What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
As we fast approach the shortest day of the year, 21 December, BasementArtsProject brings to you an exhibition that draws upon light as an integral component of new work by Leeds based duo Lens&Chisel. As with their January exhibition in 2015, ‘Other Rooms’, whose works emitted their own light by
Our story about aliens landing at New Bewerley Community School caught a lot of attention this week. The story’s been viewed nearly 3,000 times. We usually only get that sort of traffic for crime, planning or jobs reports. It can’t have hurt to have the word ‘alien’ in the headline,
The new myrtle, flame and white home shirt of the Hunslet Hawks will be officially unveiled on the evening of Thursday 17 December 2015, in the presence of the 2016 Club Sponsors. Students from The South Leeds Academy worked on designs for the shirt and a shortlist of six were
Coroners in Leeds are appealing for information to trace relatives of Herta Raab who died at her home in Cottingley Towers, Leeds on 17 November 2015. Herta died of natural causes at the age of 88. Any relatives, or anyone who has information about her next of kin, is asked
Christmas Lights in Beeston, Belle Isle, Holbeck and Middleton will be switched on at events over the next two weeks. Belle Isle goes first on Wednesday 2 December* at 4pm on Belle Isle Circus. The event will feature music from Windmill Primary School (and possibly Opera North). Beeston follows on
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 team of young people who took up The Challenge and came to Cross Flatts Park last Saturday to help Beeston In Bloom by clearing overgrown
Make the festive season extra special by giving an old bike a new home this Christmas The general public are being asked to donate old bikes that have been outgrown or long forgotten so that they can be given to young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, just in time for Christmas.
As the panto season rapidly approaches, St Andrew’s Pantomime Group in Beeston have unveiled plans for their production of Sleeping Beauty and this year one of the performances will include a signer for people with impaired hearing. Simon Forster from the group explained: “In 2103 we were awarded the Duke
The next Inner South Community Committee and Workshop will be held on Wednesday 9 December 2015. The workshop theme is Health and Well-being and will address the topic of Helping Children and Families have the Best Start. Cllr Angela Gabriel, Chair of the committee said: “We know that children born
Leeds Community Foundation launches new programme to support carers and people living with dementia Leeds Community Foundation (LCF) has launched a series of Small Fund programmes, in partnership with Time to Shine, to help third sector groups develop ways of reducing loneliness and isolation and strengthen communities, benefiting older people.