Since our founding, West Yorkshire Citizens has:

• Successfully campaigned and won a real Living Wage for staff at Leeds City Council and other employers, and campaigned for a real Living Wage for care workers.
• Influenced the introduction of mental health liaison practitioners in GP surgeries across Leeds.
• Improved dementia care for racialised communities.
• Won improved road safety measures in our local community.
• Secured over £500,000 worth of housing estate repairs on the Beckhills Estate and campaigned to win improved rubbish collections in the Beckhills estate.
• Improvements of £50,000 to Brickfield Park including play equipment.
• Launched the successful Pandemic Recovery Summit, refining big picture problems that young people care about into specific asks for decision makers
• Seen commitment to change from decision makers, including from the mayor of West Yorkshire who committed to have young people involved in her policy making committee
• Presented to 300 local and national policymakers, resulting in an ask to the leader of the council’s office to input directly into decisions affecting them
• Secured a commitment from Bradford Council’s Health and Wellbeing Board to work with us to fill the gaps in Mental Health provision in schools across the District.
• And much more!