What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Bells toll from our churches and cathedrals to mark Yorkshire’s darkest day of the First World War A single church bell will toll out across Beeston on the morning of Friday 1 July to mark the centenary of the start of the Battle of the Somme. St Mary’s will join
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 in Holbeck where the team from The Bridge centre won the Fair Play Final in the football tournament which was part of Leeds Learning Disability Week. Congratulations
The annual Hunslet Gala takes place this Saturday (25 June 2016) and organisers are promising a feast of entertainment and activity. As well as the usual inflatables and stalls there will be performances from the Vocologee choir and Indian drumming by pupils from St Mary’s school. There will also be
Plans to continue the regeneration of Holbeck Urban Village and improve its connectivity with Leeds city centre and the wider South Bank, will be discussed by senior councillors tomorrow (Wednesday 22 June 2016). At a meeting of Leeds City Council’s executive board, members will be asked to approve new planning guidance
Pupils at Hunslet Carr Primary School were put in charge of the recent upgrade to their playground facilities. Members of the School Council explained to me how they had been charged with choosing new equipment for the school playground. They talked to their classmates about what the children would enjoy
An initiative to improve housing standards and target empty properties is being extended in Holbeck. Having completed works to around half of the problem properties identified in the first phase of the scheme, the Leeds Neighbourhood Approach is now set to stay in Holbeck for at least another two years.
A new group offering ‘peer support’ is being set up by and for young people suffering from mental health issues. Celine Bickerdike approached Middleton-based charity Health For All with the idea after suffering herself. “After I left school, I hoped to work in the political field, but a number of
LASSN launch helpinleeds.com – a website to help asylum seekers and refugees in Leeds Leeds Asylum Seekers Support Network (LASSN) are launching an online directory of services for refugees and asylum seekers in Leeds, as their contribution to Refugee Week, which starts today (Monday 20 June 2016). The website called
Hunslet Hawks 38 – 18 Coventry Bears Sunday 19 June 2016, South Leeds Stadium Hunslet Hawks got back to winning ways with a convincing victory at home to Coventry Bears on Sunday afternoon winning by a 20 point margin, final score 38-18. Photos by Steve Gaunt / Touchlinepics.com Hunslet kicked
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. The following applications were validated in the week beginning 13 June 2016: Change of use from B1 (light industrial) to mixed A1, B1 and B8 use; replacement and