Older people get help with their shopping in South Leeds
Asian elders can get help with their shopping in South Leeds thanks to a service currently being run by the Parivar Lunch Club. See below for details:
Leeds Social Media Surgery scoops award
The Social Media Surgery, a national network created to support community and voluntary groups, is the latest winner of the Prime Minister’s Big Society Award. The Leeds Social Media Surgery – one of more than 60 across the UK – is held monthly at the Round Foundry in Holbeck. These
Bookmarked: Naked Cottingley rambler ‘in the land of the Green Hairstreak’
Caught this article by Martin Wainwright, who’s written a fabulous piece on the Guardian’s Northerner blog about naturist Nigel Keer being fined over £300 for walking around Otley Chevin starkers. Keer hails from the Cottingley Hall estate. Check out Martin’s lighthearted article here.
New photos show why Beeston and Holbeck are Looking Good!
Positive photographs of our communities can sometimes be difficult to find – which is why the Looking Good Beeston and Holbeck website is an absolute corker. The site is there to highlight positive photography in Beeston and Holbeck – and the project (which is supported by us here at South
Heavenly Holbeck Elderly Aid and a lovely lunch club
Are you aged over 60? Would you like a lovely lunch and to meet some friends? The good folks at Holbeck Elderly Aid may have the answer. The group runs a lunch club at St Matthew’s Community Centre on Tuesdays, 12.15pm to 1.15pm. Admission is £3.50, which includes soup, a meal, pudding
Middleton Life: A mention of Middleton in 1086
The Middleton Life local history project took a break for the half-term holidays this week – but will be back next week with a trip to the Thackray Medical Museum. Just to keep you going, here’s a fact about Middleton to keep you going: Did you know that in Anglo Saxon
Come to our community news and social media cafe at Hillside!
Come and meet the folks behind South Leeds Life blog at the next of our regular community news cafes on Monday! The cafes are your chance to tell your stories, let us know what’s going on and – if you’re interested – we can help you to write your own articles
Area’s youngsters heralded during awards ceremony at South Leeds Youth Hub
This year’s YOUTH Awards Youth were held at the South Leeds Hub, attended by ward members Angela Gabriel and Adam Ogilvie. St. Clair Brown, of Leeds council’s youth service, sends us some details below…
Bookmarked: ‘Holbeck and me’
“The terraces are still there, though for how long I don’t know. Some are boarded up and some have gone. The flats by the Moor have been razed, adding to the depopulation of the area and shops, pubs and workplaces continue to vanish. The Lord Nelson on Springwell St is
Zumba Launches At The Hunslet Club
Hot on the heels of the new BOKWA sessions for adults at the Hunslet Club on Tuesday nights comes the launch of Zumba classes on Thursday nights. Zumba is the exhilarating, effective, easy-to-follow, Latin-inspired, calorie-burning dance fitness experience that everyone wants to be a part of. It blends red-hot music and contagious steps