What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Beeston in Bloom has three new projects planned for 2021, but need some help to make them happen. Firstly, we are delighted to have been successful in the award of a bench from Leeds Civic Trust as part of their ‘Take a seat’ campaign. The trust provide the bench and
As I was on my daily walk in Cross Flatts Park Beeston, I saw a sign at the Bowling Green stating that they have been part of the community for over 112 years and that they are looking for new members. I know absolutely nothing about the sport so thought
A Partnership of local organisations including Our Future Leeds, Voluntary Action Leeds, Together for Peace and Leeds Tidal, supported by a host of other Leeds community organisations have been successful in receiving a £2.5m award from The National Lottery’s Climate Action Fund. The partnership has a goal of creating a
Voice of Holbeck have published their long-awaited report of the Listening Well project detailing residents views about street sex work and the Council’s ‘Managed Approach’ strategy today (2 February 2021). Listening Well ran over the course of a year up to February 2020 and consisted of nine round table events
Work has started to build 245 new homes at the historic Tower Works site on Globe Road in the South Bank area of Holbeck. Sir Robert McAlpine Ltd has now commenced ground works on the 1.13 hectare site and construction is expected to complete early 2023. Sir Robert McAlpine will
Due to the very heavy snow this morning (2 February 2021) and subsequent difficult conditions on roads and paths, on public safety grounds, bin collections have been suspended for the day. Also closed today following the bad weather are all libraries and community hubs in the city. Please keep any
Leeds City Council report that the following schools are closed this morning (2 February 2021) due to the severe weather: Cockburn John Charles Academy Cockburn School Cottingley Primary Academy Elliott Hudson College Greenmount Primary School Hugh Gaitskell Primary School Hunslet Moor Primary School Ingram Road Primary School Lane End Primary
Jack, as an adult, is the co-founder of Leeds Street Gallery which feels not too far away from the teenage Jack who enjoyed scrawling on walls and forcing his version of art onto the public and often on private property. As he got older he explains, he realised that whilst
New ‘Aire Loft’ apartments set to bring more residents to Citu’s low carbon Climate Innovation District, with 20 per cent of Phase One reserved within hours of being released to market. Leading sustainable developer Citu has launched Aire Lofts, the first apartments at its award-winning Climate Innovation District in Leeds,
Our local Councillors discussed domestic abuse at the last meeting of the Inner South Community Committee on 9 December 2020. Gerry Shevlin from Safer Leeds presented a report about the current situation in South Leeds. There were 16,661 incidents of domestic abuse reported in the nine months January to September