Since our founding, West Yorkshire Citizens has:

• Won the real Living Wage for Leeds City Council staff and other local employers, and led campaigns 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.
  
• Secured road safety improvements in local neighbourhoods.
  
• Won over £500,000 in repairs to homes on the Beckhills Estate and campaigned for improved rubbish collection across the estate.
  
• Secured £50,000 of improvements to Brickfield Park, including new play equipment.
  
• Launched the successful Pandemic Recovery Summit, turning the big-picture concerns of young people into clear, actionable priorities for decision makers.
  
• Gained commitments from key leaders, including the Mayor of West Yorkshire, who pledged to involve young people directly in her policy-making committee.
  
• Presented to 300 local and national policymakers, leading to an invitation from the Leader of the Council’s office for young people to help shape decisions that affect them.
  
• Secured a commitment from Bradford Council’s Health and Wellbeing Board to work with us to address gaps in mental health provision in schools across the District.
  

…and much more. We continue to organise, listen, and take action to create a fairer, more just West Yorkshire.