East and North East Leeds

Aerial shot of Seacroft

Area background

Communities in this part of the city are very diverse. In the Chapeltown area, 17.7% of residents are from black and ethnic minority communities, which is more than double the city average of 8%.  This provides a vibrant and rich cultural mix which is celebrated at both local and citywide level. The West Indian Carnival which takes place in Chapeltown every August bank holiday is the largest in the country after the Notting Hill Carnival. 

Deprivation

A significant number of areas within East and North East Leeds are disadvantaged.   Some communities within Burmantofts, Richmond Hill, Chapeltown, Gipton, Harehills, Seacroft and Halton Moor fall within the 3% most deprived areas nationally and a total of 109,600 residents of East and North East Leeds live in areas that fall within the 20% most deprived on the national Index of Multiple Deprivation. 

Regeneration Projects

There are a number of large scale regeneration as well as local projects aimed at tackling some of these challenges.  Such projects include:

1. East and South East Leeds (EASEL) Regeneration Programme
2. Aire Valley Leeds Action Plan to re-establish the area as the economic heart of Leeds
3. Harehills and Seacroft catalyst centres, which seek to encourage enterprise and new business in these areas.

Leeds Ahead supports the regeneration of East and North East Leeds in many different ways. Click on the links below for more information:

• Community
• Education
• Employability
• Enterprise
• Environment