A FEEL-GOOD day designed to help assess health needs in Aireborough attracted young people and parents.

The Aireborough Health Initiative partnership between health service staff, Leeds City Council and other organisations, put on its Family Feel Good Day event at Yeadon Town Hall on Saturday, as part of its drive to assess community health.

Although organisers say they would have liked to have seen more people turn up, they were pleased to have a number of young people present, and say many of the families who visited to see the entertainment on offer also filled out a special questionnaire on health.

Locality development manager, Rox Summers, said: "We had people coming in to see the performances, and we have some parents who filled out the questionnaires."

Visitors to the event were invited to join in a pilates or aerobics sessions, and the day also featured dance demonstrations by the Rawdon Park Twirlers, and the Tracy Syrill dance school. In a drive to attract more people to come and give their views, the event also offered competition prizes including tickets to nightclubs, bowling alleys and Leeds Rhinos matches.

She said the partnership had hoped to collate much greater numbers of questionnaire responses from parents present at the event.

Aireborough Health Initiative carried out a survey of 3,000 secondary school children in the area, asking about their wishes, concerns and needs, both in terms of health services, and everyday services and facilities.

Initial results of the youth survey point at young people wanting a skate park or other youth facilities in the area, and -- echoing a survey carried out by a Trinity and All Saints College Student last year - also say young people are concerned about crime.