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Job Opportunity: Community Arts Worker (music)
We are looking to appoint a part-time Community Arts Worker to join our team who has a specific role in developing our music offer at Chapel FM.
40 Faces of St Gemma’s Hospice
Go behind the scenes of St Gemma’s Hospice during their 40th Anniversary year. Portraits of 40 people, photographed by Olivia Hemingway are now on display at Chapel FM Arts Centre. Patients, families, volunteers and staff all share their stories in this moving and uplifting exhibition. This is a chance to...
A year at Chapel FM
We are celebrating four years of creative activities at Chapel FM—the first-ever arts venue in East Leeds. Last year we had a massive 78% increase in the number of the visitors attending the Centre. This report should give you a quick overview of what has been happening in the last...
Job Opportunity: Director (job share)
We are looking to appoint a Director (job share—4 days a week) to work alongside current Director Adrian Sinclair and be jointly responsible for developing, leading and managing Heads Together Productions and Chapel FM Arts Centre.
Donut Research Project
Chapel FM is part of the Donut group of organisations in Leeds—a supportive network of small-scale venues based outside of the city centre. Over the last year we have been part of a research project run in partnership with the University of Leeds
Together We are Stronger
Chapel FM was asked to be part of the "Together We are Stronger" project run in partnership between Leeds City Council and the national organisation Building a Strong Britain Together.
Summer Closure at Chapel FM Arts Centre
It’s Summer yay, but that does mean that we will be having a little rest over August and at the beginning of September. We wanted to let you know when the final sessions before our summer break was and which groups and broadcasts would be affected… Open Voices & Community Café...
European Academy of Participation
“In your opinion, what is the ideal complexion for a cow?” I attended the European Academy of Participation 8-day course in Amsterdam. It was a week of questions and there were many answers, but maybe I found the questions more interesting!
£1000 donation from Christ Church
At the beginning of 2018, the Paul Hamlyn Foundation awarded Heads Together an Explore and Test grant to develop a Community Arts Academy; an industry-based coaching programme for a diverse group of young community artists and social activists across the north of England. Current Centre Director, Adrian Sinclair, will now...
OFCOM awards ELFM a full-time FM Licence
We are pleased to announce that OFCOM have awarded East Leeds FM a full-time community radio licence so we will be able to have our own permanent FM frequency.
Cultural Democracy
Cultural Democracy: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Manchester 5th April 2018 I was very much looking forward to attending this symposium at Manchester University, organised by Alison Jeffers and Gerri Moriarty alongside the launch of their recent publication about the British Community Arts Movement “Culture, Democracy and the Right to Make...
An Academy for Creative Activism
At the beginning of 2018, the Paul Hamlyn Foundation awarded Heads Together an Explore and Test grant to develop a Community Arts Academy; an industry-based coaching programme for a diverse group of young community artists and social activists across the north of England. Current Centre Director, Adrian Sinclair, will now...
Easter Closing at Chapel FM Arts Centre
We would like to let you know that we are closed from Friday 30th March until Monday 2nd April due to the Easter Bank Holiday weekend. We are, however, having ‘A Very Good Open Mic Night’ on Friday 30th March, that anyone is welcome to come to. If you would...
New Spring Art Exhibition
This spring we have a brand new art exhibition by artists Helen Burke and Phil Pattinson. It’s a fabulously vibrant show, with paintings and prints for sale. We are open at various times for you browse the work. Please feel free to pop down for a cuppa and a look...
Kaitlin’s Film: Dangerous Driving
This is short film that has been created by Isabelle Turner about Texting while driving. It has been created in memory of her sister Kaitlin who passed away on the 6th of October 2017 after being hit by a car. Isabelle, who was part of East Leeds Youth Theatre, presented...
It’s been snowing again…
No-one can quite believe it but we are cancelling this morning’s Open Voices singing group and our Deaf Friends session. Hoping that it will clear quickly this afternoon so our Next Gen Theatre and Music sessions can still run…
The big chill won’t stop us!
We know it's cold out there but you can still be assured of a warm welcome as we are definitely going ahead with our Friday Night Live Blind Dead McJones presents... tonight. Unfortunately the Birds and Beast can't make it out of Huddersfield but the Blind Dead McJones boys have some plans! Happy Snow Days!
Chapel FM wins Child Friendly Leeds Award
Adrian, Emily and James attended the 5th Child Friendly Leeds Awards on 1st February on behalf of Chapel FM. We are very proud to be able to tell you that that Chapel FM was judged to be best in the city for ‘Inspiring Creativity through Arts and Culture’ and we...
Place to Place
In 2016 Chapel FM and Heads Together Productions were selected to be part of the Community and Participation Programme for the Tandem European Cultural Collaboration initiative.
Writing on Air 2018
Writing On Air ’18 is a broadcast festival of writing. It will happen over four days, 15th-18th March at Chapel FM Arts Centre, our beautiful state-of-the-art studio and performance complex in East Leeds set in a restored Methodist chapel. East Leeds FM, which started in 2003, broadcasts to an annual...
Seacroft Winter Gala
We really enjoy working with Seacroft Green Residents Association throughout the year but one of the highlights of the year is the Winter Gala which takes place this year between 2.30pm and 4.30pm on Saturday 9th December. The event takes place over 3 venues: Chapel FM (the Church Hall); Seacroft...
Chris Sharkey in residence
Hi, I’m Chris and I’m a musician. You can find out more about my work at www.chrissharkeymusic.com I moved to East Leeds in 2015 and you might have seen me mooching around Chapel FM over the last few years. You might have even been to one of the workshops I’ve...
Has Arts Council England abandoned the Working Classes?
The cover of Heads Together’s book about Seacroft published in the year 2000 In July the Arts Council of England (ACE) announced its portfolio of organisations it will be supporting for the next four years. This announcement may have slipped under the radar of many news outlets and politically aware...
Swan Song project
Ben Buddy Slack (pictured right above) has been part of the ELFM/Chapel FM story for a good while. As part of the Blind Dead McJones band he has performed regularly at Chapel FM; presented a regular blues show; helped out as part of the Chapel FM tech team and presented...