A City Centre project focusing on Wellbeing, Activism and Discipleship.
Join Leeds Sanctuary, Leeds Church Institute and Sketch Club Social for our third and final Sketch Walk of 2023. We'll be meeting at the Leeds City Centre Climate Hub to reflect on the Climate Emergency, a topic which is close to the heart for many in our communities. Photos from our "Night Vision" Sketch Walk… Continue reading Sketch Walk on the Climate Emergency
Leeds Craftivists have been working with campaigners and community groups across Leeds on improving Water Quality since April of this year, and it has been so inspiring to see just how much support there is for this campaign. Raw sewage was dumped into our rivers and seas 398,000 times in 2022 alone, creating a serious… Continue reading Leeds Craftivists: Water Quality Showcase
Following the success of “Night Vision” back in February, we are delighted to share that we’ll be co-hosting another sketch walk later this month with colleagues at Leeds Church Institute and Sketch Club Social. The walk will begin outside our office on 43 The Calls (LS2 7EY) at 5.30pm on Thursday 25 May, with Yusef… Continue reading You asked for it – warmer weather Sketch Walk!
We are excited to announce that we will be hosting a “walk and sketch” session at Leeds Dock this February with our friends at Leeds Church Institute, which will be led by Leeds based artists Clifford and Yusef from Sketch Club Social. We will meet at the main entrance of the Royal Armouries at 5:30pm… Continue reading Night Vision
Written by Emma Temple This month, Leeds Craftivists explored how Climate Activism begins at home. We’re in the midst of a housing crisis. Unaffordable homes and rocketing energy bills are exposing how the way we live is quickly becoming financially unsustainable for most of us. On the other side of the same coin, the way… Continue reading July Craftivists: Housing Inequality and Climate Change
This beautiful artwork lives on the wall as you walk into the office we share with Leeds Church Institute at 43 The Calls. It was made by Shaeron Caton Rose, who wrote the meditations and curated/ contributed the artwork for our book, Everyday Sacrament. Praying Hands by Shaeron Caton Rose For many of us, the… Continue reading Identity – A Visual Prayer Prompt
We are so delighted to be able to share with you some of the more formal aspects of our book launch a couple of weeks ago, in podcast form! https://soundcloud.com/leedssanctuary/everyday-sacrament-launch This recording includes an interview with Shaeron Caton Rose, the author and curator of the images, about the process of writing the book; and some… Continue reading Everyday Sacrament: Book Launch Podcast
Leeds Sanctuary are delighted to announce we are releasing a book! “Everyday Sacrament” is a collection of meditations and images written and curated by local artist, Shaeron Caton Rose, and commissioned by Leeds Sanctuary. The meditations were originally written in response to the Covid19 pandemic, as we aimed to support people with their wellbeing, and… Continue reading Everyday Sacrament
In April, the Leeds Craftivists met to explore the topic of Food Waste. We watched a video of Leeds Food Waste legend Adam Smith who founded the Real Junk Food Project. You can watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HcwCt_8pXb4 We then had a wonderful discussion about the complexities of food waste, projects we are involved with,… Continue reading Leeds Craftivists: Food Waste and Climate Justice
On Monday a group of us met to share our fears and sadness about the situation in Ukraine. We shared our sense of powerlessness along with the things we had done to help. While we talked we also used our creativity to make small blue and yellow hearts. These hearts will be sent with a… Continue reading Craftivism for Ukraine