What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
What’s on in Middleton Park? Become a ‘Friend of Middleton Park’ May 2011 Programme The Friends are delighted to announce the start of their summer programme! We will be opening the Lakeside Centre every Sunday 2-4p.m from 1st May until the end of September. Do come and join us for
The Hunslet Club is set to host one of the grandest Royal Wedding celebrations in South Leeds with a huge party for all the family starting 10:30 am onwards on Friday 29th April. The right royal occasion will be shown live on the big screen, live music will be provided by
Have you heard the news? North Leeds is to get a Wellbeing Centre – wow that must be costing a bit – in fact I wouldn’t be surprised if it costs about £30M. Lucky north Leeds I say. Hang on – what about having a Wellbeing Centre in south Leeds
Volunteers at Skelton Grange Environment Centre are buzzing about a new spiral shaped herb garden area that will provide sweet nectar for bees, as well as a sensory experience for children visiting the centre. The herb spiral is part of the ‘Bee Involved’ project, organised by the Friends of Skelton
The candidates have been announced for the local elections which take place on Thursday 5th May. The election will be for one councillor in each of our three wards to serve on Leeds City Council. There will also be a national referendum (vote) on whether Britain should change its voting
One of South Leeds treasures, Middleton Railway, will start running trains again on Saturday 2nd April. To mark this our header photo for April shows the locos on display at the Middleton Railway Trust in Hunslet. Guest blogger Fraser Croft gives us more details. The Middleton Railway was established by
How many plastic bottles does it take to make a greenhouse? Councillor Angela Gabriel is appealing to people living across the Beeston area to save their plastic bottles for a forthcoming project. As part of this year’s Beeston Festival, which takes place on June 11th in Cross Flatts Park, committee
The Holbeck Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) is encouraging local residents to help guard against becoming a victim of vehicle crime at a special roadshow event this weekend. Police officers and police community support officers (PCSOs) will be based at West Yorkshire Police’s mobile exhibition vehicle in the car park of
Lots of exciting things going on at the Hunslet Club at the moment, we’ve just been cited as a model of community sports enterprise in action by the Amatuer Boxing Association of England as well as being featured on the My Life in Leeds blog. There are lots of things
The next meeting of the Gaitskell Community Association will be on Tuesday 5th April. The Association covers residents living in the Meynells, Gaitskells, Meynell Heights, Ninevahs, Balms and Sandlewoods areas of Holbeck and has been active since 1997. The April meeting will be the annual general meeting. The meeting will