Year: 2016

Slideshow: Lantern Festival lights up Cross Flatts Park

The Cross Flatts Lantern Festival returned for the 4th time on Friday 9 December 2016. Approximately 400 people came out on an unseasonably mild December evening to enjoy seeing the park beautifully lit up with lanterns and fairy lights. [slideshow_deploy id=’56654′] Photos by Mark Day The crowds were treated to

White Rose shoppers show their generosity

White Rose Shopping Centre and Heart Yorkshire Become Santa’s Little Helpers as Shoppers Buy Gifts for A Deserving Child This Christmas White Rose Shopping Centre in association with Heart Yorkshire are encouraging shoppers to buy a gift for a deserving child this Christmas. Until Sunday (18 December 2016), the Heart

Calls for knitters to keep vulnerable people warm

Yorkshire community charity, Groundwork Leeds, is calling for knitters across the region to put their skills to the test to help keep vulnerable people warm this winter. As part of the charity’s Knitting Communities Together campaign, Groundwork Leeds aims to highlight the rise in fuel poverty across Yorkshire and provide

South Leeds Roundup: Chefs, Champs and Choirs

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 Belle Isle where the Little Chefs programme at Belle Isle Family Centre teaches children aged 5-11 and their parents to cook simple nutritious meals. The centre’s