Day: 5 October 2017

Fiery public forum on sex work and traffic

St Matthew’s Community Centre in Holbeck was packed out on Tuesday evening (3 October 2017) with 170+ residents and others gathering for a stormy community forum. The meeting was looking at the controversial local issues of the ‘Managed Area’ (a scheme designed to see on-street sex work tolerated in a

Belle Isle Elderly Winter Aid

Belle Isle Elderly Winter Aid celebrated the International Day of Older People on Wednesday (4 October 2017) at BITMO’s Gate centre in Belle Isle. There were information and advice stalls from: Ross Care Centres; Wiltshire Farm Foods; Care & Repair; The Leeds Directory; Carers Leeds; The Green Doctor; Age UK;

Fuel Card Co is helping unemployed back to work

The Right Fuelcard Company’s reputation as a great employer which creates opportunities for the disadvantaged and long-term unemployed – has been further acknowledged. TRFC, a Hunslet-based independent distributor of Shell, Esso, Keyfuels and UK Fuels cards to UK businesses, is a finalist in the Outstanding Employer and Diversity categories of

Lakers win Club of the Year award

Congratulations to South Leeds Lakers who picked up Club of the Year for Yorkshire and Humberside at the England Athletics awards ceremony earlier this week. They were nominated by club member Sharon Mann who attended the event at Kings Croft Hotel in Pontefract with 5 other members of the Lakers.  The group were