In particular, he has financially supported us to buy our own Young Minds T-Shirts. We will be using these T-Shirts during our Table Tennis sessions and specially during the competitions.

In particular we would like to thank (in alphabetical surname):

Councillor Javaid Akhtar

Councillor Penny Ewens

Councillor Martin Hamilton

Councillor Gerry Harper

Councillor Jamie Matthews

Councillor Neil Walshaw

Hope to see you there.

You can check out this link to see the pictures of our table tennis club

Starts: Thursday 23 September

Training on every Thursday at 6.00pm – 7.30pm

Venue: Woodsley Road Community Centre
64 Woodsley Road, Leeds, LS3 1DU

• The true aim of karate is to respect yourself and to better yourself – it builds up confidence and teaches discipline through training.
• The aim of the course is learn techniques and spirit of karate-do in an environment of mutual respect and friendship.
• Open to all females regardless of age or ability – TOTAL BEGINNERS welcome

“The essence of Karate lies not in victory or defeat, but in the perfection of character”

Black belt instructors:
Marika – 2nd Dan and Yasmeen – 1st Dan

This course is supported by:

It is believed that such trip provide young people with great learning opportunities. Outdoor experiences stimulate, inspire and prove learning is FUN. They help increase the youth’s confidence, encourage team work and build trust, develop leadership skills and responsibility. It is also a great way to overcome fears and have FUN!

Young Minds is committed to provide such programmes that will encourage the youth and children achieve their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potentials as individuals and as responsible members of their local, national and international communities.

With these aims in mind, this year Young Minds organized an adventure to  Blackwell Adventure. Below are some of the images from the trip.

Venue: Woodsley Centre, 64 Woodsley Road, Leeds, LS3 1DU

This Self-Defence club is open to all between the age of 8 – 14.

Come and join us for a game of Self-Defence.

Venue: Woodsley Centre, 64 Woodsley Road, Leeds, LS3 1DU

This table-tennis club is open to all between the age of 8 – 14.

Come and join us for a game of ping pong.

Attented by over 20 local youth, the event brought home the very serious consequences of carrying and using weapons, particulalry knives. Through a series of graphic pictures and descriptions of incidents the police are frequently called up on to deal with, PC Guy was able to relate the horrific injuries and deaths casued by knives, guns and other improvised weapons.

The youngsters also had a chance to ask questions and raise their concerns. This gave an opportunity to clear up misconceptions around carrying weapons for self defence. No one was left in any doubt that this is a bad idea both beacuse it could lead to the weapon being used against you and also on account of the 2 year prison sentence that could follow an arrest for being in possession of a knife.

The livley and informative nature of the event also allowed the police to build a positive relationship with local youngsters and opened the way for future sessions to highlight problems of drugs abuse and anti-socail behviour, particulalry involving fireworks around Guy Fawkes night.

We would also like to express our gratitude to the Leeds Golf Centre for accommodating a group of 20 youth.