What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Older people living with dementia in Belle Isle will share what life is like with the start of a £10,000 cross-generational journal project. Over the next 12 months residents in their 80s and 90s at Nesfield Lodge Care Home in Belle Isle, will partner with pupils from Sharp Lane Primary
A medal from the First World War has been found and returned to its rightful owners, all thanks to Middleton Primary School. 11 year old Conrad Buckley found the medal on a Heritage Day event, organised by the Friends of Middleton Park, which he attended with the school last month.
Luqman Hussain has won a nationwide competition with Virgin Trains after designing a futuristic train. Luqman, a 13-year-old student at The South Leeds Academy, entered the competition in June, along with the rest of Year 7 and 8. He designed a train for the future with his design chosen as
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start this week in Holbeck where HEA has been working with Keepmoat to smarten up St Matthew’s Community Centre. Apprentices working on the housing regeneration scheme turned their skills to
Fantastic ICT Apprenticeships Available! Below you will find details of six ICT apprenticeship opportunities that are available to apply for right now. The opportunities are with firms across Leeds, including South Leeds. Apprenticeships offer you the chance to learn on the job. You will receive training and study at college
The Muslim Community Safety Forum (MCSF) released its long awaited report following a conference held last November at Beeston’s Hamara Centre, together with detailed important information relevant to the work of MCSF across West Yorkshire, and the need for the police, local authorities and third party reporting centres to work
The Rodillian Academy opens up places to pupils who want to excel in netball or rugby Sporty primary-school pupils in South Leeds, who will be going into Year 6 this September, are being invited to try out for a place at The Rodillian Academy, a secondary school near Lofthouse. Pupils
Leeds Corinthians rugby club will be hosting a charity fun day at their Middleton base on Sunday (31 July 2016). The day will feature a bouncy castle, slide and Fun fair rides; plus a disco, majorettes display. West Yorkshire Fire Service and West Yorkshire Police will also be attending. There
As the school summer term comes to an end, an exciting summer holiday youth programme kicks off in South Leeds, providing children and young people with opportunities to meet, socialise and participate in a whole host of entertaining activities. Young people from Middleton, Belle Isle, Holbeck, Cottingley, Beeston and City
Senior councillors in Leeds will be asked to approve a plan this week to guide all future development in the Aire Valley area of the city being put forward for government examination. The Aire Valley Leeds Area Action Plan, which covers 1,300 hectares of land to the south east of