We believe people with learning disabilities have the same right to volunteering, work and personal growth opportunities as anyone else. So that’s what we provide, right in the heart of our Leeds communities, in our Feel Good Furniture shop.

Director, Dave Firth

“When I joined SLATE, my first instinct was to think what I can do for this organisation. As it happens, it’s been all about what they have done for me. Never in my life have I had the privilege to work with such dedicated, inspiring people. I have been shown what true support is, what friendship can really mean to someone and also what hard work is really about.

I see challenges faced every day and stumbling blocks overcome. I see people grow in ways they never thought possible. I see acts of kindness that are selfless, and I also see a family. From its foundation, SLATE has been about its people. They are the lifeblood that makes it work.

I could talk all day about how much money we make, how many tonnes of furniture we divert from landfill. That is very important to us and makes the organisation continue, but we’re about helping people, and our great team - staff and volunteers. We’re about celebration. A celebration of talent.”

Caring for the people, community and planet.