What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
This week we are running five My Life in South Leeds stories from young women who are part of the Shine Project. Hello my name is Shannon and I am 12. The school that I go to is South Leeds academy and I’m in Year 8. We have just had
Over a hundred donors, supporters and community groups gathered at the Howard Assembly Room to celebrate Leeds Community Foundation (LCF)’s 10th anniversary of grant-making. During the past decade, LCF has distributed over £23m in grants to 2,000+ separate community organisations and has helped transform the lives of thousands of local
The Christmas Lantern Festival returns to Cross Flatts Park on Friday (12 December 2014). The park will be transformed into a festive wonderland full of lights and sounds! Last year’s Festival was a special time for people from all corners of the community and this year promises to be even
The people of Holbeck were spoilt for choice this weekend, (Saturday and Sunday 6 & 7 December 2014) with the range of festive activities to choose from in the community. On Saturday there were three different venues offering a host of Christmas cheer for all the family to enjoy. Then
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 Amie, I am 14 years old and live in Belle Isle. I have been at The Shine Project in Hunslet for about 3
Winter is a wonderful time of year, with its sparkling frost, twittering of robins and colourful jumpers. What better way to celebrate its arrival than by joining the Friends of Skelton Grange Environment Centre for the Winter Woodland Festival on Friday (12 December 2014)? The Friends of Skelton Grange Environment
Hunslet’s newest hair salon received a visit from Hilary Benn MP on Small Business Saturday (6 December 2014). Quintessential, on Church Street has been open just five days, after local business women Dawn Picken and Annabel Walsh. Quintessential complements Dawn’s other salon in the Penny Hill Centre meeting the needs
If you’ve been to the Hunslet Club in the last ten years you’ll probably know Donna Hall. She exemplifies the passion and enthusiasm that is the hallmark of the club. The morning I met Donna at the Hunslet Club she had just been speaking to a young girl who had
Thanks to being a community reporter for South Leeds Life, I had the fantastic opportunity to experience my first Hamara Community Awards in Bradford on Thursday night (4 December 2014). Everyone who had been involved with Hamara in the last year and before came to celebrate the event in the Aagrah
I went into BBC Radio Leeds this afternoon to talk to Johnny I’Anson about the launch of our newspaper and three of the top stories from it. Thanks to Johnny I’Anson and Tim Daley at BBC Radio Leeds for allowing us to reproduce this clip. You can listen to BBC