I can’t even believe it is coming up to the end of my placement year with Your Back Yard but as they say when one door closes another opens.. and that opening is our 5th placement opportunity! I will be going to go into all of the great opportunities YBYs Read more…
Are you struggling to find sports and activities for the whole family in the easter holidays? Well… look no further! Come and join us for a FREE family fun activity day at Old Farnley Rec. This family fun day is running as part of our Heights and Bawns project so Read more…
We are super super super excited to announce that our very own podcast ‘Young At Heart’ is LIVE on Spotify! We are currently working on getting the podcast streaming on more platforms so hopefully you won’t be waiting too long to listen if you don’t have Spotify. Our first Episode Read more…
You thought one walking football team in Bramley was enough for us run and coach at YBY … On Friday we headed down to the Cardigan Centre to run a walking football session in partnership with OWLS. If you don’t know what the benefits of walking football are check out Read more…
Come and join us at @Oblongleeds to get your mind, body, and soul in order! If you have any questions contact: kyra@yourbackyard.org.uk
We are starting to build up quite a series of guest speakers’ events for our Getting Active and Online participants! This week after Sarah’s Pilates class we welcomed our Digital Inclusion volunteer Ummu and her peer Grace who delivered an informative talk on nutrition. Both Grace and Ummu study Food Read more…
Even though it was forecasted to snow last Thursday – we launched our walking group for seniors in Headingley! We met everyone at Sainsburys on Otley Road, at 10AM and off we went walking! The walk lasted for around an hour which followed Woodhouse bridge, onto Meanwood road and back. Read more…
Who wouldn’t want another report back about our second tournament of intergenerational walking football? (If you have not read about our first intergenerational walking football tournament, you can check out our blog post with all the details here!) On Friday 11th March, at 10AM we were down at our constituted walking Read more…
To receive the links and schedule to our online classes, zoom cafes and guest speaker events you need to sign up to our mailing service here. If you have signed up to our mailing service but you are having trouble receiving the links try following these steps below! Add kyra@yourbackyard.org.uk Read more…