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This year’s Leeds Armed Forces Day will be happening on the radio. East Leeds FM is proud to be teaming up with Leeds City Council and others to present a day of unique radio full of oral history interviews about the experience of being in the Services, plus music, poetry,...
Make a donation to help us buy radios for those in need during the coronavirus pandemic. Community Engagement Worker, Kiran from the Recovery Hub in East Leeds. East Leeds FM (ELFM) has been responding to the coronavirus lockdown in a unique and powerful way. We are always looking for...
Starting today, Friday, April 10, East Leeds FM (ELFM) is now broadcasting over the airwaves on 94.6FM (and as always, our unique community radio shows are available for listening anytime online). A warm welcome to new and returning listeners. Like many organisations, we have had to adapt to the changes...
‘Community Radio Station in desperate plea to be allowed to broadcast on FM in current crisis” Click here to Sign our Petition to encourage OFCOM to allow East Leeds FM to broadcast on FM to help residents of our community receive important information during the coronavirus isolation. East Leeds FM...
In compensation for the postponement of Writing On Air 2020, we’re bringing you highlights from all four previous festivals, 2016-2019. From 7.30pm Friday 27th March right through to Sunday 29th midnight, a sumptuous banquet of totally fantastic programmes made by writers, readers, and performers in Leeds and West Yorkshire over...
East Leeds FM will be going live on the radio select days from 10am to 1pm to share stories, conversations, practical advice, music, writing and other arts in this unprecedented time of social isolation in response to the coronavirus. Click here to tune into our “Overcoming Isolation” broadcasts and listen...
UNION is a sector-based coaching programme for emerging community artists and social activists across the north of England. It is another initiative from Heads Together Productions. Like many projects it is important to have a presence on the internet, as part of this we now have a new website. unionarts.org.uk...
Have a watch of the 5-minute illustrated film which should give you an idea of the kind of work we do at Chapel FM with young people and what we are trying to achieve. The film is a taster for the full report created by Wafer Hadley after two years...
The Leeds Literature Festival (https://leedslitfest.co.uk) has hired Chapel FM Arts Centre to produce a series of 10 podcasts as part of this year’s festival (running March 4-8). These podcasts will be released during the festival under the name: Leeds Lit Fest Podcast. The 10 episodes of the Leeds Lit Fest...
The Seacroft Tapestry is the culmination of a year of work; a process of collecting and recording stories and experiences of life in the Seacroft area The stories come from many different perspectives and have been recorded in film and textiles. Lots of people have been involved and this is...
We have several key openings at Chapel FM Arts Centre (Heads Together Productions): We’re looking to recruit three new board members for 2020. Learn more about the process of applying to join our board here. We also have two important job postings: Chapel FM Centre Manager Chapel FM Community Arts...
We are looking to appoint a Centre Manager to join our team who has a specific role in developing and implementing policies for our venue as well as coordinating marketing, rentals and monitoring of participation programmes at Chapel FM. The job is offered at 4-5 days per week (28-35 hours)....
Heads Together, the parent organisation of Chapel FM Arts Centre, East Leeds FM radio (ELFM), UNION and other projects, is recruiting for three new trustees to join the organisation’s board and support our continued growth, strategy and governance at an exciting and pivotal point as we prepare to expand our...
On October 9, 2019 we celebrated the 5th anniversary of the opening of the Chapel FM Arts Centre in the heart of Seacroft with a series of festive and memorable events with members of our community and guests from the wider world. Here are some of the highlights: Our Chapel...
We’ve put together a short video of the ninth annual musicathon at Chapel FM—just to give you an idea of the scale of the event and the fun we all had! Thanks to everyone who took part, to all the volunteers on tech and front of house who made it...
UNION is a sector-based coaching programme for emerging community artists and social activists across the north of England. We aim to deliver an inclusive programme that develops skills, experience & leadership within the sector. We invited the first 20 participants to start their 12-month learning journey at Chapel FM between...
Writing On Air is back again. WOA ’19 is a broadcast festival of writing. It will happen over four days, 21st-24th 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,...
Isaac Love was part of our Next Generation training programmes a couple of years back…and then he moved to Scotland. But it was great to have him back recently on a week-long work placement at Chapel FM. We asked him to sum up what he had learnt: “Two things stand...
We are looking to appoint a part-time Community Arts Worker to join our team who has a specific role in developing our broadcast offer at Chapel FM.
It was an unlikely series of events that led Tony Macaluso to Chapel FM Arts Centre here in East Leeds. Half a year ago he was in his hometown of Chicago directing a radio network that creates arts programs for stations around the world and guiding a large oral history...
This autumn we have a new and wonderfully vibrant art exhibition by local artist Kim Birch. Kim likes to capture the ever changing nature of landscapes and is also interested in experimenting with different styles and media. Most of the artwork is for sale and 20% of all sales will...
This Halloween join us for a truly SPOOOOOKY Family Activity Day! We’ve got loads of fun stuff for your little ones and will be serving healthy snacks and refreshments all day. For more spooky info check out the flyer below…
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...
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...
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.
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.
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
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.
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...