What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
If you happened to be walking through Middleton Park at the weekend (2 & 3 August 2014) you may have seen a bunch of tents neatly congregated within some orange mesh fencing and a portaloo. If you did then that was the Middleton Community Camp. The organisers of this fantastic idea were Ed
Philip George and his band of volunteers are working hard to put Beeston Juniors football club back on the map. The club run a number of teams as well as a Soccer School on Saturdays at their Cardinal Square base. They are currently seeking new players for the forthcoming
LEEDS UNITED striker Noel Hunt has backed a new partnership between Aim Education and Leeds Sports Centre, that will provide an innovative post-16 education programme in Leeds. The Republic of Ireland marksman is delighted Aim Education has teamed up with Leeds Sports Centre to provide a BTEC Level 2
The ARISE initiative, which provides funding for grassroots groups and organisations in south Leeds, has reached a major milestone. The initiative which is supported by Land Securities, Evans Property Group and Munroe K, was launched in September 2005 – and the independent awards selection committee has now considered the
This week sees a major new Leeds event – for kids, young people and families to get creative and build giant dens together… or castles, spaceships, robots (in association with the city-wide March of the Robots programme), or almost anything! The free event is on Wednesday (6th August), anytime between
We’ve won an award! The National Federation of Tenant Management Organisations gave BITMO an award for Innovation for the creation of the new resource centre, the GATE, which is next to our housing office, Belle Isle, Leeds We had to have cake to celebrate!! About 30 people turned
On Sunday 27 July we cycled down to Slunglow’s puppet making workshop at the “How to”… Festival at the HUB in Holbeck. The HUB (Holbeck Underground Ballroom) sits under five of the disused railway arches off Water Lane in Holbeck. It is not a venue you’d usually associate with conventional
Supermarket giant Tesco has put up for sale land originally intended for a new supermarket in Beeston. Tesco was locked in a lengthy and unsuccessful battle with Asda to build a new supermarket in the Old Lane area last year, with city planners opting for Asda’s plans to build a new
Holbeck-based Slung Low Theatre’s production of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick ‘The White Whale’ is coming to Leeds Dock (formally known as Clarence Dock) between 4-14 September. This is a new version of Moby Dick. You are given a set of headphones. When you put them on you can hear all