Year: 2012

Family Fun Day & Party In Aid of The Callum Wingate Appeal Coming Soon

You can read more about Callum from Belle Isle in the Yorksire Evening Post here and the fundraising efforts here. The facebook page where you can order hope bracelets from is here. Raffle Prizes available on the day include signed Leeds United shirt, your own personal chef for the night (Matt Healy), tickets to

World’s Biggest Coffee Morning event in Holbeck

A community fundraising event is being held at St Matthew’s Community Centre in Holbeck later this month. A World’s Biggest Coffee Morning event in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support will feature live entertainment, raffles and prizes and refreshments. It’s been organised by PCSO Claire Leech of the Holbeck Neighbourhood Policing

Slideshow: Friends of Middleton Park Craft, Flower and Produce Show

[slideshow] A lovely September day drew the crowds to Middleton Park for the fourth annual  Friends of Middleton Park Craft, Flower and Produce Show. After weeks and months of growing of the produce and flowers, the flower arranging, the making of the crafts and the taking and framing of  pictures

Storify link: South Leeds politicians on Twitter this week

Here’s a round-up of some of the tweets from South Leeds politicians using social media site Twitter this week. We’re featuring Hilary Benn MP, Cllr Kim Groves and Cllr Adam Ogilvie. Check out the link below: [View the story “South Leeds politicians on Twitter” on Storify]

Middleton, Cottingley, Beeston and Rothwell Young People Kick Start Their Future

This article was written by Sharon Kumar using the South Leeds Life Community Reporters website: [slideshow] Igen have been running a project over the summer holidays with young people in the area who have persistently low attendance in school. Via Connexions Targeted Support we offer a free and confidential service to young people

Reminder – Middleton Park Craft, Flower and Produce Show on Sunday

Alan Shaw of the Friends of Middleton Park group writes – I thought I would just post a little update about a little event that we have going on this Sunday – yes, it’s the fourth Friends of Middleton Park Craft, Flower and Produce Show – you might have heard

White Rose Centre expansion plans include extended shops,cinema – and jobs

A planning application for a cinema, four new catering outlets and additional retail space, including extensions to the existing Debenhams and Primark stores at White Rose Shopping Centre, will be submitted to Leeds City Council later this year, it’s been announced today. Land Securities, which owns and manages the south