What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The South Leeds Music Centre’s 40th Anniversary concert is just days away! A group of previous members from the music centre’s long and varied history have been rehearsing for the last few months, and the results of their hard work will be available for the whole community to watch
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. Let’s start this week with the new kids on the block (or should that be blog?) The HUGO Family Blog is part of Leeds Federated Housing’s project to Help yoU Get Online
The Hunslet Club is hosting a spooktacular Halloween Party this Friday 25 October and you are welcome to join the fun! Payment can be made on the door also, if you’ve not been before it’s a good opportunity to come and see what a good community club it is.
I’ve reached the grand old age of 38 and spent since the age of 16 working full time. I’d now started resenting being stuck in an office, the artificial light and looking at balance sheets and worrying about turnover and profitability, time for a change? YES, but what to
My name is Craig Sweaton and I live and work in Middleton. I decided that I’d like to be more involved in community activities and their promotion via the internet so, here I am! I have lived in the Ls10 area all my life and have always felt a
First day finding out about South Leeds Life and hyperblog. Never heard of hyperblogs. What next! The Community Reporters course sounded as though it would give me some pointers to improve my writing skills. For several years now I have written articles for the local newspaper on behalf of
The council’s scheme to make homes cheaper to heat is now available to any Leeds homeowner. Watch out for a letter dropping through your door – it’s not junk mail, it’s a chance help you cut your fuel bills. SSE, the Council’s partner in South Leeds will be writing
People in Leeds are being reminded to make sure they are on the electoral register by the end of the month. Next May will see important elections when one Councillor in each ward is elected and regional MEPs are elected to represent Yorkshire in Strasbourg. In order to vote
Fun at the library Beeston Library is to host two Hallowe’en events. Beeston’s Beastly Ball, on Thursday 31 October from 3-4pm, will feature “All things ghostly! Fangtastic Fancy Dress, badge making, spooky crafts, slime and a Scary Skeleton!” with prizes for the best costumes. Then on Friday 1 November
Councillors have welcomed recent figures showing the impact of targeted work to reduce burglaries in two South Leeds communities. A multi-agency approach is being used by Safer Leeds in the Middleton and Belle Isle areas of the city. This area has seen 54 fewer offences (56% reduction) from April-August