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Chapel FM Arts Centre and our partners from the We Are Seacroft network are proud to be hosting a large group of musicians and radio broadcasters from our twin city of Lille, France as part of an ongoing project linking our communities. See below for a list of events....
The Seacroft Canto responds to Dante’s 700-year-old poem, The Divine Comedy, and reflects Seacroft’s local and interconnected stories and histories, transmitting experiences of resilience, connection, and the transformative power of creativity. Dante’s text is an imagined journey through the afterlife that explores the central concerns of his time – political...
Help shape the future of Chapel FM Arts & Radio Centre + UNION: Northern School for Creativity & Activism! As a member of the Board / Trustee you can be part of guiding our vision for the future and making sure these great community arts and social change projects...
Job Posting Youth Radio & Arts Facilitator Chapel FM Arts Centre – Leeds Deadline Monday 28th September at 5pm Click here for the application form The core duties of this position are to: Assist in facilitating courses and workshops for youth (mostly ages 11 to 18) on how to...
Complete the short form below and a member of the Chapel FM staff will get in touch with you about “Sound Stories” workshop details.
“SOUND STORIES” WORKSHOPS Chapel FM’s new training programmes, designed for organisations and schools, use our experience and passion for radio, music, writing, oral history, and other arts to teach 4 connected skills. “Sound Stories” Workshops focus on how to: SEEK stories about the people & places that are important to your...
Like many organisations Chapel FM will be closed over most of August and some of September. This will be from Friday the 7th of August till Monday the 7th of September with some of our core groups not returning until the following week, Monday 14th of September. The major difference...
Through Our Eyes is a ground-breaking original music ensemble featuring musicians who refuse to be limited by disability. Find out about Through Our Eyes many exciting projects including a new album, upcoming performances, an important fundraiser for the future and much more. Click here to listen to Through Our Eyes’...
Photo: David Lindsay British Library https://www.chapelfm.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/British-Library-Story-Explorers-Final-April.mp3 Created with the British Library, a radio documentary from the launch celebration for their Story Explorers exhibition at Leeds Central Library until 29 August 2026. Story Explorers invites families to take a fantastical trip to the far reaches of outer space, the...
Watch our film about a group of Chapel FM and LS14 Trust teenagers travelling travelling to our twin city of Lille, France for five days in February 2026 to create a “Radio Cabaret” with our friends at La Compagnie du Tire Laine. Check out the Documentary made by Evie...
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Chapel FM’s work was featured in a nationwide broadcast of the BBC programme “The Breakfast Show” in November 2025. Also, in December 2025, West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin visited Chapel FM. Click here to listen to Tracy Brabin’s interview on East Leeds Community Radio.
Make a gift to support Chapel FM’s projects – especially our upcoming Writing on Air stories on the radio festival… CLICK HERE TO MAKE A DONATION Curious to find out more about Chapel FM? Click here to watch videos and hear stories
Want to use Chapel FM ‘s very unique facilities for you upcoming event/project/party? As a Community Arts Centre we offer many unique possibilities for renters including the ability for our team/technicians to create live video streams, record events using audio and/or video, use of radio studios to produce podcasts and...
Become a community reporter! The friendly and informal course runs over six, weekly sessions and offers a friendly and fun introduction to writing articles, taking photos and interviewing – as well as offering wider help and guidance on everything you need to know to be a community reporter. CLICK HERE...
Here are some images from Chapel FM Arts Centre’s recent Seacroft Goes Global festival from July 2025 – part of our multi-year “Home From Home” project. https://www.chapelfm.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Seacroft-Goes-Global-video-highlights.mp4
Over the course of this year, Chapel FM Arts Centre will be working with lots of people and groups from our community and across Leeds and West Yorkshire to gather stories about the many ways we are all linked to the wider world. We will then produce live arts events,...
Chapel FM Arts Centre brings radio, writing, music, theatre, activism and so much more to our community of Seacroft, our city of Leeds and the wider world! We also run East Leeds Community Radio. Please consider donating to support our work in the new year. What can your donation help...
Click here to explore to the 75+ original radio programmes created by more than 200+ writers, musicians, artists, community members for the 2024 Writing on Air Festival at Chapel FM!
Thanks for getting in touch like many organisations *Chapel FM is closed over the the Festive Season. The building will *officially closed on Thursday 19th December 2024 until Monday 13th January 2025*, with many activities returning that month. Keep an eye out on the website for more details. This email...
“Recovery” is the theme for writers in this second Chapel FM anthology for “Writing on Air” Chapel FM’s annual broadcast festivalof words and ideas. Stocked generously by poets and fiction writer associated with Chapel FM Arts Centre and East Leeds Community Radio, these poems and stories touch the nerve...
Hi all We have had to cancel the follow 2 events “Bench Encounters Film Preview” and ‘Connecting Men’ We apologies to those who have been looking forward to these events. Unfortunately we have all been a super busy small team working towards our upcoming Writing On Air Festival on the...
Help shape the future of community arts and radio in Leeds! Heads Together Productions / Chapel FM Arts Centre is looking to add 3-4 new members to our Board of Trustees Heads Together is the parent organisation of Chapel FM Arts Centre, East Leeds Community Radio, and UNION. Board members /...
Get involved in Chapel FM Arts Centre / East Leeds Community Radio’s big project exploring the places in Leeds & Yorkshire where people come together to create. In 2024 we are gathering and sharing stories about: Creative Youth Spaces across Leeds where people make art and look after one another...
Hi, Henry the Broadcasting Worker here! East Leeds FM has existed in many different forms, starting off as a one-off project at John Smeaton School to travelling the world as the Caravan of Love. It’s broadcast on FM and digitally, been regular and been annual but it’s always led by...
Job Posting Community Radio Facilitator Chapel FM Arts Centre – Leeds Deadline Friday 8th September at 5pm Click here for the application form We are currently seeking a Community Radio Facilitator to join Chapel FM Arts Centre in the autumn of 2023. The core duties of this position...
Career Pathways Chats Drop-in sessions during February half-term Tuesday 14th 1-3pm Wednesday 15th 1-3pm Thursday 16th 4-6pm This is open to any young person 11-18 living in East Leeds looking for some advice about careers and opportunities in education and beyond. Whether looking at the arts, media, music, radio...
Last year, our friends at Kentmere Community Centre got hold of an ice cream van. Several driving lessons later and the van was ready to go out across Seacroft and East Leeds, appearing at special celebrations – like our Sound It Out summer projects! But you might not have spotted...
Are you aged 18-118 and live in East Leeds? Do you want to be involved in a brand new community project? Do you like to chat, enjoy a good natter or have stories to tell? Chapel FM Arts Centre’s home from home project has been collecting stories about special spaces....
Juwairia Junaid who recently was named Learner of the Year in the NCFE Aspiration Awards 2022. The NCFE (Northern Council for Further Education) is an educational charity and leader in vocational and technical learning. Juwairia has been coming to Chapel FM Arts Centre for many years. She’s part of our...