What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Two new Running groups are on the blocks in South Leeds. Beeston Action For Families are starting a beginners running group at the John Charles Centre for Sport. The group will meet every Friday afternoon for 12 weeks, starting on 8th March. Sessions cost £2.80 (£2.40 with a Leeds Card)
Leeds City Council has organised a special open day to help gay and lesbian people learn more about fostering and adoption. The open day is being held on Tuesday 5th March, from 7:00 to 8.30pm at South Leeds City Learning Centre on Gipsy Lane in Beeston (part of the Cockburn
Construction Yorkshire has been in touch with details of an open day being held by British Gas to promote apprenticeships. The Open Day, which is being held as part of National Apprentice Week 2013, is designed to give you: information on the skills that our Apprentices acquire whilst working for
You and your family are invited to a screening of Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory at Belle Isle Family Centre this Friday tea time. The movie is FREE and refreshments including hot dogs, cheesy nachos and, of course, popcorn will be on sale. The fun starts at 5:00pm with
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites and blogs. We covered the furore about Tony Harrison’s poem “V” which was written about Holbeck Cemetery and broadcast on Radio 4 recently. Over in the Yorkshire Evening Post Oliver Cross has written a rather good piece
Martyn White ruminates on his experiences in Leeds Libraries … Not ordinary dogs, but carved stone dogs. They are on the staircase in the Central Library on the Headrow in Leeds. The library building is an old building, along with the art gallery which is alongside. The architecture is very
The Parkwood estate in Beeston can be forgiven for thinking that it’s been forgotten. It lies half a mile down a winding road between the railway track and the golf course. But yesterday a range of agencies decsended on the estate to help residents spruce it up and give it
Leeds Civic Trust are giving their backing to Thursday’s public meeting to discuss the future of Stank Hall Barn in Beeston. The meeting has been organised by South Leeds Life. Stank Hall barn is on the Civic Trust’s list of priority Heritage At Risk buildings around the city and their
South Leeds Community Radio have been in touch with details of a course they are running to help local people find a job: Are you aged 19 + and currently out of work and living in the South Leeds area? Well if this is you, and you want to gain
The latest Community Reporters course which was due to start on Wednesday has been postponed until after Easter. Priority for places on the course is given people who live or work in Belle Isle and Middleton. Unfortunately we didn’t have quite enough people registered to make the course viable. The