Conversatlon Club Leeds
Trustees. Report
Year to 31¥1 March 2022
REGISTERED CNARrrY NUMBEA: 1189217
ADDRE88.. 11 BEECH GRQVE, GARFOATH. LEEDS L325 1EG
TRUSTEE8..
DOROTHY AEAD ICHAIRPER8ONI
WAQA8 SMO SHAKIR AL BAJJARI
EUZABETh MARY CATHERINE THO
STrUCTURE AND fW4AaEMENY
Th• (￿oni6a￿On'9 activrties are out exdLL4fv0ty by volunte*S. lJvdl marwrnent and
tydlnat1L￿ cèmed (Krt by Ihptruths. Thwy dre ￿ ompbyees.
recwit addlknal ao as10 IncreBwfvlrnumbAf toUL￿th• rnininum ofthrgo Wrnd
tyttè ts)nsthOlln.
Th8 conversat￿ c￿b, UnlncorpDr•tsdA55ori•tton In2016. bK4fflgar8gkntared
ity la CIOI- ￿Vers￿Tr cl￿ Leed¥- on 18t 2020.

OWECTNE8
f￿￿l9thn kn forthe of ￿d￿slon publc benvfftamw p
8ro rgfvgaes and wbjm arè s￿3￿Y •xduded on the groullds
￿Or￿le rM)slllon. by pro¥￿Ing". 1119&v¢•tknn and ffAlnlrva Ln the EnOLsh larqullgo ID
vo¢*hon￿ 8kllls',121 ¥wal rerAeabOn￿ la￿￿85 and e¥enL* invdwng thelor*l rx)ffKnunity.
ACTMMES AND ACHIEVEMETr4TS
Th8 yt8rto Msr¢h 2022was o chattengKw (x*, pothap8ovon sothgn the previow yeor
ofk*nd*nk lOckthM8￿ $8wre reslrfcitsla.
Althow things 9twi8dwlry up. thB ¢on$t8nl¢hgnw In InfÉdkn ￿te& and guthnce
made to dodde ￿en to opw factrtTrf&o ￿Irt, owflrsl prfortydr*Jurne
Buthere we are in May 2022. wlth gue5tmeatkng%o￿•th. tha￿￿OIlLI1
C4WrAlèd ow 61h annfvqrnBry.
Th• Holt•¢k
In April 2021. Y￿took1￿* tsnr8tiV• Stop cf oporNfvJ up again y￿thwe￿JYf8¢8 10 f8¢è m*￿5
on TuesdaysbtThè Hob8cK on, In Wl 2022. wecdebratsd our 181 anTh￿.
(her the Who￿ 12 rnonth period. Ihaths tothg rwmltmentdYrAunloers, we ￿ly￿08￿d br
0￿￿6￿4 d￿n9 Ihb Chrtstrnas
At Ftst, meotin95were on a very¥mall $¢8kn bi ordertorxmFlywtth regLlation4 butwa
grndu81ty InereA50d our numb8r5. hyy*. to$Ung and 90th1 dL81arthg
gLdddln8s In mlnd. We gnoyjuraged gupststo ggttho ￿t(in• and provk¥Bd pgras ofts&ls.
Whan CA)¥￿ C&Be6 on the rEe a￿lTr arourwj Chdstsnas 8nd N¥w Year, ￿ ti)nbn￿
rneet by tnownu totho modol oloutdchYQath8ring5 f￿ a fthYV￿ks'. walks amund HolbBGk
Moor%*ith 8hDI drfnk aftopwwds. u4ng ¢h•fgrJlthsatThè HclbecL
IocBkn dtha VbnU8, wKh ts outsthspaceand nearbyoreen area5. offered As
the we¥th¥ Improved, ￿ wuld s￿oUtS￿e and tr*refore were atrAe to re￿¥ oui approaEhto tho
nthibw of p80p￿ Invit￿ 8yknJkth, 811ond$nc8w•s up to an sv•wof 10 8tt0tho9 pw
*8k8NJ m to 15 + in tho ￿uMTh ￿n￿8&s gtstwwnd. Thè iqryÉsi nUm￿ra(￿.

The I￿￿tant rllhe rmthng wq8vwyinlDm*l aifirnL 8h)Wy¢hthry and r**lrvJ up ¥
Sts. bLrt￿ inrx•8￿Trg numb6rs. gaduauy movgd to? rnotB apr*oth*wlth a
￿9V$￿9 b¥wY &¢bvlty, as B qu* ora 4￿￿$S1on two Thi¥ ye8r. 2022r23. wo
xpallded (￿r￿part(￿re 10 hdude exCI￿r￿j Craftath￿ aThJ In May. three mu81c8nd18n0￿tr
5Ws led by NKky&ay. h8$ dson to a averageof 1e+
(￿r ￿thThe Hobed( has a￿0 8naLq8d u¥th kn￿80¥￿
by ￿￿¥ Unrtéd Foundaiion. Two coAch05 heve com?4kn9 earh weBk and
Lwitt a Small￿1balltsq[n from *hwg* wrguèsts. Foot￿1 hA5 3150 b88fi ppjv￿9d.
Many ttrwks aro D￿d to thè SlungLobvteArn, The H￿￿. foralo*iw ￿ 10 b
tho in @xthangè tor a mod95t moThlNy d￿dI￿n. L¢xlung lothe futyJTr.
Low ￿ seFkhg nBwwsml$8s In Hrlbèdtand have Invlted usto folkiw them rfwe vA¥h.
Mlll Hlll ChapAI
After the fir8tCowd IL¥*dwffl ￿rnd. kwinu to *8rt T￿￿r$daYrn￿bngsEQgin in
SeplambBr 2021, In ow okl hDm8 in the hal￿ at Mll Hill Cha￿￿. However. ihis w8$ dd8y6d d
to rnp￿Iy rtslng wmbers and deaths acr055 th8 country. du?to the vtrus v8rfanL
We were ab￿t0 on 2nd Oecember. Wlh
San￿9310n. mas￿￿9&￿ng and
mèasures In placè. Fbwwer, the H￿1 was
not nrwsvailatdè to ug, churchttUSt£es having
h8d no th¢i¢o butto hi￿ to rwl8rusers
orderlo recoup Gon5￿er￿b￿fU￿O510sl during
pondemlc. We Started u61ng the Chapel bulldi
itsew, wh￿￿ whle mt ktealty suited lo I￿￿ inteix*
group m¢èUngs. nw£rtWBss ho3 th8 SaM&w￿n
and 8tsnosphwo, whbrn gUbStsobv￿ty
al home.

Unfortunlltdy, ourmeB¢kno6 8tIAIII Hll had to atCP49Binon 16th Dec•rnber. theth*lrnoth0
sieop rf8g In cases ofthe Ornicron variant, Bnd thBNy.
(fverthe ngxtfew weeks. wp off￿j aroundtho
eitycentrs. seang pLrytss of interest. u6ualtyju¥l a18w
gve*s tKa￿r￿a the ￿ld. JOU￿ kinoty u8ethe
faL¥litw inth8 make hotdrink5. whth vme seNwJ
twtsh*eLY iDthfj
' leg18rt￿ on 24th Few. l￿d h
(%￿￿￿￿ed 8in¢g thon.
Aifirnlthor8 were very ￿ ￿Mb￿￿of￿￿¥ts.
ontythrnb orffrtK, and orbce ortrlce mor8 voluntBws than
guests. desFdleemdils and WhotsApp nwes b8iry sent
waek. 8utgtyjual￿ th8 kn(¥e85&1, And rKJW
there are usualy be1w88￿ 154￿ 25 guests week.
w8 we{w¥hJl￿ bgsk Ewsh support, mHinty c￿ve￿a￿on.
Athsome ￿ of everyday VQLthW. 8nd S￿read1rvaIW1Itr￿ practke ofstyle I￿rd¥
pht¥¥Q*
Recen￿Y￿ spetrtthp sossioTh 13￿rva a group of 159uests on a widwlt0wofL￿¥ aty
Llbrnry lo see th8 rnany drffgrnnl ¥qtW¢Og 1x0￿d￿, and Intero&tgroup84vaiWe. Sev8￿ of
thèm bee8me Ilbrnry mernber8onthr6
Wq Thya 8 debt ￿[ga￿tUde10 IM JoJame8 Ihe tnJ6tees H￿1 Chap4 for
generous￿ allo¥￿￿ thveT8sIKM aub to kNethe olapelfrqe c4thargetsour m•6bry.
819n1ft￿nI Dv•its 2021-22
Hc41rfk nwlng ￿ Zwn.
16th Au9LJSi- a group ofgu09ts vokntws
LEDAS IL8eds t*8trtul6 A8ybJm Sookw ￿pportI. and
￿￿k uptho nearby fdl.
th090 thè Winnln9 ofthèrthlBm& and thugh

thay￿￿[(￿¢￿d fa¢triTrfa¢8 m08th￿8&S 8 fuA f8wguoats
f￿1￿t0 c￿bat isoL*￿.
maknIy￿thA&1Bn 144tTr4d In 60•8ton Port.
14115(Klotw.Lg￿Lkts￿￿T￿ grtyJp8
Ofv[￿U￿1eern, on iknDc0￿1Jt￿e n￿bts. ioDk
parbe5 Ll gU￿tsaroUnd ￿eSP￿darUK￿r Ight
Ihe c￿.
Ihe Nalionallty & Border5 golng th
PArt￿ment, h&¥e a sav8r8
allve many wlum wkwg.
v￿ntell¥ •rthw¥Jod guethto m*e<rf8rtgè
rt$ 8$ • 91un Or8d￿¥r￿. Or￿ thgn 8kng
ith Suff from Asy1(wiMaii6rs4￿ M*
7h881mthoy ￿￿the Lqad8 publi¢ wotost
j15￿￿ Mill HI￿ Chapel whK*was atte￿d by
the Lord May￿. plus the cou￿1 Leaderand
Oeputy L•llder.
and ILrth by onp Dfourty
wa8 al SowEgArtsin ￿rkSta￿. a great

Chtsfv8 2tr21. Con¥usAkn aub fvaugh￿l Ihq Chrith05 pwKd 8tNIIII
Hll Chapel, soour [nal￿￿ Mu511m gu8518s￿l had S￿n@￿A￿ to r(*e1¥A￿￿ mLKh gknwa5
dosed.
9th Feb 2022.￿￿￿ty￿￿f0r￿ewTr￿Avnts8r9 was laun￿, asnurthrn W f$Udn to
around 10 dunno the pandamK. Trls was vwywoxsslul. rasulbnu in over20 appli(ants. of
8bDut 12 nrm meotiws regu￿ v)tyThakE. They¥A#￿r•8dya¥pj1
20th Marth 2022.￿￿￿￿. Wèwet
pl&a8ed to lawth ￿rfi[SI?￿tbSIte, %thl
thanks toour dps¥n8r CJAre W of
WebsltesAWI has n￿nY pog1
eommAntsfor rt5 wbr8ni h)okand
tomwehèrth contsnt ThgwII rnake 1
¥$w for peoJe to*ss Informati￿ about
us. and 10 kewow guests 8nd vrAUTrt￿ Inforrmd.
ofg•nl••lloMY￿ ha￿ wryked vAth d*lngY*y•4r
Opgrn North. Club gub5ts huve tsk6n thBntopoflrnofjr*ets Supp￿￿ 10
asWum 58gkws. tD atte￿ vadwsCOr￿ert5. indudlnglaz4 Middle Eas￿ music, a￿j
thiklw'suc*astral coThxrL In Math. ￿8￿nIrS JtBrted for On UrM￿l￿g,1￿1Prr￿tlDngl LulaLry
P￿1*d, tr>ttA￿t ￿1r￿a9 lul8bkn aroundth8 ￿￿rfd, frcffl guèsL*
TrKduntset8.
Ow SDwceArts. lire Offoulth¥frKa￿*Qry bya wMs1.
FeNEdus usonA doy tr￿)forgu￿91S kn the 08lps.
Rfjfi&*è ccrfmcl.we attwded mBatlng&txg8nW t¢hdp ￿&￿uM 808kws ki h(th.
Cafv4Calaks. thwity P￿￿Ing doth8$￿￿ rthr h4p, AbocftmpllignMg
atyum seekerJ.
R&hryse8. Convotsthn C￿ts rn8ml)8rdttg&cwnp*nlng grtyjp
Ch¢*. Choy. Hamonychdr. A5rnaDMVoKx8

A8fvmAtsNWS. r•rnpaW[rFa￿j awaren89&￿rQ r￿￿on. w8
th severaltirne&
L880& Unrted ￿A¢fve L4Bds-foolbsll dub *tho Hob
Alotfnents gr￿p ai W(thh￿ Moor.
A$￿Jn￿¢8Trt P8rt oflhe work we Ibto hqlp Dur guèsts h¥ofves s19nw￿tiw to r4gv8ntagondBB
h4wruth*h ￿tho￿lne ￿p￿￿￿10￿s. olh8r1nf0￿naI￿n nggds
to a ￿ld0 ranuo ol b8u•s, frtsm IW lo and probknffj. In
s, we have gradual￿ eNpanded the range ofuganwtiDnswthvththv￿ erb ￿nned￿J-
Loeds and bÈyMd-and ghare nthv5 and prol*ts.
Fundws
Wa submthd sover4 akWk8VoN8forknndkng duringth8 y8ar. 8nd*ve$uw￿S5fiA m obtaini
fwdsfrom the [dh￿r￿j..
The Brelm5TrustaO-£4SC#J
W&*'stharlty. £2.5
W8 ext￿ ￿r￿n￿￿eth@￿kS lo thesg ty9¥n￿￿t￿nSfOrth￿r5UpPLwl. fund$,
C(ywetsaUon aubwoukl not be a￿e to
0urannU￿ Brcounts 2021-2022 are a￿labl￿ a5 a 5Vtatptk*xmwl.
A hu9& ThaDk YCMJ. i¥due ID l*ev￿d￿rUl 1gjmofvi￿nteern41 Convo￿ti￿n CAub.withoui
it8imp1ycoWnlfLmcthI.
tr*pand8M￿ kx*dLwmsth8ytsthknty Bltended ¥¥oekty me*fog ¢0 knep
thifvjs go￿g, I8￿t￿f￿r0 slarted again they duty lurTW w, ehowTrJl
atyj &nthusi*¥￿ b take up ￿ere they had loftoff years before-onlyiKvwthèy wa
nI￿n9 meetiw& aTrA*th. Instead ofon¢.
Som8 perfum￿ extra IB5ks swh as ap[d￿ng ffrf fundlng. taking ffleBtng minutes.
o￿nI￿r￿a w•Ms. and aiknknoni vtsHs. r￿ap5 mDst lrnportanuy, k86pIw
JL* by ph￿$ orlgrt conseqU￿uY WpwYJ b)xfvomAny drfterent

ourouèth bythop8ndbmk, 0.9. cI7wJre a#•8Sb)fwY tr*nko•tL
Bl I￿rOus￿ done inthgr w)Ime,W[trJ￿Curd￿￿1l
I TrAtyAd11kd to thank Thyl￿felloW Irustsos. uzTh(￿S￿ and Wa9asAJ BJJi&d
Qs well as perfiyrnmg 9Bnoral ￿[unI￿r dutses. fvave worked hard all8￿1nD trustèè rn08ln95,
to moke do￿¥￿$ wovhllng me Ur*￿nti￿ 5UPWXt. Tha￿ have been
h¥dUab￿ In kwng Convèr88bon Cjub 8fl031 durhig this chameryhg tvne of0M￿n9 from
P8rthl¢.
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