What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Tomorrow (Wednesday 4 November 2020) is National Stress Awareness Day, so we asked Shannon Humphrey, a First Aid for Mental Health Instructor and wellbeing advocate to give us some pointers on how to cope with stress: Stress isn’t just a word, it’s a feeling. It can be a knot in
A report into the city’s approach to rough sleepers was discussed by senior Councillors at Leeds City council’s executive board on 21 October 2020. The independent report was commissioned following the deaths of ten people living on the streets between October 2017 and March 2019. The report found that over
Police are appealing for information to help trace a man who gone missing in Leeds. Tendai Mupawaenda, aged 22, from Belle Isle, was last seen on October 23 and there are concerns for his welfare. Anyone who has seen him or who has any information that could assist in tracing
It was great to join local residents from Hunslet Tenants & Residents Association and volunteers from the GoodGym Leeds to help plant some of the 6,000+ blubs (of a variety of species) in the large green space in the middle of the Hunslet estate off Church Street and Midland Road.
Breakfast, dinner, tea? Breakfast, lunch, dinner? Breakfast, tea, tea? Whatever our disagreements on what we call our meals, I am sure we all agree on this – nobody should be going hungry. Nobody should be hungry. Especially since there’s so much extra food and money in the world that we
Cockburn Multi-Academy Trust, in partnership with Leeds City Council and the Department for Education has building work across three different sites in south Leeds. At Cockburn School, the new three-story classroom block is nearing completion and will be ready to invite students into some exciting Science and Humanities lessons during
A new team of mental health professionals is reaching out to help people living on the streets and others who are facing homelessness in Leeds. The Specialist Therapeutic Outreach Team is part of Forward Leeds, the city’s alcohol and drug service. Operational Manager at Forward Leeds, Anne Hobbs, said: “Our
This coming Tuesday (3 November 2020) sees the US presidential election: a battle – arguably more seismic and bitter than ever – between Donald Trump (for the Republicans, with Vice Presidential candidate Mike Pence) and Joe Biden (for the Democrats, with Vice Presidential candidate Kamala Harris). We asked local US
Sponsored content This post was written before the latest announcement of a national four week lockdown Slimmers from South Leeds are making a ‘comeback’ as their Slimming World groups , with Tace, Jane, Maria and Barbara saying they’re excited to be back helping members to lose weight and improve
We spoke to Dean Smith about his historic experience of being homeless. This is his story: I was born 1971 in South Leeds. Born in Hunslet then onto Holbeck and Beeston. I had a regular upbringing. Ingram Road Primary School, Hugh Gaitskell Middle School and Matthew Murray High School. I