What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Not for the first time, I spent a very interesting Saturday morning in St Matthew’s Community Centre in Holbeck this week. The room was packed with residents who wanted to have their say about the managed sex work area, for once those responsible for the decision were present to explain
Aspiring Communities, the organisation behind the controversial plans for the Ice Pak site in Beeston, have issued a statement about the recent decision of the Council’s Plans Panel. Aspiring Communities appealed to the Planning Inspectorate in November because Leeds City Council had failed to make a decision on their application
Cottingley residents plant first 50 trees of half mile long community orchard With 1,200 residents on the Cottingley Hall estate, a small orchard wasn’t an option as far Cottingley in Bloom volunteers were concerned; they set their sights on something far more ambitious – a half mile avenue of fruit
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 with a date for your diary. On 19 April the Tennis Centre at John Charles Centre for Sport will be hosting the actual Davis Cup, as won
Forty residents attended a meeting called by Save Our Beeston (SOB) to debate the proposed match day parking permit scheme on Monday evening (29 February 2016). The scheme, which is currently being consulted on, would see residents given permits to park on their street, but football supporters from out of
Aldi’s new Beeston store has donated a range of products to the Salvation Army, based on Hunslet Hall Road, following the new store opening in January. Aldi donated a range of products including tinned food items to help for the group to use in their weekly activities with the community,
A new service for adults on the autistic spectrum and their carers opens this week at the Vale Circles centre in Beeston. The service will begin on Thursday 3 March and run every week 2-7pm at Vale Circles on Tunstall Road in Beeston. It is focussed on autistic adults and
HEA (Holbeck Elderly Aid) are starting a singing group at St Matthews Community Centre every Tuesday from 10.30-11.30 from 1st March, to provide an avenue for older adults to sing for the joy, health and camaraderie of song regardless of experience and expertise. The group will be aimed at adults,
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 22 February 2016: Retrospective application for detached garage to rear 165 Old Lane Beeston Leeds LS11 7AQ Ref. No:
Over 100 people packed into St Matthew’s Community Centre on Saturday morning (27 February 2016) to put their views to Council bosses and Police officers. The meeting to discuss the ‘managed sex work area’ was organised by local councillors and chaired by Cllr Angela Gabriel. Most of the residents were