Our charity helps people from the most deprived areas in Leeds where poverty is entrenched. Many have barriers that prevent them from participating equally in society.
We help adults, young people, families, single parents, children and members of the BAME community. From our latest client assessments; 70% of those we help are long-term unemployed, 32% have mental health difficulties, 82% have low skills and 60% speak little or no English when they come to us for support.
We also support local children and young people through our Let’s Read Programme helping increase their literacy and language skills and through our Roots & Shoots programme, involving them in making East Leeds a cleaner, greener space to live.
Learning Partnerships (T/A Community Learning Partnerships) is now based in the Shine office workspace on Harehills Road, a building with a uniquely inspiring story of its own. Before being transformed into the award-winning social enterprise hub where we operate today, the site served the community for over a century as Harehills Middle School, a Grade II listed landmark built in 1897 to “brighten the minds” of thousands of local students. Much like our previous home in the Burton Building, this site remains a beacon of Leeds’ heritage, shifting its legacy from the industrial production of the past to a modern centre for education, growth, and community opportunity.
At Community Learning Partnerships we want to see “A society where individuals are engaged, inspired and empowered to achieve their true potential.” Our vision is to provide those in need with a Learning Sanctuary where they can safely re-engage with themselves and others. We believe that through supporting individuals’ wellbeing and learning we can stop the poverty cycle and have a real and sustainable impact on their life.
Our Mission is to reduce deprivation and improve wellbeing in Leeds by engaging people in a positive way, through the provision of learning, skills and personal development opportunities.
We are proud to have been working for over 30 years across deprived communities to provide opportunities and support for children, young people and adults to help them access education, training, employment and volunteering. As part of making sure we achieve the aims of our charity, with those being Engage, Inspire, and Achieve, we regularly review our progress, goals and make sure we’re doing all we can to achieve our mission.
Read our most recent annual review from 2025 here, and ones from previous years here: 2024, 2022, 2021, 2020, and 2019
Our team are non-judgmental, great listeners and fantastic motivators. They also have a genuine desire to change people’s lives for the better. Their hard work and dedication is Community Learning Partnerships’ strength.
Nobody who is involved in our work should ever experience abuse, harm, neglect or exploitation. We all have a responsibility to promote the welfare of all of our beneficiaries, staff and volunteers, to keep them safe and to work in a way that protects them. Click on the following links to see our policies; Safeguarding for adults, Safeguarding for children, our Privacy Policy, our Data Protection policy, our Recruitment of Ex-Offenders Policy, and our Safer recruitment and selection policy
Our fantastic Trustees, many longstanding, provide invaluable support, expertise and dedication to the cause. Please click each of their photos to read a brief summation of their experiences, and the invaluable skills they provide.
Office Number: 0113 8245414
Community Learning Partnerships, Shine, Harehills Road, Leeds, LS8 5HS
Registered in England No. 02628224, Charity No. 1003603
We are a Disability Confident Employer, and a Mindful Employer
