What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
With the busy Christmas season approaching, shops at the White Rose Shopping Centre preparing to recruit extra staff are holding a Jobs Fair on Thursday 18 September 2014. The Jobs Fair will be held at The Point, Leeds Employment & Skills jobshop within the centre. Businesses including Marks &
Aspiring Communities have prepared new plans for the controversial Ice Pak site on Barkly Road in Beeston and are holding two events to share their plans with local residents. The group’s original plans submitted for planning permission were withdrawn in March this year after hundreds of objections were lodged.
I was at a meeting this week between a residents group and Council officers. We were sorting out the right permissions to move a project forward. One of the officers (no names, no pack drill) was shocked to discover that as a group the residents knew more about the
Northern Ballet’s latest ‘Short Ballets for Small Children’ will be performed at The Hunslet Club next Sunday (14 September 2014). Northern Ballet’s much-anticipated new ballet for children, Elves & the Shoemaker, will have its World Première in Leeds this autumn before touring to 16 venues across the UK in
Last night (Wednesday 3 September 2014) saw the first meeting of the new look Inner South Community Committee. The meeting started with an hour long workshop looking at the issue of domestic violence. About sixty people, Councillors, residents and officers from various agencies that work in the area split
Buildings across South Leeds will be opened up to the public for Heritage Open Days next weekend, 11-14 September 2014. Heritage Open Days is billed as a national celebration of England’s architecture and culture. “Every year on four days in September, buildings of every age, style and function throw
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. Now’s the time to see this lovely wild flower border according to Friends of Middleton Park. They have the West Yorkshire Brass Band performing on Sunday (7 September) and then
Elland Road’s new park and ride is now opening later at night for people travelling back from Leeds city centre. In response to comments from users, the park and ride site, which opened earlier this summer, will now remain open until 9.15pm. This extension gives people who are parked at
Hula hooping, mini-beasts gardening, circus skills and a parents’ breakfast club are all on the agenda over the next few months at Belle Isle Family Centre. Hula hoop classes are beginning again at Belle Isle Family Centre, on Thursdays from 4.30pm till 5.30pm. The centre is hosting some Minibeasts
Police in Leeds are appealing for information after a 41-year-old man was admitted to hospital with serious head injuries following an incident in Beeston last night (1 September 2014). Detective Inspector John Dexter, from Leeds District CID, said: ‘‘At 9.59pm last night, we were notified by the ambulance service