Our 1 Burley:170 Voice’s project was launched on the 1st April 2021 and supports people living in Burley to build a sustainable movement by them taking a lead in developing and delivering community activities bringing people together. Over time they will benefit from new friendships and community resilience will be built to ensure there is a thriving ‘community offer’ going forward.

The project will enable those leading the project, our Community Leaders, to gain skills, knowledge, and experience in the running of sustainable community events and which will result in families living in Burley having:

• improved wellbeing and social cohesion
• reduced social isolation across age ranges with an emphasis on mothers of young children and newly arrived community members
• improved community integration
• inter-generational activities and events
• a sense of one community knowing and supporting each other

1 Burley:170 Voice’s will work to reach out across Burley and develop a movement that brings together people to grow a sustainable community movement. 

If you live in Burley or the surrounding area and are interested in joining please contact us via info@betterleeds.org.uk or tel 0113 275 4142 for a chat about how you can join, take part and lead events to support the Burley community. 

Better Leeds Communities, (BLC), recognises the vital contribution which volunteers make to its projects and has an explicit commitment to this ethos. BLC aims to ensure fairness and consistency whilst involving a diverse group of people.

We recognise that volunteering is a two-way process and in return for the valuable time that volunteers commit to the project, we are committed to providing a positive volunteering environment for all our volunteers.

We currently have 3 different volunteering roles available and are always on the look out for people to join us.  So if you are interested in getting involved in community activity, sharing your skills and passion and helping to make Burley and the surrounding areas a great place to live get in touch now by following this link to our Volunteer Enquiry Form and submitting your details so we can get back in touch and provide more information. 

Our taster sessions, courses, events and family activities are all detailed in our latest programme here: 

https://issuu.com/betterleeds/docs/booklet_for_isssuu.docx_dd82a4cb4deafa

Take a look through and feel free to give us a call with any questions (just ask for someone in the 1Burley team)!