What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
An initiative to improve housing standards and target empty properties is being extended in Holbeck. Having completed works to around half of the problem properties identified in the first phase of the scheme, the Leeds Neighbourhood Approach is now set to stay in Holbeck for at least another two years.
A new group offering ‘peer support’ is being set up by and for young people suffering from mental health issues. Celine Bickerdike approached Middleton-based charity Health For All with the idea after suffering herself. “After I left school, I hoped to work in the political field, but a number of
LASSN launch helpinleeds.com – a website to help asylum seekers and refugees in Leeds Leeds Asylum Seekers Support Network (LASSN) are launching an online directory of services for refugees and asylum seekers in Leeds, as their contribution to Refugee Week, which starts today (Monday 20 June 2016). The website called
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. The following applications were validated in the week beginning 13 June 2016: Change of use from B1 (light industrial) to mixed A1, B1 and B8 use; replacement and
South Leeds Life is holding its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Monday 20 June 2016 at 6pm at The Holbeck club. This is the first AGM since we became a Community Interest Company (CIC). We will be presenting our annual accounts and reporting on the year’s activity. Agenda: Agenda
After it was announced that Gabby Logan was to the Patron for the new Leeds Fund, we had a lively debate in the comments section about who would make the best patron for a Leeds charity. We thought we should should put it to you, the readers. So here’s a
Leeds City Council’s Executive Board will debate improvement works to a stretch of Dewsbury Road in Beeston at their meeting on Wednesday (22 June 2016). The £600,000 scheme, between the fire station and Hunslet Hall Road, will see improvements to pavements, a central reservation, segregated cycle lanes and road closures
Do you play fantasy Desert Island Discs? I do. I know I’ll never be interviewed on Radio 4, but I try to pick my eight records and justify them. This week I was playing fantasy Honours List. I’m never going to get a call from the Palace, but I was
Middleton Railway hosts its annual model railway exhibition this weekend (18 & 19 June 2016). The model layouts will be set amongst the real locos in the Engine House and there will be a full steam service running up to Park Halt on each day. And if you’re looking for
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 Miggy Park. There’s an interesting post from the Friends of Middleton Park about the difficulties of funding their summer programme and encouraging people to join the