What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
BME-led housing association Unity Homes and Enterprise, which owns and manages affordable homes in Holbeck and Beeston, is playing a lead role in supporting young people in Leeds to pursue a career in health and social care. Unity has been chosen to engage with individuals aged 16-25 through Healthier Working
Business expansions are helping to drive renewed demand for Leeds’ Marshall’s Mill and Round Foundry estate in Holbeck Urban Village, with two new tenants signing up so far in 2022. Construction industry quantity surveyors and project managers, EDGE is expanding its national network of offices to include to Leeds, moving
The countdown has officially begun to this year’s local elections in Leeds which take place on Thursday 5 May 2022. South Leeds is guaranteed to see some new faces amongst our representatives as a third of Councillors are up for election, one in each ward in the city. Cllr Elizabeth
A striking new bridge dedicated to the memory of a man who died after being racially harassed has been lowered into place across the River Aire in Leeds. Engineers working on the David Oluwale bridge completed one of the project’s major milestones over the weekend, with cranes carefully placing the
Two new online maps have been launched to help Blue Badge holders and other road users navigate around Leeds city centre as major road improvements are carried out and completed. The disabled parking map shows the on-street locations where Blue Badge holders can park, with 111 spaces allocated across 21
A new roving vaccination service is being set up for Leeds, as the Covid-19 vaccination programme moves into its next phase. Building on the success of the outreach vaccination clinics in local communities, the service will provide a wide range of clinics and temporary ‘pop ups’ across the city. This
Paul Kaye, CEO of financial services provider Leeds Credit Union, has expressed concern that the announcements made in the Chancellor of the Exchequer’s Spring Statement do not go far enough to help the people of Leeds. Despite Rishi Sunak’s mini-Budget delivering some positive news, Mr Kaye fears that new measures
Construction workers protested today (23 March 2022) at Leeds Civic Hall to ensure workers employed on a new waste-to-energy plant at Skelton Grange in the city should be paid the rate for the job. Leeds City Council has granted planning permission for the project but has failed to stipulate that
The NHS in Leeds is starting to offer Spring booster vaccines this week as the Covid-19 vaccination programme moves to the next phase. The extra booster is being offered to people aged 75 and over, care home residents and people with weakened immune systems (12 and over), in line with
A funding programme that enables the start-up of socially enterprising ideas, for people in Leeds with care and support needs, has recently awarded its 100th grant. The Ideas That Change Lives (ITCL) Fund is managed by Leeds Community Foundation in partnership with Leeds City Council and See Ahead. The fund