What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Holbeck Gala, which takes place on Saturday 6th July this year, is looking for people to help put the event on. The organising committee’s Annual General Meeting is taking place on Tuesday 16th April at 7:00pm at Ingram Gardens Community Centre in Holbeck. Councillor Adam Ogilvie, Chair of the Gala
The Hunslet Club, The FA and Mars, The FA’s Adult Football Partner, have made it as easy as a ‘one-two’ to turn up and start playing the football that best suits you: whether it’s a good old-fashioned kickabout or the more competitive game, like 5 or 11 a side
Move over Glastonbury - Middleton is set to get its own music event! Middleton Music Festival will be held on Saturday, July 20, (noon-6pm) behind Middleton Community Centre and will feature up and coming local bands, food and entertainment. The free event will be run by Middleton Community Group and aims to bring
What do you get when you mix good food, a sprinkling of entrepreneurship and a large dollop of old fashioned community spirit? Cafe Me ‘n’ U – that’s what! The new cafe on Beeston’s Cardinal estate is the brainchild of resident Yvonne Crowther and is the result of the £17,000
Clothing retailer Primark are to open a new store in the Trinity Centre in Leeds later this year and the Direct Line insurance company are recruiting up to fifty staff to work in the city centre. Direct Line are currently recruiting 40-50 Inbound Sales/Retention staff based at the Wharf site
Rick Hazelwood from the Hunslet Old Boys Rugby Team and Trevor Brennan from the Hunslet Club Football Team took part in the 50th World Coal Carrying Championships on Easter Monday. This, most Yorkshire of world competitions, took place in Gawthorpe. These lads had to run with a sack of coal,
So Paolo Di Canio, Sunderland FC’s new manager is a fascist, but not a racist. And I keep meeting people in Beeston who aren’t racist, but don’t want “another mosque”. Well I’ve set myself a tricky tightrope to walk this week folks. I’m not going to say anyone in Beeston
Carla Yeomans from Aire Valley Homes has been in touch to tell us about the work she does in the area: Do you know you can get help, support and funding from Aire Valley Homes? Aire Valley Homes, recognises that more and more groups in our communities are working really
South Leeds Life is running another of its free Community Reporters courses – and there are places still available. A course that will equip people from Belle Isle and Middleton to write news stories for South Leeds Life, or for their own community group, will start on Wednesday 17th April. The
Hunslet Hawks are running Easter Rugby League camps this week at South Leeds Stadium! The kids enjoyed skills sessions, playing rugby league games, meeting Harry the Hawk and participating in activities such as rugby league quizzes. The kids were also given a piece of fruit and drink on their breaks