Jamaica Society Leeds
jamaicasocleeds.bsky.social
Jamaica Society Leeds
@jamaicasocleeds.bsky.social
Charity championing #Jamaica's culture, people, heritage in the UK and caring about the welfare and wellbeing of our community in #Leeds since 1977. Proud of our HQ Jamaica House #OutofManyFestival #WindrushGeneration
💚🎄 JOIN US THIS SATURDAY FOR CHRISTMAS CAROLS… JA STYLE! 🎶💛

🤶🏾Come sing, celebrate & share in the warmth.🎤

🎉A festive vibe+a reggae twist! ✨
—Irish music. ☘️
📅 Sat 13 Dec
⏰ 3pm – 5pm
📍 Jamaica House, LS7 3HA

Bring the family & the #Christmas #joy!❤️💚💛

👉🏾 rsvp@jamaicasocietyleeds.co.uk
📞 0770965910
December 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
🎄💛 Christmas spirit, reggae joy! 💚🎶
Join Jamaica Society Leeds for our Christmas Carol Service- festive carols, reggae Christmas vibes + a special performance from the Irish community! ☘️❤️

📅 13 Dec | ⏰ 3–5pm
📍 Jamaica House, LS7 3HA
👉🏾 rsvp@jamaicasocietyleeds.co.uk
#Christmas #Jamaica #Leeds #reggae
December 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
🎅🏾Carols, Community & Culture 💖
🎄This season, when we gather, we shine brighter.

💝Help us keep that joy for 2026!
🔵When you shop at #Tesco, vote for #Jamaica Society #Leeds in the #BlueToken campaign. Saturday Socials for all.

💛 The more tokens, more #StrongerStarts .

#ChristmasSpirit
#Christmas
December 7, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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💛🎄 This Christmas, Vote for #Community! 🎄💛
We’re part of the #Tesco #StrongerStarts #BlueToken campaign. Your vote helps us keep elders and youths connected via our Saturday Socials.

The power of generations united during the Hurricane relief effort. That spirit continues.

#Jamaica #Leeds
December 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
🎄✨ SAVE THE DATE! CHRISTMAS CAROL SERVICE ✨🎄
🎅🏾 Sat 13 Dec, 3pm 🤶🏾
Jamaica Society Leeds invites everyone—bring your nans, granddads, grand-aunts, uncles, little ones… or just bring yourself! 💛💚❤️
Elderly-friendly & intergenerational—let’s celebrate together! 🎶🕯️❤️💚💛
#ChristmasCarol
#Leeds
#Christmastime
December 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Grace Has the Final Word. 💛

💚 In our last #volunteer spotlight for #HurricaneMelissaRelief, Grace Macintosh is inspired by her heritage, and #Jamaica that has given the world so much. 🇯🇲✨

We’re humbled by her grace. 🙏🏾

#Leeds #Community
#StrongerTogether #JamaicaStrong
December 4, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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Volunteer Appreciation – We Couldn’t Do It Without You! 💚🖤💛

💝 ’Tis the Season of Giving & Reflection 🙏🏾

Our hearts are with #Jamaica recovering from #HurricaneMelissa.
Last month, we were a true #community hub. Volunteers from across #Leeds (and even Bradford!) 🇯🇲📦
December 3, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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🌟 MONDAY MOTIVATION 🌟
90+ YEARS YOUNG AND STILL GIVING WITH LOVE! 💛💚🖤

Meet two incredible nonagenarians whose hearts are as strong as their roots. 👴🏾💪🏾👵🏾
Their actions this week left us truly moved. 🥲

#MondayMotivation #HurricaneMelissaRelief
#JamaicaStrong
December 1, 2025 at 6:03 AM
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🌟 Thank You Leeds! 🙏🏾🇯🇲

Our Drop Off Centre is now closed for 2025.

Over the past weeks, YOU have shown what true community spirit looks like.
Every donation, box packed, hour volunteered - #Leeds stood strong for #Jamaica. 🇬🇧💪🏾🇯🇲

#HurricaneMelissaRelief
#OneLove
#Community
November 30, 2025 at 9:57 AM
🏉RUGBY LADIES IN HURRICANE RELIEF ACTION TODAY!🇯🇲

The #Jamaica Reggae Warriors Women’s Rugby Team are stepping into a different kind of scrum to pack for #HurricaneMelissaRelief 💛💚🖤
🇬🇧👉🏾🇯🇲
#Leeds #Community #StrongerTogether #JamaicaStrong #OneLove
November 29, 2025 at 9:39 AM
📣 IT’S FRIDAY. WE’RE COLLECTING & BOXING TODAY!📦🇯🇲

#HurricaneMelissaRelief continues at Jamaica House and…
👉🏾Tomorrow is the LAST DAY to donate for 2025. 🚗🛍️

🧺Bring your essentials, let’s make every item count for those in need. 💛💚🖤
#SupportJamaica #Jamaica #Leeds #StrongerTogether
#HurricaneMelissa
November 28, 2025 at 7:55 AM
💚Big Hits, Bigger Hearts!💛
The Reggae Warriors Women’s Team are trading tackles for teamwork this Saturday, packing #HurricaneMelissaRelief donations at #Jamaica House. 📦🏉
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One #community. One team. One mission. 🇬🇧👉🏾🇯🇲

#Leeds #StrongerTogether #JamaicaStrong #OneLove
November 27, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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⏳ LAST DAYS TO DONATE! 🇯🇲📦
Our final collection for #HurricaneMelissaRelief donations for 2025 is this Friday & Saturday.
🙏🏾You’re so generous , we’ve run out of space… again! 💛💚🖤

Thank you!

Finish strong, Leeds!
Full list 👉🏾 shorturl.at/X6SL9

#Jamaica #Leeds #StrongerTogether
November 27, 2025 at 7:04 AM
🎁Need more boxes? Cheryl Moore delivers!🙋🏽‍♀️
🇯🇲Just when our Hurricane Melissa Relief efforts need more boxes, the marvellous Cheryl Moore delivers more pallets…relief in motion.📦✨”

Thank you 💚🖤💛

#Community #HurricaneMelissaRelief #StrongerTogether #JamaicaStrong
#ThankYouLeeds
#Jamaica #Leeds
November 26, 2025 at 7:02 PM
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💛 Community Appreciation! 🇯🇲
Huge thank you to Pete Tatham (Hyde Park Source) for transporting donations from Seacroft Grange Care Home — and to Kadie Price, Simone Angel & the team for organising the collections. 🙌🏾
#HurricaneMelissaRelief #Community #ThankYouLeeds
November 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
🇯🇲 Rest peacefully, Jimmy Cliff.

His songs were anthems, his voice unmistakable, his impact eternal.
We join #Jamaica and the global #reggae family in mourning a cultural giant whose music carried our spirit to the world.
🕊️ Walk good, #JimmyCliff. #OneLove.💚🖤💛
#ReggaeLegend
November 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
❄️🚗 All the way from Saltburn-By-the-Sea to support #Jamaica! 🇯🇲💚

Thanks to Lorna Bennett, who drove through the snow with donations from Rosedene Nursery and Saltburn Primary School. 🙌🏾💛💚🖤

❤️ across counties!
#Community #JamaicaStrong #StrongerTogether
#NorthYorkshire
November 24, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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🌟 Honouring legacy. Serving community. 🇯🇲
Keeley Gardner-Parker - granddaughter of #Windrush pioneer & RAF veteran Alford Gardner -volunteered at #Jamaica House #Leeds for the #HurricaneMelissaRelief Drive.

She volunteered in his memory bringing “her granddad with her”. 🙏🏾

#CaribbeanCommunity
November 23, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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🌟 Sky Business Leeds showed up for Jamaica! 🇯🇲💛💚🖤
Huge respect to Tulsy, Leon, Keeley, Charlotte & James for volunteering at Jamaica House to support the #HurricaneMelissaRelief Drive. From sorting to lifting, they jumped straight into the hard work. 💪🏾
#Community #Sky
#Leeds #Jamaica
November 22, 2025 at 4:09 PM
🇯🇲 We’re Collecting Tomorrow! 💛💚🖤

Thank you, #Leeds, for your incredible support so far of our #HurricaneMelissaRelief
Let’s keep going for #Jamaica. 🙏🏾✨

ONLY items on the essential list accepted found here.
👉🏾 shorturl.at/X6SL9

#StrongerTogether
#JamaicaStrong
November 20, 2025 at 8:08 PM
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🌱 Help Jamaica Grow Again! 💛💚🖤
Hurricane Melissa devastated Jamaica’s western parishes - the island’s bread basket.
We’re collecting seeds to help farmers restart their livelihoods.

🌾 See list of seeds below. 👇🏾

#Jamaica #Leeds #HurricaneMelissaRelief #Community
#JamaicaStrong
#OneLove
November 20, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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SMALL ACTS. BIG IMPACT. 💚💛🖤

Our #HurricaneMelissaRelief effort is powered by kindness. Surprise drop-offs of boxes & tapes & drivers, you showed up for #Jamaica.

Thanks Helen Maycock, Cheryl Moore, Vi Brown, Danny Dayton, Leanne Thomas-Blair, Adam and Pete. 🙏🏾✨
#Leeds
#ThankYouLeeds
#OneLove
November 19, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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🚚💛💚🖤 MOVING DAY MONDAY!

📦 Today the boxes move and hope moves with them. 🇬🇧👉🏾🇯🇲

Donations for #HurricaneMelissaRelief are on their way to Birmingham, then shipped to #Jamaica where Food for the Poor ensures they reach those most in need
#ThankYouLeeds
#FoodforthePoor
November 17, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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💛💚🖤 ONE LOVE SUNDAY 💖✨

SENDING LOVE TO JAMAICA 🇯🇲

Our amazing volunteers filled Jamaica House with warmth, packing every box with love for families affected by Hurricane Melissa.

Your generosity is travelling far. ❤️

#OneLoveJamaica #Jamaica #Leeds #HurricaneMelissaRelief
November 16, 2025 at 10:41 AM
💛💚🖤 Not all heroes wear capes-some bake cakes! 🍰✨

Huge thanks to the Reginald Centre team, esp Sharon Campbell & Nicole Hardaker, raising £530+ for #HurricaneMelissaRelief

Sharon rallied supporters, with top cake donations from @TheBiskery to supports survivors.

#Community at its sweetest! 🙏🏾
November 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM