What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
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 Cross Flatts Park on a rainy Saturday morning asking what links Darth Vader, the Flintstones, Clark Kent and a pantomime horse? It’s got to be the
Hunslet Hawks‘ 5th round Ladbrokes Challenge Cup tie against Salford Red Devils on Sunday 17 April 2016 will see the club supporting Leeds Samaritans during the Samaritans’ 50th year celebrations and awareness raising events. The team will be warming-up in Samaritans “Talk to Us” shirts, and volunteers from Leeds Samaritans
Students at The South Leeds Academy are looking for community volunteers to help them realise their plans for a new garden for the school. During the last academic year, a group of talented students had the privilege of working with Tom Bellfield, Architecture graduate from the University of Sheffield. The
Canopy, the Beeston-based self help housing charity has won a World Habitat Award. Canopy shared the prize with Giroscope, a similar charity working in Hull. They are the first UK based winners for over a decade. Both organisations are pioneers in a movement of UK housing providers called ‘Self Help
The local council elections are fast approaching. If you want a say in who represents south Leeds on Leeds City Council you must make sure you are registered to vote. The Council elections take place on Thursday 5 May 2016, but the deadline for registering is midnight on Monday 18
Acclaimed Holbeck-based theatre company Slung Low and five Yorkshire writers team up to present an afternoon of brand new radio plays in one of the UK’s oldest surviving Working Men’s Club. Performed and recorded live in front of an audience with on-stage sound effects and live music, these snapshots of
Leeds Community Foundation (LCF), who set up the Leeds Flood Appeal in response to the Boxing Day floods, has received confirmation that the government will match their current raised funds £ for £. To date, the Leeds Flood Appeal has raised an impressive £157,000 from generous donations from the public
South Leeds Life is looking for sports writers, particularly to cover the Hunslet Hawks home and away matches. Our partnership with the Hawks means that we can offer you free entry to matches in return for a match report. We can also arrange access to the coach and players. Unfortunately
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 28 March 2016: Change of use of tattoo parlour to hot food take away 7 Ring Road Beeston Park
A range of new courses are due to start in April at Leeds City College’s Joseph Priestley Centre in Beeston. Do you want to find out about being care worker, or working retail? Do you need an introduction to computers, or perhaps you want to perfect your cake decoration skills.