10 September 2026 · Leeds
Our third community pantry opens in Keighley next month
After six months of quiet work, our Keighley members are ready to open the fourth pantry in the network.
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West Yorkshire · England
Support networks and community, built by neighbours.
FreeNation West Yorkshire is a grassroots, non-partisan community network. We help people look after one another across the Yorkshire region — practical mutual aid, local organising, and a place to belong.
“As we find ourselves in this world of oppression and tyranny, we are creating support networks and community across the Yorkshire region.”
Peaceful & lawful
Volunteer-run
Non-partisan & inclusive
Reachable & accountable
Who we are
A community looking after its own.
FreeNation West Yorkshire brings neighbours together to solve everyday problems that no one should face alone. We believe strong communities are built locally — person to person, street by street, town by town. We organise peacefully, act lawfully, and welcome everyone who wants to help or needs a hand.
Care
Checking in on neighbours, sharing resources, and making sure people are not left isolated.
Connection
Meetups, groups and local events so people find friendship, support and a sense of belonging.
Capability
Skills, tools and knowledge shared freely, so the community grows more self-reliant together.
What we do
Practical support, run by volunteers.
Everything we do is community-led and free to take part in. Here is where we focus.
Mutual aid
Food, essentials and neighbourly help coordinated locally — reaching people who ask, and those who might not.
Local groups & meetups
Regular gatherings across the region where members meet, share, plan and support one another.
Skills & knowledge sharing
Workshops and peer learning — from gardening and repair to first aid, budgeting and organising.
Welcome & wellbeing
A friendly first point of contact for anyone feeling isolated, and signposting to trusted local services.
Where we work
Rooted across West Yorkshire.
We organise locally in towns and neighbourhoods throughout the county. New groups start wherever members step forward.
Leeds
Bradford
Wakefield
Huddersfield
Halifax
Keighley
Dewsbury
Batley
Castleford
Pontefract
Brighouse
Todmorden
This month
What's coming up.
A few of the meetups and workshops running across the network right now.
From the network
Recent updates.
1 September 2026 · Bradford
Repair cafe fixes its 200th thing
Two years of Saturday afternoons and we have kept two hundred things out of landfill. Coffee is on us at the next one.
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