Here’s a roundup of some the main events taking place over the coming week in South Leeds.
We start on Saturday morning with the Middleton Makers Market, 10am-2pm, at Middleton Park Circus. Lots of lovely handmade items including clothing, jewelery, soaps and food; all made by local people.
Leeds Dads‘ free Soft Play sessions return on Saturday morning, 10am-12pm, at Little Angels behind the Tommy Wass pub, LS11 7HL. This for dads and pre-school children and there’s free tea and toast! Book: leedsdads.org/events
Trinity Network host their Community Reflections Café on Saturday 10am-12pm at the United reformed Church, Nesfield Avenue, Belle Isle, LS10 3LG
An Attempt to Lose Time comes to Slung Low’s Warehouse in Holbeck on Saturday evening. After five years of fast-paced burnt-out always-on city life, Miranda thought about time all the time – so she gave it up. Musing on climate change, capitalism, human extinction and the ever-present threat that crabs might take over the world, this is the story of how Miranda left the city, took to the canals, travelled to a remote Scottish island and formed questionable relationships with moorhens in her quest to escape time. Pay-what-you-decide, book your ticket at www.slunglow.org/shows and pay after you’ve seen the performance. The Warehouse in Holbeck is on Crosby Street, LS11 9RQ, entrance on Rydall Place.
Sunday sees three very special performances of Tony Harrison’s poem ‘V’. There will be two readings in Holbeck Cemetery, where the poem is set, at 12pm and 2:30pm plus an indoor performance at The Warehouse in Holbeck, followed by a discussion, at 5pm. Booking is essential and it’s pay-what-you-decide, book your ticket at www.slunglow.org/shows and pay after you’ve seen the performance.
Singletons can head to Fearns in Leeds Dock on Sunday, when the kitchen, bar and events space will be hosting a match-making event in partnership with Single & Mingle. Between 4-6.30pm, guests can meet like-minded people in Fearns’ relaxed social space with its stylish interiors, and a promise of no awkward moments. Book tickets here.
The South Leeds Community Kitchen will be cooking up a free meal on Sunday, 4-5:45pm, at St Mary’s Church, Town Street, Beeston (opposite Nisa). Knights Solway 5:15
Also on Sunday the Leeds Knights take on the Solway Sharks in the NIHL National Division. The ice hockey match faces off at 5:15pm at Planet Ice on Elland Road.
New Bewerley Community School in Beeston (LS11 6TB) is holding an open evening on Wednesday, with a welcome from the headteacher at 4pm and 5pm.
The SEN-Tastic group meets on Thursday. It’s open to anyone who cares for children with special needs, parents, siblings, carers, childminders and grandparents and offers coffee, friendship, advice and support. The group runs from 9:15-10:30am at St Luke’s Church, Malvern Road, Beeston, LS11 8PD.
Leeds Baby Bank will be at Dewsbury Road Community Hub & Library on Thursday 10am-12pm offering support to people to access support services, community activity and longer-term support. They also gift families an essential top-up of items like nappies, wipes, formula and toiletries.
There will be a Police Contact Point at the Hamara Centre on Tempest Road on Thursday 10am-12pm. This is a chance to raise concerns or ask questions of the Leeds South Neighbourhood Policing Team in an informal setting.
Opera North are holding another of their monthly series of free concerts at the Penny Hill Shopping Centre in Hunslet, near the Church Street entrance. From 12:30pm on Thursday.
The St Luke’s Tenants & Residents Association will be holding their bi-monthly meeting on Thursday at St Luke’s Church, Malvern Road, LS11 8PD, starting at 6:30pm. This was postponed from last month.
