What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Belle Isle Summer Gala Saturday 28 June 2014 If last year was anything to go by this event is going to be massive. With plenty to keep everyone entertained. Please note Kenneth Ingram will be taking photos at this event. If you have any objections to this could you
This year is the 30th anniversary of Volunteers’ Week (1-7 June) and to celebrate Skelton Grange Environment Centre in south Leeds has lots of volunteering opportunities going on. Three of the days are being led by Skelton Grange’s current team of dedicated Volunteer Officers as they teach Leeds primary
Twelve men, many of them from Beeston, appeared at Leeds Magistrates Court yesterday (Tuesday 3rd June 2014) following a protracted investigation by the Leeds District Safeguarding Unit. Chief Superintendent Paul Money, District Commander for Leeds, said: “The alleged offences relate to one, female juvenile victim from the local community
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. We start this week in a wildflower meadow in … Holbeck. It might surprise some people in the city, but parts of Holbeck have been imaginatively planted with wild flowers. Holbeck in
“Ride With A Smile” uctio room if not Travelling from Liverpool to Leeds on the canal for Macmillan Cancer Support because we want to raise money in memory of a Parnaby Tavern customer, Mr Alan Wood. Story oom if not Just so you all know what we are doing
Having little need to be in Holbeck, except those times I used the number 86 bus to go to Bramley and once to Pudsey, I didn’t see much of it. Moving house recently necessitated using buses going through Holbeck more often like the number 64 and 74 to town.
Holbeck residents are getting the opportunity to have their pets’ health checked by the PDSA on Monday (9 June 2014). When money is tight family pets can suffer as the vet bills become unaffordable. The PDSA (People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals) provides free veterinary care to the sick and
Many of you in South Leeds will already know about South Leeds Community Radio, maybe you are a regular listener, maybe you are a volunteer of ours, or maybe your one of the 1000+ people that has been on one of our courses? Well maybe you didn’t know that
South Leeds teacher Clara Bradford is using an innovative new website to help her raise funds to support children in India. Clara, who teaches Year 4 at Middleton Primary School is planning to spend four weeks of her summer holiday in India as a volunteer with the Limited Resource Teacher
Leeds Federated Housing Association has been pedalling hard to raise money for Leeds South Foodbank. Staff competed in the ‘Tour de Leeds Fed’ challenge and rode the 390km distance of this summer’s Yorkshire Tour on exercise bikes over two days. The event was part of a health and wellbeing