What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
It’s the end of term for school children and this week also marks the end of my term as a school governor. I joined the Temporary Governing Body of the new school for West Hunslet eleven years ago. Over the next two years I was involved in choosing a design
DASH – Digital AccesS in Holbeck – is a new service to help people get online in the neighbourhood. DASH provides access to on-line services, help and assistance with computers, tablets, smartphones every Tuesday morning at the Holbeck Youth & Community Centre. The sessions will also incorporate the Holbeck Work
South Leeds had a visible presence at the Jane Tomlinson Leeds 10K run on Sunday. Green was the colour as runners donned the vests and t-shirts of the Leeds Lakers running club, or the famous myrtle and flame of the contingent raising funds for the Hunslet Rugby Foundation. Bearing the
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 the SLATE arts project. Have you ever slammed a door in anger? The volunteers at SLATE have been discussing this as part of their art project,
Meet the people who volunteer their spare time to help save lives. The Community First Responders (CFR) scheme is a life-saving partnership between the Yorkshire Ambulance Service and authorised volunteers. In total, the Yorkshire Ambulance Service has over 1000 volunteer CFRs in 200 schemes across its entire area. The scheme
Interested in the construction industry? Want to earn while you learn? Why not Kick Start your career with Keepmoat? Keepmoat Property Services, in partnership with Leeds Federated Housing are delivering a Kickstart training programme in construction trades. This will be a 5-6 week training programme involving certified training, work experience,
Carillion named as Preferred Bidder for The Engine House, Tower Works, Leeds. Restoration of Grade II Listed Building set to bring cinema and microbrewery to Holbeck Urban Village. Carillion has been selected by Leeds City Council as the preferred bidder to deliver the restoration and regeneration of the Engine House,
Anyone can apply for one of these special community grants! Chevin Housing has grants of up to £1,000 available for local groups to apply for – and you don’t have to be a tenant to apply for one! Are you a group of residents or a community group who has
Beeston Village Health Centre will be one of four community settings offering sexual health services following the launch of a new service, as the local NHS teams up with charity Yorkshire MESMAC to deliver integrated care. Leeds Sexual Health will provide contraception, sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment, as well
Middleton Elderly Aid It’s AMAZING!! INCREDIBLE!! WE ARE JUST OVER THE MOON!! We have been chosen by ASDA to be one of only 50 groups in the whole of the world to receive funding to commemorate their 50th Birthday this year. We have been awarded an incredible £8000!!!! This will