Author: Jeremy Morton

I've lived in Beeston in South Leeds since 1984 and I love the area. I am involved in various community activities including helping to organise Beeston Festival. I have been involved with the South Leeds Life Group since it started in 2010.

Council responds to Hunslet RLFC’s investment plans

Following our report that Leeds City Council had declined Hunslet RLFC’s £12m investment proposals, which would have involved leasing South Leeds Stadium to the club, the Council has now issued the following statement: “John Charles Centre for Sport is a Leeds City Council owned sports facility, operated by the Council’s

Council turns its back on £12 million investment in South Leeds

As we previously reported, Neil Hampshire, Director at Hunslet RLFC, has been working over the past year with fellow Director Kim Groves and companies Advantage 42 and Community Einstein to bring significant investment into South Leeds. The process has been more arduous than any of them ever imagined. Hampshire said: