Year: 2018

New board members join housing association’s quest for Unity

Unity Homes and Enterprise has appointed seven new board members following a competitive process. The successful candidates were welcomed to the housing association’s headquarters in Leeds by Unity Chair Shruti Bhargava and Chief Executive Ali Akbor. Unity owns and manages more than 1,300 homes across the city including recently-opened developments

Healthy Holidays continuing to tackle Holiday Hunger in Leeds

Thanks to significant funding from Leeds City Council, the Asda Foundation, and Jimbo’s Fund, Leeds Community Foundation will be able to continue to support some of the 30,000 schoolchildren in Leeds whose families and carers struggle to feed them in the school holidays. Over £200,000 will be distributed in grants

Community rallies round for Holbeck Christmas meal

Holbeck Elderly Aid (HEA) put on a Christmas dinner for 86 members last Tuesday (11 December 2018) ably assisted by staff from Barclays and children from Beeston Hill St Luke’s Primary School. Christmas jumpers were on display and the winter shone through the windows of St Matthew’s Community Centre. Before

Marshall’s Mill tenants support Leeds Women’s Aid

Business tenants at Marshall’s Mill and the Round Foundry Media Centre in Holbeck presented staff from Leeds Women’s Aid with hundreds of presents for children staying in the refuge over Christmas. This is the fourth year that the collection has been organised by Front of House, Receptionist and Events Co-ordinator

Free employment related training in January

Multiple free courses linked with employment opportunities coming up in the New Year Leeds training provider Think Employment are offering three Vacancy-led Skills Programmes in January that come with the chance of earning a job with well-known local organisations. The one-week courses in Warehousing and Storage, Customer Service and Business

Leeds Bridge to reopen on Friday 21 December

The historic Leeds Bridge will reopen before Christmas to two-way traffic as essential maintenance works near completion. From Friday (21 December 2018) works necessary to strengthen the bridge will be completed. Bridge End over the River Aire by The Calls in the city centre will then reopen to two-way traffic.

Mystery noise disturbs Hunslet night

South Leeds Life has been contacted by residents from Hunslet Carr who heard what they describe as an explosion coming from Hunslet Cemetery. West Yorksire Fire & Rescue Service did not attend, but West Yorkshire Police commented: “Police were called at around 12.40am this morning (18 December 2018) after a

A new approach to anti-social behaviour

Taking on Anti-Social Behaviour (ASB) and Crime: The Neighbourhood Response Team (NRT), who are they? The new NRT’s are 3 area-based teams covering the South, East & West of Leeds, and are made up of West Yorkshire Police Link Officers and a Leeds Antisocial Behaviour Team’s (LASBT) Offender Manager. They