What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Check out this YouTube video, which is a tribute to the buildings of Holbeck which were demoloished over a year ago to make way fore the Holbeck and Beeston Hill PFI regeneration scheme. The video slideshow includes some really nice images and was uploaded by ‘Good Honest Iago’. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sl2voOzc1k&w=420&h=315]
I started working at SLATE at the end of November and I’ve been very impressed by what this small social enterprise achieves. SLATE has three goals: – to provide employment and volunteering opportunities to people with learning difficulties – to provide a source of reasonably priced, second hand furniture to
Thousands of people are expected to experience all the fun of the fair as the Leeds Valentine’s Fair returns to Beeston to celebrate its 21st birthday. The fair opens at 5pm on Thursday 9 February with more than 100 attractions. This year the fair will welcome for the first time
We were browsing through YouTube when we came across this video of a new mural created by talented youngsters at the new South Leeds Youth Hub in Belle Isle. The mural was apparently painted during a series of workshops at the hubon the topics of what goes on there, pool, biking, hair dressing
A community group in South Leeds is looking for keen volunteers who are interested in taking a ‘Walk on the Wide Side’ over the next few months. The Friends of Skelton Grange are running a series of volunteer days and training events to create a new nature trail at Skelton
Leeds City Council has sent a message to the government criticising the impact of austerity measures on children and young people. At yesterday’s full meeting of the council in the Civic Hall, Middleton Park councillor Judith Blake referenced a recent report into the impact of austerity measures on families and went on to
Police are appealing for information to trace to three suspects who are believed to have broken into a 90-year-old woman’s house by claiming to be police officers. The incident occurred between 10am and 10.30am on Tuesday morning and at a house on Longroyd Street North in Beeston. Three men, two of
Happy New Year and Welcome Back to Friday Night Project! We had our first night back on Friday 6th January and despite the cold, young people from South Leeds braved the weather and came in high spirits, giving us a busy start to the new year with 85 young people attending. We
These are busy times for us here at South Leeds Life and we thought we’d provide you with a quick update on some of the stuff we’re doing. The deadline for the second issue of South Leeds Life magazine is this Friday, so if you’ve got anything you’d like to contribute
South Leeds Life reader Steve Thompson has sent us the following details of an event in Beeston which will benefit a really good cause… A 1940’s music and dancing evening in aid of Cancer Research UK will be held on Saturday 3rd March, at 7.30pm in Beeston Parish Centre. Tickets