Creating Community Spaces: BFest in Reggio Emilia, Italy
Wed 6th Dec '23, 7:00pm
East Leeds Community Radio talks with Luz Romero, one of the creators of BFest, a new urban biodiversity and climate change festival in Reggio Emilia, Italy.
Home From Home Snippets
Here are some favourite audio clips from Chapel FM's evolving "Home From Home" audio archive and radio hour show.
Home From Home Audio Excerpts
View allHome From Home Snippets: The Lodge Family and the Seacroft Methodist Chapel
Wed 14th Jun '23, 3:00pm
Three siblings (two of whom now live in Canada) share memories of their youth swapping sweets at the old Chapel
Home From Home Snippets: Rosie Kelly – circus and hospitals
Wed 17th May '23, 12:30pm
Extract from an interview with Rosie about bringing circus joy into hospitals
Catrina Dunwell from Seacroft Community on Top on advice her grandma gave & other stories
Wed 25th Jan '23, 2:00pm
Catrina Dunwell from Seacroft Community on Top on advice her grandma gave and other stories
Home From Home Snippets: People Poetry and the Elephant In The Room
Mon 23rd Jan '23, 12:00pm
Natalie Davies facilitates People Poetry based at the Old Fire Station. They talk about performing at a special event looking at the climate crisis and how people come together
Church Organ at Chapel FM described by Dave Wrighton
Tue 10th Jan '23, 5:00pm
Dave talks about finally getting to see inside the old church organ after many decades.
Mini Mix Tape of Home From Home Voices
Tue 10th Jan '23, 5:00pm
Mini Mix Tape of Home From Home Voices
Home From Home Snippets: Seacroft Community On Top (Cat Dunwell)
Sun 1st Jan '23, 6:30pm
“Seeing other people, with their big smiles, knowing that their safe, makes me feel better. I just open that door and it’s like I’m in a different world.”
Home From Home Snippets: Seacroft Community On Top (Stacey Hubbard)
Sun 1st Jan '23, 5:45pm
"When we started, my nephew came to me and he said to me - Aunty Stacey can you create me a football group - and I were like yeah of course I can mate!"
Home From Home Snippets: Seacroft Community On Top (Beverley Bingham)
Sun 1st Jan '23, 5:00pm
"There's so many different things going on in the community centre...nobody is excluded, everbody is welcome."
Home From Home Snippets: Fay Kesby, disability and returning to a home from home space
Mon 5th Dec '22, 12:00am
Disabled poet Fay reads a poem on the Disabled Table radio show, and we discuss grief in relation to returning somewhere now inaccessible
Home From Home Snippets: McHale’s Cafe
Tue 22nd Nov '22, 8:00am
Jackie describes how she's set up her cafe in East Leeds.
Home From Home Snippets: Gipton Fire Station
Mon 21st Nov '22, 9:00am
An excerpt of a conversation with retired fire-fighter Norman about how the Gipton Fire Station was a powerful "home from home" space and connecting with young fire-fighters.
Home From Home Snippets: The Crofters performance group
Tue 8th Nov '22, 3:00pm
Edna from Seacroft remembers her exciting past being part of travelling theatre.
Home From Home Snippets: Bonfire Night Fireworks at Kentmere Community Centre
Tue 8th Nov '22, 2:00pm
Voices of kids and adults from Seacroft reacting to a glorious night of fireworks at Kentmere Community Centre in 2022.
Home From Home Snippets: Wrongsemble Theatre Company
Tue 8th Nov '22, 1:00pm
"Our rule is that whatever we have, anyone can have use of"
Home From Home Snippets: Backstage
Tue 8th Nov '22, 12:00pm
"Everybody had to join in and help!"
Home From Home Snippets: The Wykebeck
Tue 8th Nov '22, 12:00pm
"We got into the habit of just looking at GoogleMaps and finding any little, tiny patch of pixel of green."
Home From Home Snippets: Theatre with Rita
Tue 8th Nov '22, 12:00pm
"I remember the place and the effect it had on me - how amazing I thought it was!"
Home From Home Snippets: Fishing with Dave Wrighton
Tue 18th Oct '22, 12:00pm
"The skill of the art of fishing is to get all the fish to come to you."
Voices of Seacroft Village Green summer festival 2022
Tue 18th Oct '22, 12:00pm
How can our village green be a great home from home space?
Painting in Pubs and Art Forgeries
Tue 18th Oct '22, 12:00pm
Artist Paul Furness talks about his father's strange art career in Seacroft pubs
Home From Home Snippets: Zeenon’s Hair Salon
Tue 18th Oct '22, 12:00pm
Roxanne from Zeenon's Hair Salon in East Leeds shares stories about how her shop is about more than getting your hair done.
Home From Home Snippets: Hudsons News Agents
Tue 18th Oct '22, 12:00pm
Brothers Simon and John Gibson remember their days as newsboys in the old shop next to Chapel FM in Seacroft in the 1970s.