Community

We’re passionate about making our city a better place.

The Waste Team are dedicated to making leeds and the surrounding areas cleaner.

Community Sponsorships

Wortley Football Club

Wortley Football Club (FC) is a not-for-profit, family-orientated club that provides children with football opportunities. It has several teams, ranging from U7s to U18s, in the West Leeds community.

How Do We Help Wortley Boys FC?

We are proud to sponsor the Wortley Football Club, the local boys’ football team. We are always looking to help out wherever we can and support our local teams.

The Camp Detox Boxing Club

The Camp Detox Boxing Club is a family-run boxing gym in Leeds that helps children ages six and up stay fit and healthy. They offer training and support for young athletes who want to compete in boxing competitions.

How do we help Camp Detox?

We’ve been proud sponsors of Camp Detox Boxing since it first opened. The gym is located in The Waste Team HQ – you might just spot us sparring there after a long day! We also sponsor some of the boxers so they can progress in the sport.

Purple Rain Dance

Purple Rain Dance offers a range of disciplines, including poms, dance twirl and military freestyle dancing for children aged three and over.

This group provides a safe space for children to learn new skills, make new friends and become confident. But most of all, everyone has lots of fun! Join the group today.

How Do We Help Purple Rain Dance?

We proudly sponsor the Purple Rain dance troupe, which is locally run in Leeds. Our yearly sponsorship contributes to new uniforms and equipment.

Community Work

Sue Ryder

Sue Ryder is a UK charity that offers support to people approaching the end of life or living with life-limiting illness or grief. For over 70 years, they have been a source of support for when it matters the most.

How Do We Help Sue Ryder?

In 2023, we supported the Sue Ryder Wheatfields Hospice in Headingley by recycling Christmas trees in the local area. With other volunteers’ help, over 700 trees were recycled, and a total of £12,250 was raised from the collection.

Cash for Kids

Cash for Kids is a grant-giving charity that helps children and young people affected by poverty, illness, neglect or additional needs. As part of its work, Cash for Kids runs ‘Mission Christmas’, a community-wide appeal that delivers donated gifts to children in the local area.

How Do We Help Cash for Kids?

For the last six years, we’ve collected all commercial waste from Cash for Kids’ head office in Leeds. This charity does so much to ensure disadvantaged children and young people can live life to the fullest, so we are more than happy to support them.

Candlelighters

Candlelighters is a Yorkshire charity with a clear vision to ‘bring light and hope to all families affected by childhood cancer’. This charity provides emotional, financial and practical support, along with vital research to help the lives of kids diagnosed with cancer.

How Do We Help Candlelighters?

As part of our ethos, we like to help local charities in the community. We’ve cleared the Candlelighters cottage in Leeds free of charge. It’s great to continue our work with such a great charity.

Leeds Mind

Leeds Mind supports the people of Leeds to discover their own resources to ‘recover’ from periods of poor mental health and to live life independently with their mental health condition.

How Do We Help Leeds Mind?

We have joined forces with the incredible team at Leeds Mind and updated our signs around Leeds to help everyone #CarryTheBurden.

“The Waste Team has banded together to champion our work of supporting anyone experience a mental health difficulty, which is especially appreciated during this tough time for everyone. It’s testament to the business that they’re still finding the time to support their local community in the midst of the pandemic!

It’s great that the friendly team is willing to have such honest and frank conversations about mental health – in such a male-dominated industry, this really will help people fight the stigma around talking about our mental health, and remind everyone that it’s “OK not to be OK”.

By helping us through their services, taking part in our fundraising campaigns and by donating their advertising space on roundabout signage across the city (thanks also to Leeds City Council!), they are helping us work towards better mental health for all in Leeds.”

– Emily Cotter, Leeds Mind

How Do The Waste Team Help Leeds Utd?

Aside from our incredible moral support for Leeds United, The Waste Team clean up the streets around Elland Road regularly. We recycle 90% of the waste we collect and are 100% committed to limiting the environmental impact of our activities.

We continue our partnership with Leeds Parks and Countryside Service, sponsoring their great work in our amazing city with The Waste Team ft Leeds United signs at Elland Road.

Supporting The Meanwood Community at The Christmas Lights Switch On

Aside from enjoying the festive atmosphere, The Waste Team joined the Meanwood community to help keep the streets clean during their Christmas lights switch on. Armed with our trusty litter pickers, we collected and recycled 90% of the waste we found, showing our commitment to reducing environmental impact.

We loved chatting with local residents and supporting such a brilliant community event – thanks for having us, Meanwood!