Our newest project aims to develop a Community Research Network to support and develop community-led knowledge production across Leeds. In 2023, with Leeds Love It Share It, We Are Seacroft, and Otley 2030, we were successful in a bid to UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) to develop 2 community research pilots in Seacroft and Otley, and to develop a Leeds network to bid for Phase 2 funding (£1m over 5 years). We will hear in September if our Phase 2 bid is successful. T4P is working with the Phase 1 partners, and with Leeds Community Anchor Network, Leeds Refugee Forum, Leeds Green Activities Providers, West Yorks Racial Justice Network, LeedsACTS!, and the University of Leeds. Our ambition is to democratise knowledge production in the city by enabling communities, academics, and policy makers to learn with and from each other. We are also excited by the opportunity of sharing learning with the other successful networks across the UK and with the Young Foundation which is running the national network for UKRI. The project team currently includes Alice Wallace, Sue Balcomb, Mike Love & Irena Bauman alongside our partner organisations.
