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Discover the events taking place across Leeds in your third term.

Week commencing 12 May 

Thursday 15 May

The Only Wrap to Bee 

Rainbow Junktion PAYF Community Cafe

Student Counselling and Wellbeing Meditation group

FREE 15 Minute Meditation Session

VR Gaming, including Omnideck

Volunteering Drop In 

Bike Maintenance: Adjusting Gears


XR Spotlight: Using the Omnideck 

May Volunteer Session: Community Vegetable Garden

Friday 16 May

The Only Wrap to Bee 

Health and Wellbeing Networking Event 

Design a personalised embroidery pattern!

  • 11am-1pm
  • HELIX, Level 7, EC Stoner 
  • Book tickets​​​​

Biodiversity Monitoring

  • 12-1pm
  • Sustainable Garden, beside Roger Stevens 
  • Find out more

Peregrine Show and Tell 2025

  • 12-1.30pm
  • Imagine Leeds, 9 Blenheim Terrace, Ground Floor (G.01) 
  • Book tickets

Wellbeing: Weekly Meditation Classes

Sketch Club

  • 12.30-3.30pm
  • The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery 
  • Find out more

XR Development Zone Drop In

Student Counselling and Wellbeing Feel Better Faster group

  • 2-3pm
  • Group Room, Student Counselling and Wellbeing, 19 Clarendon Place 
  • Join the group

Presenting with Confidence

Varsity 2025: Rugby League

  • 5pm
  • AMT Headingley Stadium, St Michael’s Lane, LS6 3BR
  • Book tickets

Swing Night with Frankly Jazz

Mad World Special: 80s Synth & Alternative

Leeds Rhinos vs. Hull FC 

  • 8pm
  • AMT Headingley Stadium, St Michael’s Lane, LS6 3BR 
  • Book tickets

Saturday 17 May

LUU Trips: Cambridge

Makers Market

Be Curious: The Supply Chain Challenge!

  • 10am-4pm
  • Marks and Spencer Archive, Western Campus 
  • Find out more

Be Curious Quiet Hour

Be Curious 2025

Tango Dance Event

Be Curious 2025. Make Your Own Board Game Workshop

EMOM Festival 2025

Handley’s High Tea

Sunday 18 May

LS6 Junkyard Sale May 

Blossom Festival. The Big Picnic

  • 11am-2pm
  • Headingley Community Orchard, LS16 5JT 
  • Find out more

Second Hand Sunday to raise funds for the Good Law Project

  • 12-4pm
  • The Bookish Type, 77a Great George Street, LS1 3BR 
  • Find out more

The Attic Presents. Simeon Walker + Nat Bartsch

Week commencing 19 May 

Monday 19 May

Rainbow Junktion PAYF Community Cafe

COMMUNI-TEA!

Weekly Crochet Group

  • 1-3pm
  • Meanwood Community Centre, Stainbeck Avenue, LS7 2QU 
  • Book tickets

Global Cafe

Barre Sculpt

See You Naked Mondays

Pub Quiz

Tuesday 20 May

DARETOGROW Live. Live networking event + business growth workshop!

  • 10 – 4pm
  • The Rose Bowl, Leeds Beckett University, The Rose Bowl Portland Crescent Leeds LS1 3HB 
  • Tickets are £35 

XR Spotlight. Using the Omnideck

  • 10.30am – 12pm
  • HELIX, Level 7, EC Stoner 
  • Book tickets

Yoga at The Attic

MOOVA 05

  • 6.45pm
  • Evening Social Run - Hyde Park/Headingley (exact location will be sent to you in advance) 
  • Book tickets

Kinky Boots. Opening Night

Wednesday 21 May

Wednesday Wake Up Yoga & Coffee

Explore Creative Textile Art with Ling

Write on Wednesday

  • 12.30 – 3.30pm 
  • Treasures of the Brotherton Gallery
  • Find out more

Campus Gardening Sessions

  • 1 – 3pm
  • Sustainable Garden, beside Roger Stevens
  • Find out more 

Bike Maintenance. Wheels 101

Weekly Sewing Studio

  • 1 – 3pm
  • Meanwood Community Centre, Stainbeck Avenue, LS7 2QU
  • Find out more

Dante Reading Group

  • 1.30 – 2.30pm
  • Wilson Room, Emmanuel Centre, LS2 9JT
  • Find out more

Edek’s Doodle Chats

Lino Printing Workshop with Megan Dobbyn

LGBTQ+ Sustainable Pom Pom Keychain Making with Leeds LGBT+ Community Consortium

Macrame Workshop

Thursday 22 May

The Only Wrap to Bee 

Sustainable Labs Event Series. LEAF & Community

Rainbow Junktion PAYF Community Cafe

Student Counselling and Wellbeing Meditation group

FREE 15 Minute Meditation Session

Volunteering Drop In: Crossroads

Full Moon Market

  • 5 – 9pm
  • The Wardrobe, 6 St Peter’s Square, LS9 8AH
  • Find out more 

Stretch & Unwind

An Evening with Rob Parsons 

Friday 23 May

The Only Wrap to Bee

Makers Market

Wellbeing: Weekly Meditation Classes

Home Education Workshop: Ancient Greeks

  • 12.30 – 2pm
  • Leeds City Museum, Millennium Square, LS2 8BH
  • Find out more 

Sketch Club

  • 12.30pm – 3.30pm
  • The Stanley & Audrey Burton Gallery
  • Find out more

Maker Club

Student Counselling and Wellbeing Feel Better Faster group

  • 2 – 3pm
  • Group Room, Student Counselling and Wellbeing, 19 Clarendon Place 
  • Join the group

Saturday 24 May

Makers Market

Plant & Seed Sale Swap: Scrap Creative Reuse

  • 11am – 3pm
  • The Spinning Mill, Sunny Bank Mills, LS28 5UJ
  • Find out more

Leeds City Square Artisan Village

Live at Leeds 2025

Free Family Activities. Yonder Events

Renaissance Arts Showcase 2025

It’s Strange Up North 2025 in Leeds!

Desi Live

Renaissance Arts Showcase 2025

  • 7.30pm
  • Stanley & Audrey Burton Theatre, LS2 7PA
  • Find out more 

Sunday 25 May

Boddington Junior Parkrun

Renaissance Arts Showcase 2025

Renaissance Arts Showcase 2025

Would you like to work with the Student Welcome Team?

We are seeking a University of Leeds undergraduate student to join us for a 2025-26 placement year in the Student Welcome Team!   

Jade will be returning to final year studies and handing over the baton to our next Student Welcome Intern who will work with Lucy, Georgina and Jenny to deliver year-round welcome activities for our new and returning students.

  • Application deadline 23.59 Monday 19 May.
  • Interviews planned for week commencing 9 June.

Key campaigns will include:

  • Autumn Welcome
  • Winter Break
  • Fresh Start Festival
  • Spring Break
  • Summer in Leeds and more.

We work closely with Leeds University Union, University of Leeds Plus Programme, Lifelong Learning Centre, University of Leeds, University of Leeds Sustainability Service and many other partners to deliver engaging and inclusive activities.

Please note that this role is only open to penultimate year undergraduate students at the University of Leeds who are seeking a Year in Industry or Placement Year as part of their degree.

Apply to join the Student Welcome Team

Contact

If you have any questions or feedback about Leeds and You events, email the Leeds and You team at leedsandyou@leeds.ac.uk.

Follow us at @uol_welcome on Instagram!

Experiences and opportunities