Leeds Animation Workshop

10/09/2025

Maria’s been on a big brave bike ride - see below!

10/09/2025

Our team member Maria has been cycling 500 miles - to Scotland and back - attempting to raise funds in support of Su***de Prevention and to help promote our new film, “Su***de in the Family” - see what she says here:

“Hello, I am cycling 500 miles this week and next to raise awareness for su***de prevention month (September) I’m riding from red brick Leeds to Manchester the long way making it there by the 10th (su***de prevention day) becauuuse..

This year, with my powerful Leeds Animation Workshop team we made a film that helps support children and young people bereaved by parental su***de. ‘Su***de in the Family’ the film looks at the ways children and young people may be affected when a parent dies by su***de, and shows the best ways their families, carers or professionals can support them. It’s really important because many children who lose a parent to su***de are at a higher risk of physical or mental illness, and even of taking their own lives.

Leeds Animation Workshop is a small, not for profit, women-led collective, making award winning social documentaries for over 40 years. Helping start conversations about a whoooole array of subjects: equality, domestic violence, gender and sexuality, LGBTQ+ identities, families, workers rights, world conflict, climate change and more.

I’m doing this cycle to fundraise for Leeds Animation Workshop, so that we can disseminate‘Su***de in the Family’ further and continue making more meaningful and accessible films.

For more info, do check out the link for a little blog.

https://lnkd.in/gjMYw8A2

And if you like this (cycling, mental health awareness, animation, meaningful accessible media 🤷) and have a little to give, it would really help 🧡🧡

https://localgiving.org/fundraising/Maria-cycles-Leeds-to-Manchester-the-long-way

I am Maria, a member of Leeds Animation Workshop. From 28th August - 10th September I'll be doing a 500-mile fund-raising cycle ride, from Leeds to Manchester - the long way round! - via Edinburgh and Glasgow. To raise awareness about Su***de Prevention Month, and to raise funds in aid of Leeds Anim...

16/07/2025

Have you visited Animated Activism: Women Empowered at the Treasures of the Brotherton yet?

Well you should! The exhibition tells a vivid account of a half century’s struggle for women’s rights through the archives of Leeds Animation Workshop and Women's Aid

We've turned some of the material on display into this week's

Play here: https://www.jigsawplanet.com/LULGalleries/lulgalleries
Visit before 20 December https://bit.ly/AnimatedActivism

15/07/2025

you made it into a jigsaw?

ok, let’s see how that works…

Have you visited Animated Activism: Women Empowered at the Treasures of the Brotherton yet?

Well you should! The exhibition tells a vivid account of a half century’s struggle for women’s rights through the archives of Leeds Animation Workshop and Women's Aid

We've turned some of the material on display into this week's

Play here: https://www.jigsawplanet.com/LULGalleries/lulgalleries
Visit before 20 December https://bit.ly/AnimatedActivism

17/06/2025

Tonight!
To celebrate the Compton Centre, Harehills, is hosting author and activist Tawseef Khan at


on Tuesday 17th June, to discuss his debut novel Determination. More info and booking link here ➡️

Tickets are now available for Refugee Week: Northern Bookshelf Live with author Tawseef Khan at The Compton Centre Community Hub and Library, Leeds on Tuesday 17th June 2025. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!

02/05/2025

This Sunday 4th May, 2-4 pm:
Animated short films by Bolivian women’s film collective!
@ Wharf Chambers, Leeds.

CineClub Azúcar presents Bomba Animada:
“An exclusive selection of 11 short films directed and animated by Bolivian women.

Bomba Animada is a group of Bolivian filmmakers in the world of animation. The films selected explore a wide range of topics, from environmental issues impacting the Abya Yala continent to reflections on weaving & folklore: a unique lens into Bolivian everyday life, history, culture, and heritage.

Food available from 2 pm.
Film starts at 3 pm.

£4 entry / NOTALOF
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cineclub-azucar-presents-bomba-animada-bolivian-animation-film-screening-tickets-1329064270009?aff=ebdssbdestsearch”

An exclusive selection of 11 short films animated by Bolivian women

31/03/2025

12/12/2024

Volunteer needed, at the wonderful Leeds Industrial Museum!

Volunteering Opportunity – Film Histories Volunteer at Leeds Industrial Museum What is the Project? Help Leeds Museums and Galleries explore the history of film in Leeds. This exhibition will shed light on untold histories of people of colour, LGBTQ+ people and women who have worked in the film in...

23/11/2024

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09/09/2024

Animated Harehills #3:

Leeds Animation Workshop presents more amazing films by women animators, from various countries around the world
(& even some from Leeds)

Part of Scalarama Leeds, a DiY Film Festival throughout the city this month.

Wed 25th September at 17:15
Compton Centre, Harehills Lane, LS9 7BG

All welcome
Pay As You Feel/what you can afford
(free to people on a very low income)

27/05/2024

In Harehills tomorrow? See you at Community Matters Day in Banstead Park!
* Tuesday 28th May
* from 12 - 4pm

📍 Our stall will be in the corner of the park nearest to St Aidan's

28/03/2024

We will be producing a short animated film later this year in collaboration with musicians in Leeds LS7 - find out more in Chapeltown or Chapel Allerton, on 4th April!