What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Keith Wakefield, the Leader of Leeds City Council has said they will have to make “grim choices” in setting next year’s budget. I read the press release with a sinking heart. I’ve mentioned this before but the council has lost £129m from its annual budget since 2010 and is facing
Salama Leeds work to share information and resources to churches across Leeds supporting those affected by self harm and/or eating disorders. Their primary vision is that “Leeds will be a place where many people experience healing, restoration and freedom from self-harm, depression and/or eating disorders” and for Leeds to be
See below for our Christmas and New Years events. Also look out for our new launch in the New Year where we’ll be changing our name from Holbeck Working Mens Club to “The Holbeck”. UPCOMING XMAS & NEW YEAR EVENTS / CALENDAR Saturday 13 December – 2–4pm. SANTA COMES TO
This week we will be running five My Life in South Leeds stories from young women who are part of the Shine Project. Hello! My name is Grace and I love horses. I am 10 years old and live Belle Isle. One morning my mum took me to my aunties
On a very cold December evening Windmill Primary School children from years 3, 4, 5 and 6 walked down from their school and gathered on Belle Isle Circus to sing carols and switch on the Belle Isle Circus Christmas Tree lights. The children were the only ones that looked warm,
Christmas has arrived in Holbeck! Over the weekend the people of Holbeck gathered together for a weekend of Christmas events; and with the Christmas Market on Saturday, and the light switch on followed by carols on Sunday evening, I for one am feeling thoroughly ready for Christmas. The markets on
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start this week with a mark of respect. It was great to see football clubs across the city remembering the Christmas Truce of 1914 by posting photos of the two
This week we will be running five My Life in South Leeds stories from young women who are part of the Shine Project. Hi my name is Millie I am 13 years old and I want to talk about my school and how I came to play the guitar. The
Over a hundred people gathered to see the Holbeck Christmas tree lights get switched on (Sunday 7 December 2014). Everyone huddled next to each other outside St. Matthew’s to see the trees get light up. People have been expecting something. There has been a big pine tree planted in the
Whitehouse Farm Allotments, in Hunslet, is celebrating after receiving a £300 donation from the Galaxy Hot Chocolate Fund. The community allotment has 50 plots and 100 members who meet weekly to grow their own fruit and vegetables. The group also runs an education project for local schools, where volunteers teach