What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Kim Groves Middleton, Leeds Leeds South and East Foodbank are Experience huge spikes in numbers all donations would be greatly appreciated. Stock is running out so thanks to those Schools who kindly donated this week. Many people visiting Foodbanks are employed and on zero hour contracts ( waiting at the
The winners of the fifth annual White Rose Shopping Centre Community Awards, celebrating local Leeds heroes, were announced in a ceremony this Thursday 20 October. Winners include: Hannah Begum, Children’s Mayor of Leeds, who has worked to promote community cohesion during her year in office Dale Dixon of A E
Here’s a bit of a round up of activities for children in South Leeds during the October 2016 half term holiday: The Hunslet Club The Hunslet Club will be running their usual Activity Camp with lots to do for boys and girls in Key Stage 1 and above. The camp
You can’t have missed the news – Leeds newest shopping arcade opened yesterday. Victoria Gate boasts a John Lewis store and god knows how many upmarket retail outlets (or shops as we used to call them). I was confused for a few minutes yesterday morning looking at my Twitter feed.
With bonfire night fast approaching and as fireworks went on general sale on 15 October, West Yorkshire Trading Standards Service are reminding traders of their legal responsibilities to ensure they are supplying safe fireworks and are adhering to the law by only selling them to persons of legal age. As
Volunteers from Stourton-based One Subsea made a real difference when they turned out to help clear part of the riverside path and cycleway recently. [slideshow_deploy id=’54762′] On Friday 7 October they cleared the dried silt, left by the Boxing Day floods, off the targeted areas of the cycleway and path
Members and partners attending the Annual General Meeting of HEA last week heard that the organisation plan to increase their support work to older people in Holbeck to include personal care. John England, the Chair of Trustees at HEA said: “We are well placed to provide care and support to
Hundreds of households in South Leeds face having their benefits slashed from 7 November as the Government’s ‘benefits cap’ is extended. About 250 households in Leeds are capped under the current limit of £26,000 per year, but next month the cap will be lowered to £20,000. These households face losing
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 reminder that The Plantation in Middleton; The Garden Gate in Hunslet; and the Midnight Bell in Holbeck are flying the flag for south Leeds in
New fencing is set to be installed around Holbeck Moor to stop travellers gaining access to the site. The new fencing will run along the edge of Holbeck Moor Road and a new gate will be installed to allow access for fairgrounds and other authorised users. Bollards will be installed