What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Slung Low’s How To Festival returns on Sunday 7 October 2018 with a distinctly 80s/90s party vibe. How to…Party will be a celebration of the way people get together to have a good time – eat, drinks, rave, tell stories, share a magic moment or two. Included in the events
‘Last Coals To Leeds’ will be a special celebration of the role of coal in the life of South Leeds at the historic Middleton Railway on Saturday and Sunday (29 & 30 September 2018) commemorating the closure of the last coal mine in Leeds, Middleton Broom Colliery, which closed 50
Would you like to join a company that cares? Would you like to address your work life balance, whilst continuing to create? HEA are currently seeking an experienced, motivated and passionate Lead Chef to manage and oversee the delivery of a high standard catering service for older members of the
The future of a heritage building in Beeston Hill will be decided in the coming months, with the former Holy Spirit church now up for sale – for a modest £125,000. Built in 1903, the listed building is a not-insignificant 900 square metres – but is also understood to be
It’s been a landmark in Middleton for decades, but the Tivoli cinema is now being demolished to make way for private housing. The cinema opened in 1934 but closed in 1960, becoming the first cinema in Leeds to convert to a bingo hall. It finally closed its doors in 2009
Leeds Wood Recycling (LWR), a new social enterprise, opened its doors in Holbeck earlier this month. The not-for-profit company has been set up by a group of community organisations including St Luke’s CARES and have secured premises on the Croydon Street industrial estate. The business pretty much does what is
Middleton Primary School became the first primary school to join Cockburn Multi-academy Trust this September. The trust is also responsible for Cockburn School in Beeston, which is consistently one of Leeds’ highest performing schools and also Cockburn John Charles Academy, currently undergoing a remarkable transformation reducing exclusions by 80% and
Call for applications from community-led projects addressing crime across West Yorkshire The High Sheriff of West Yorkshire, Richard Jackson MBE, reopens the High Sheriff of West Yorkshire Fund to applicants from across the region to apply for grants to enable young people aged 5 -25 to play a key role in
People are being asked to nominate the organisations and individuals who they think epitomise child friendliness in Leeds, for the city’s Child Friendly Leeds awards 2019. Children and young people will be at the forefront of the awards, which are being organised by Leeds City Council in partnership with the
This Friday (28 September 2018) Leeds’ Red Ladder Theatre Company brings Bertold Brecht’s classic play Mother Courage And Her Children to the Albion Electric Warehouse in Hunslet for what promises to be a memorable production. Pauline McLynn, best known for playing Mrs Doyle in Father Ted, takes the lead role