What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Leeds City Council has announced its plans for £7.1million of funding from the government’s one-off Household Support Fund. The money enables councils to help vulnerable residents with the cost of food, fuel and essential items over the winter months and it must be spent by March 2022. The council has
The Christmas Lantern Festival is returning on Sunday 12 December and is taking to the streets of Beeston and Holbeck bringing light and joy across the community. Rather than drawing everyone together in Cross Flatts Park, this year the Lantern Festival is once again going ‘On Tour’, with an open
Since summer 2020 residents in the Riverside area have been reporting repeated dumping of rubbish in the River Aire adjacent to where they are living. A local resident who didn’t wish to be named told South Leeds Life: “Since August 2020, a business has been dumping numerous bin liners in
Students from specialist schools across Leeds, including Broomfield SILC in Belle Isle, are spreading festive cheer this week with the return of their Christmas pop-up shop in Kirkgate Market. The pop-up shop, Compass House, is open until Friday 10 December 2021 between 10am and 2pm and can be found just
St Mary’s Church and Beeston in Bloom, together with Councillor Angela Gabriel have organised another Christmas tree festival this year. St Mary’s church can be found on Town Street, LS11 8PN, and will be decorated by church, community groups and businesses (including South Leeds Life) who have been invited to
Money doesn’t buy happiness; I hear that a lot. And to an extent, I’d agree. I do believe that a large part of happiness comes from within. But money does buy food, heating, clothing, and lighting. It gives us freedom of choice and it’s essential to our existence in the
Hunslet and Riverside Ward Councillors have announced the Council’s Woodland Creation Team have secured funding for 64 new standard (semi-mature) trees to be planted between Brickfield, Pepper Road and Hunslet Lake Parks – plus thousands of new whips (saplings) for sites across the ward. Cllr Mohammed Iqbal welcomed the funding
On Saturday 6 November, the Hunslet Club community received devastating news, informing us of the passing of our wonderful coach Imran Haq. A loving and talented father, husband, son, role model and coach who touched the lives of so many around him. Imran, 42, was a brilliant and bubbly personality,
It could be said that the history of Leeds Bridge is the history of Leeds itself. From the foundations of the Old Bridge were gathered details of the age in which it was founded. How our early ancestors crossed the River Aire here is not really known, but we do
This month sees the official public launch of the Dewsbury Road Town Team, a partnership of retailers in Beeston working together to serve the wider community, and to make their shopping district the best it can be. The group – one of several ‘Town Teams’ across Leeds – covers the