It is important to look at...

Feeling confident is important not just in your career, but in every part of your life. If you want to have real confidence that lasts, then it’s imperative that you understand yourself. This means having clarity around who you are and what you want. Building confidence is about adopting the right techniques and methods so that you can naturally build it up and also maintain it.