What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Accountants from Price Waterhouse Cooper put down their spreadsheets and picked up shovels as they helped clear a garden area at The South Leeds Academy last Friday (20 May 2016). The project to transform the school’s garden area started when students worked with architect Tom Bellfield to prepare a new
Skelton Grange Environment Centre is recruiting another batch of Volunteer Officers, thanks to funding from the Big Lottery and National Grid. Run by the charity The Conservation Volunteers, access2nature is a five year project working to improve the life prospects and wellbeing of people in Leeds, by providing a range
Pupils at New Bewerley Community School in Beeston have joined the Children’s University in a partnership with Leeds Trinity University. Phil Hardy from Trinity visited the school yesterday (23 May 2016) to give out passports to the first 21 children who have signed up for the scheme. Children use the
The South Leeds Independence Centre in Beeston has new planters for their garden thanks to students from The South Leeds Academy. The Centre helps older people coming out of hospital to regain their independence and live at home again. South Leeds Academy has built a partnership with the centre through
Hunslet Hawks gained two more valuable points in the Kingstone League 1 as they beat Gloucestershire All Golds 12-26 at the Prince of Wales ground today (22 May 2016). Hunslet opened the scoring on 12 mins through Ayden Faal after an opening dominated by the defences. Danny Ansell missed the
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 16 May 2016: Multi use games unit (20m x 30m) Land At Cottingley Drive Beeston Leeds LS11 0JN Ref.
I read a very interesting article in The Guardian last week about Eastern European workers living in Wisbech on the Cambridgeshire fens. It wasn’t just about the immigrant community, it covered the host community and went into some detail about the crooks that brought the workers here, exploited them and
A local church has told how it is helping people with anxiety, depression and other psychological conditions to find new hope. The congregation of City Evangelical Church runs a debt centre in partnership with the charity Christians Against Poverty. They find that poor mental health often runs hand-in-hand with financial
Have you read the May edition of our South Leeds Life newspaper yet? We’ve been distributing copies to community venues throughout LS10 and LS11. Copies are available from libraries, schools, community centres, GP practices, shops and other community venues. You can find a full list of pick up points here:
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 Beeston at Holbeck Cemetery (don’cha just love the geograohy of South Leeds?) where the Friends group, the Wednesday Wanderers and volunteers from O2 have all been