What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Leeds City Council currently has an urgent need for foster carers and is currently seeking carers who can foster babies and very young children. The authority is holding an information/recruitment event in Middleton in the new year for people in south Leeds who may be interested in fostering. To foster children in the
Work has today started on introducing security fencing around vandal-hit Hunslet Cemetery following a hard fought three-year campaign by local residents. Hunslet Cemetery is one of the oldest municipal cemeteries in the country but has been blighted by vandalism, thefts from graves, anti-social behaviour and dog fouling. And this afternoon
Struggling? Need a job? Want to study? Want help? Help is on hand! Connexions, an organisation which supports young people in the area, is running drop-in sessions at Hamara off Tempest Road, Beeston Hill, and at the South Leeds Youth Hub, off Middleton Road, Belle Isle. See the poster below for
I’m at the Leeds school of architecture on my first year of the MArch course and my tutor group and I are working in Hunslet this semester, writes Rachael Branton. We are organising a pop-up teashop in Hunslet [today] and we’re hoping that the event will encourage the local community to
We’ve received the following appeal for new trustees for the Asha Neighbourhood Project in Stratford Street, Beeston. Asha is a local community organisation established in 1985 to work with South Asian women and children in South Leeds, aiming to increase confidence levels and improve life chances through providing opportunities to access
A number of readers have contacted South Leeds Life asking for an update on the plans to build a new Asda supermarket in Middleton. Back in February it was revealed that the store, which originally received planning permission in 2010, would be open by November 2013. But Asda chiefs are
We’re upgrading our blog this weekend and making some behind-the-scenes technical changes. Please bear with us as we make these changes – we hope there will be minimal disruption to readers. Thank you! The South Leeds Life Team
Some time ago a disk of nostalgic Hunslet photos set to music was handed to the Hunslet Club to be shown on the big screen at a reunion event. We figured it deserves a wider audience for those interested in local history. These are not club images but images from
[slideshow]Young people from across South Leeds have come together for an exciting residential experience. 17 young people from the Middleton Park ward and Beeston, Cottingley and Middleton Cluster enjoyed a weekend residential at Herd Farm. Youth workers from Leeds Youth Service brought together the group with the aim of better