What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
A couple of weeks ago I visited the island of Cottingley to attend the excellent Cottingley Summer Fair. My Other Half had the car so I a walked – it’s not far from Beeston. I don’t know Cottingley well, I’ve been a few times in the last couple of
Hunslet Festival presents the Hunslet Community Gala 10th Anniversary event on Saturday 29th June 2013 from 11.30am to 4.00pm. The annual gala organised by Hunslet Festival takes place on the field adjacent to Grove Road (opposite the Penny Hill Centre) off Church Street. In the Family Arena this year: Hunslet
People from south and east Leeds have a chance to find out more the plans of their local clinical commissioning group over a cup of tea on Thursday 6th June at John Charles Centre for Sport. NHS Leeds South and East Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is inviting people for
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. Our jumping off point this week (geddit?) is Leeds Dynamite who have photos on their Facebook Page from their performance at the White Rose Centre today. They were marking the opening of
The third annual sponsored Fitness Challenge at the Hunslet Club which took place on Saturday 9th of February (highlights of which can be seen in the video above) and the Zumbathon which took place on Saturday 2nd February raised a fantastic total of £3,818 split between the club and St Gemma’s Hospice
Today on the community reporters course we’re learning about social media. Been sitting here for a while contemplating this article… Actually, with so many of us on the computers I saw something I’ve not seen in a while. The green bar at the bottom of the screen telling me a
Yesterday Leeds City Council announced that it is re-designating 837 properties (out of the 57,950 it owns), reducing the number of official bedrooms they have, but campaigners say this isn’t enough to protect people from the Bedroom Tax. As previously reported on South Leeds Life, tenants in social housing
The largest Free School in the country has been approved by the government in the city centre to the south of the river, in what promoters hope will become a truly sustainable community. It is hoped the new school will be a significant catalyst for the transformation of this area,
The south Leeds life reporters said a warm welcome to Kim Groves (Councillor) to ask some questions on many issues mostly about the local area. There are not enough mental health practitioners in the area. I’ve had mental health problems and I had to wait six months to see
Last week the Community Reporters group interviewed Councillor Kim Groves, the Labour member for Middleton Park Ward. This was the sixth week of the Community Reports course, the session was about learning how to conduct an interview and to help us get up to speed we watched an