Find creative activity groups in Leeds

Northlight Arts Centre – In Chapel Allerton, with community art sessions and classes in painting, pottery, jewellery and other crafts.

The Highrise Project – Runs COLLECTIVE, a free community art studio in Armley, with materials available and space to work on your own projects.

Stitch Up – Runs sewing, crochet, mending and other craft groups. Some are for particular groups or need a referral.

Leeds Craftivists – Brings people together to make things and explore local social issues through craft.

Skippko – Works with communities on visual arts projects, including drawing, making and collaborative artwork.

Woodhouse Community Centre (Oblong) – Offers community art and craft activities in Woodhouse, alongside other free and low-cost groups.

Cloth Cat – offers music activities and courses, including guitar and music production.

Harmony Choir – a community choir in Leeds that welcomes people who are new to singing.

Voices of Yorkshire – runs community choirs across West and North Yorkshire, including Pudsey.

Shared Harmonies – runs singing groups across Yorkshire, including some online or hybrid groups and groups for people living with health conditions.

Opera North – offers chances to sing and take part in music, including its From Couch to Chorus programme. Check current dates and how to join.

Fall into Place Community Theatre – uses drama and theatre projects to bring people together and help them express themselves.

Leeds Playhouse Heydays – offers people aged 55 and over a programme of theatre, writing, visual arts and social activities. Membership charges apply.

Leeds Libraries – runs workshops and classes, including creative writing, zine-making, art and craft. Check which sessions are for adults.

Arts & Minds – runs free creative activities, including its monthly Connect & Create group, and shares other opportunities across Leeds.

Space2 – runs community arts groups in east Leeds, including sewing, drama and other creative activities.

Feel Good Factor – offers art and craft groups alongside other wellbeing activities, with a focus on local communities.

Purple Patch Arts – runs creative learning programmes for learning-disabled adults, using art, drama, music and movement. Places are usually funded through personal budgets.

Pyramid – an inclusive arts collective where people with and without learning disabilities make and share art.

Leeds LGBT+ Community Consortium – organises creative activities for LGBT+ people, including collage and zine-making. It also runs some online groups.

The Swan Song Project – offers free one-to-one songwriting support for people facing the end of life or bereavement, in person or online.

Swarthmore Education Centre – offers adult courses and workshops in art, pottery, craft and creative writing, with some reduced-fee places.

WEA – offers art, craft and other creative courses online and in person. Search by postcode to find what is available.

Leeds Print Workshop – runs courses in printmaking and bookbinding, including beginner sessions. Some concessionary places are available.

Leeds Wood Recycling – offers practical woodworking classes for adults, including people with no previous experience.

Left Bank Leeds – hosts changing programmes of drawing, textiles, craft and creative writing workshops in Burley.

East Street Arts – runs occasional workshops and open-studio events alongside its work supporting local artists.

Arts & Minds Network (LAHWN) – The Arts and Minds Network (LAHWN) brings together people in Leeds who believe that creativity can promote mental wellbeing.

Arts Together– Arts Together is a growing network of arts and community partners who are working together to ensure that the arts in Leeds and beyond are as welcoming and accessible as possible for everyone.

Leeds Arts Health & Wellbeing Network – Leeds Arts Health & Wellbeing Network celebrates, supports and connects people interested in how arts and culture can have benefits for health, care and wellbeing.

Pyramid of Arts – Pyramid of Arts is a collective of artists in Leeds with and without learning difficulties.