Christmas Gift Giving at Lineham Farm 🎄🎅🎁

This year Youth Hubz and Care Hubz are taking part in Christmas gift giving at Lineham Farm for Leeds Childrens Charity! If you would like to donate to this amazing charity you can do so by picking a tag of choice from our tree in reception at head office. Alternatively, if you won’t get chance to attend the office and would still like to donate you can make a cash donation and we will get a gift for you!


All gifts need to be new and unused and they can not accept any toy guns or knives.

You can put the gifts into a gift bag but please do not wrap them up.

Please can all gifts be dropped off at the office by the 5th of December🎄🎅🎁☃️

A partnership with purpose

We Choose Leeds Children’s Charity at Lineham Farm as our Christmas children’s charity as we wanted to make a impact to the local community.

This partnership goes beyond just charitable giving – by supporting, you’re actively participating in brightening the lives of children who need it most, right here in Leeds.

Our Youth Hubz Elves will be working hard wrapping up all the gifts ahead of dropping them off on 7th December. 🎄🎅🎁☃️

April

Floating Support keyworkers
After leaving school, I worked in the textile industry for over 20 years. To support and encourage my daughter to attend college I completed an access to higher education course, where I had the chance to volunteer at a homeless shelter as part of the curriculum.

My passion for helping others then led me to start working with young people, initially in a mother and baby unit. In 2003, I joined Calderdale Council as a casual residential worker, becoming a permanent staff member in 2007. I then moved to a short break unit for children with learning disabilities in 2011, where I stayed until 2015 before changing my career path to focus more on support than care.

For the next 8 years, I had the privilege of supporting 16-18 year old care leavers, and I was even promoted to manager in 2018. It was a very rewarding experience, but I was eager for a new challenge when the opportunity to become a team leader working with Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children (UASC) became available. I'm really enjoying the new experiences and the chance to support these young people as they navigate the asylum process and work towards living independently developing skills for community safety and involvement, personal hygiene, and basis English.

Outside of work, I cherish my time with my children and grandchildren. It brings me great joy to be able to spend quality time with my loved ones.

Babita Mehta

24/7 Operational Manager
Babita has worked with children for over 20 years. She has worked in the Education sector in a safeguarding role, before transitioning into Safeguarding Lead with Youth Hubz Semi Independent Support where she has worked for the last 18months. She is currently completing Level 4 in Children, Young People and Families Practitioner and ensures she keeps up to date with her role by attending various Safeguarding Leadership courses with new legislation and guidance. Babita has been Safeguarding Lead since 2021. She supports the implementation of policies and procedures with safeguarding practices. She ensures staff are up to date with all the developments in child protection policy, research, practice and guidance. In 2023 Babita was promoted to Operational Manager for 24/7 support.