What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Inner South Local Police Priorities. These are the priorities you have identified in your area. Visit the news pages for updates on how these priorities are being addressed by your local teams. Beeston Priority To tackle anti-social behaviour in and around the Cross Flatts area, including the park. Response/Action Action has
Hunslet Methodist Church yesterday held a friendly and well-attended event to formally open their brand-spanking new kitchen. The volunteer team at the church host a range of local projects and events including weekly breakfast clubs, coffee mornings, seasonal fairs, and more, as well as providing a base for the local
Are you interested in working in retail? Stores in the White Rose Shopping Centre are recruiting now and you can meet them at a special event being held at The Point Jobshop in the White Rose Shopping Centre. The event runs on Tuesday 16 August 2016 between 10am and 3pm.
Sheaf Street Cafeteria, on the South Bank of the city centre, are hosting two weekends of Olympic- and Brazilian-themed sports, music and food events, starting tomorrow (Friday 12th August). The Games themselves will be broadcast on their huge 5m screen: 5pm-12am each of the Fridays, 12pm-12am Saturdays, and 11am-4pm on
In what was a busy weekend for local people taking on charity challenges (see also here, about the Tour de Northside bike ride), Amanda Binns here tells us about last week’s Leeds to Keighley challenge, undertaken by a faithful band of Hunslet Hawks supporters – via our Create an article
The former Hunslet Gate Centre – a former school on Sussex Gardens – is due to be sold by Leeds City Council, at auction on 15th September. It is expected to fetch £225,000+. Click here for further info (lot 94). Until recently a school, it has been empty for some
With the Rio Olympics in full swing, local volunteers will be working together to tidy and smarten up the Multi-Use Games Area (MUGA) in Beeston’s Cross Flatts Park this Saturday (13th August) – and are inviting others to join in! Members of groups including Leeds Green Party and Cross Flatts
The famous Marshall Waddington funfair is in Hunslet this week, open Thursday until Sunday (11th-14th August), 1pm-9pm on the Grove Road recreation ground opposite the Penny Hill Centre. The funfair is free to enter, and features a range of rides (typically £1.50-£2 each) and entertainment for all ages. (At least
The annual South Leeds Community Camp returns to Middleton Park this month, overnight on Saturday 20th – Sunday 21st August (2016). This free family event – now in its third year – simply aims to give local people the chance to meet, have a laugh, learn stuff, and get inspired
As previously reported here in South Leeds Life, last month saw Tom ‘The Viking’ Crosby from Middleton travel out to Las Vegas in the USA to compete in the Mixed Martial Arts (MMA, commonly known as cage fighting) amateur world championships. Tom, 28, had previously travelled to international tournaments in