NUJ Leeds and West Yorkshire

AGM 2026
2026-03-11 18:30 - 21:30 (Europe/London)
Join us for the branch AGM in the City Room at Leeds Playhouse where we’ll be welcoming a panel of guest speakers to talk about the future of local news.

Peg Alexander, freelance presenter, journalist, broadcaster and non-profit CEO

John Baron, editor of the West Leeds Dispatch and staff member at the Independent Community News Network

Abi Whistance, a former Yorkshire Evening Post reporter and now editor of Mill Media’s The Post

We’ll also elect your committee and other branch roles for 2026/27 and present any life memberships.

There will be time for socialising before and after the meeting. A buffet will be provided, including vegan and vegetarian options.

Join us from 6.30pm for a 7pm start. The event will end at 9.30pm.

Accessibility details are available on the Playhouse website. You can also email nujleedswy@gmail.com to discuss any other access requirements.

Please book your place below as soon as you can so we can order the right amount of food! Please reply to the email to let us know any dietary requirements.

Regional TUC attitudes meeting
2026-03-16 18:00 - 19:30 | Zoom
On 21st and 22nd March, we will be sending delegates to the TUC North East, Yorkshire and Humber conference in Durham.

This meeting is to establish how members of NUJ branches in Yorkshire and the North East would like our delegates to vote on motions.

All members are welcome. The Zoom link will be sent out by email and in the WhatsApp group.

Curry in Shipley - April 2026 Social
2026-04-08 19:00 - 21:00 | Shipley Aagrah, 4 Saltaire Road, Shipley, BD18 3HN
We’re heading out for curry for the branch’s April social.

Join us at Shipley Aagrah – it’s a three-course buffet so fixed price (not including drinks). It’s a nine-minute walk from Shipley Rail Station, or you can park outside (just make sure you register your car in the restaurant to avoid a fine!).

All journalists past and present are welcome, including those who are not currently members. Partners welcome.

Please RSVP below as soon as possible so we know how many people to book for.

NUJ Leeds & West Yorkshire Branch Meeting - May
2026-05-13 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
All branch members are welcome – and encouraged – to join this online branch meeting.

Read the full agenda and reports in the Members’ Area (login required).

Guest speaker is confirmed as Sian Harrison, co-author of McNae’s Essential Law for Journalists, the media law book described as the “journalists’ bible”.

Sian was appointed by the National Council for the Training of Journalists and Oxford University Press to work with Mark Hanna on McNae’s in 2021.

Previously law service editor of PA Media, she began her career in journalism in 2006 as a trainee at the Hull Daily Mail and later relocated to London.

June social in Leeds
2026-06-10 18:00 - 21:00 | Brewery Wharf Tavern, 3 Brewery Place, Leeds, LS10 1NE
Join us for our next branch social, this time in Leeds.

Socials are an opportunity to meet and chat without any of the branch business getting in the way! It’s an informal chance to get to know fellow journalists in the area.

This month, we’re meeting at Brewery Wharf in Leeds.

All welcome – members or not.

NUJ Leeds & West Yorkshire Branch Meeting - July
2026-07-08 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom
All branch members are welcome – and encouraged – to join this online branch meeting.

Read the full agenda and reports in the Members’ Area (login required).

NUJ Leeds & West Yorkshire Branch Meeting - September
2026-09-09 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom

DM motions
2026-10-28 19:00 - 21:30 | Zoom
This meeting is to discuss what motions we’d like to put forward as a branch for the next NUJ DM.

NUJ Leeds & West Yorkshire Branch Meeting - November
2026-11-11 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom

NUJ Leeds & West Yorkshire Branch Meeting - January
2027-01-13 19:00 - 20:30 | Zoom

DM amendments
2027-02-24 19:00 - 21:30 | Zoom
This meeting is to discuss amendments to NUJ DM motions.

AGM 2027
2027-03-10 18:30 - 21:30
Join us for the branch AGM.

Full details to follow nearer the time.

DM attitudes
2027-03-31 19:00 - 21:30 | Zoom
We will be sending delegates to the NUJ DM where the union’s policy is decided.

This meeting is to establish how members of the Leeds and West Yorkshire branch would like our delegates to vote on motions.

All members are welcome. The Zoom link will be sent out by email and in the WhatsApp group.
