What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The spectacular Leeds Waterfront Festival is set to make a triumphant return this weekend (26-27 June 2021) with its biggest ever series of events and activities. After last year’s event had to be cancelled due to Covid-19 restrictions, organisers have been working hard to bring together a summer-long celebration this
A package of measures aimed a promoting cycling and walking across South Leeds is set out in a report published by Leeds City Council. The schemes are part of a £2.7m city-wide programme known as the Active Travel Fund and funded by a government grant. The report authorises the council
Leeds Cycling Campaign has revealed its much-anticipated cycling awards for 2021 and South Leeds Life contributor and board member Ed Carlisle is amongst the winners. The awards highlight and celebrate actions that are making a significant contribution to promoting cycling in Leeds. They help to foster an environment in which
Leeds College of Building is celebrating after gaining accreditation to launch a new BSc Hons Civil Engineering – Site Management degree apprenticeship. Having recently franchised the course delivered at Leeds Beckett University, the College can now deliver its first-ever degree apprenticeship. The distinct civil engineering pathway combines academic study at
Resurfacing work will be carried out on Old Lane in Beeston tomorrow, Wednesday 23 June 2021, resulting in a one way road closure with no access from the Tommy Wass junction. The works and road closure will take place between 9:30am-3:30pm, but is expected to be completed within four hours.
A series of Free Shops will pop up across South Leeds where residents can pick up second hand items left behind by students leaving Leeds after their studies. The ‘Big Clear Out’ (formerly ‘Leave Leeds Tidy’) is an annual project to gather up as many unwanted household goods as possible
Leeds Hospitals Charity are encouraging supporters to put their best foot forward this summer as part of their latest fundraising challenge, ‘Step For Your NHS’. On average, a nurse walks 10,000 steps per 12-hour shift, so the charity is encouraging the people of Leeds to make their steps matter as
A church is set to run free job clubs to help people in the Beeston and Holbeck area of South Leeds get back into work ahead of Covid-19 restrictions easing. Members of St Luke’s Church in Holbeck want to help equip their local community to find employment in tough economic
Hunslet RLFC 18-18 Doncaster Hunslet and Doncaster fought out an entertaining draw at the South Leeds Stadium yesterday (20 June 2021), but the Parksiders will rue the chance to make it 3 wins on the bounce as the visitors’ Matthew Beherrell danced his way through the Hunslet defence in the
Over the last few weekends Shane Green has been grafting at carving a totem pole of fabulous Park features on a tree stump near the Visitor Centre in Middleton Park. It’s now complete and we think it’s fabulous. The totem pole has been supported by the Friends of Middleton Park