What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The Health For All’s Menspace project is starting two new activity groups in South Leeds. A new Digital Photography Club starts today (28 January 2016). The aim is to share photography skills, learn from others, get to know your camera or phone better. The group will meet every Thursday from
Connect for Health, a local NHS-funded service to improve health and wellbeing for people living in South and East Leeds, has found that social isolation is proving to be the biggest factor affecting health and wellbeing – affecting over one third (37%) of the people the service has worked with
Community volunteering charity The Conservation Volunteers’ Skelton Grange Environment Centre in Leeds have been working to clean up an area of their land that was lost following the flooding of the river Aire. A team of volunteers have been helping those across the river near Thwaite Mills, an area also
NHS Leeds South and East Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has announced that 14 local projects will benefit from its Third Sector Grant Scheme, to help improve health and wellbeing in the South and East of the city. Leeds South and East CCG is responsible for funding and managing health services
Featherstone Rovers showed their class with a dominating second half performance to beat Hunslet 24-10 in the Hawks’ second pre-season friendly. Hawks’ new head coach Matt Bramald made a good start against his old club in front of a crowd of 1,045 at the Big Fellas stadium, but Rovers scored
The Lord Mayor of Leeds, Cllr Judith Chapman and local MP Hilary Benn were amongst the guests as the new Lane End Primary School was officially opened in Beeston on Friday (22 January 2016). The planting of a tree (a time capsule is to follow once its contents are complete)
Here are some fantastic apprenticeship opportunities for young people leaving school this summer. Apprenticeships are open to anyone over 16 and you are paid a wage while learning on the job and at college. You will be given support from your employer during your apprenticeship and they are a great
Hunslet Hawks announced yesterday (21 January 2016) that Head Coach Barry Eaton has left the Club by mutual consent. Chairman Neil Hampshire said, “Barry has been an excellent servant to the Club and has worked hard to make us competitive against a perpetual backdrop of limited funding. He will always be remembered for masterminding
The new Aldi supermarket on Tunstall Road in Beeston is set to open next Thursday (28 January 2016). The shop, built on the site of the old Holbeck Police Station, will open at 8am with the first 100 customers being a handed a golden envelope. Each envelope will contain a
A commemorative garden is to be opened next Friday (29 January 2016) to mark the completion of new council housing in Holbeck. The garden, next to The Holbeck club on Jenkinson Lawn, will include two brass plaques recovered from the demolished Holbeck Towers as well as information boards about Holbeck