What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Leeds City Council is appealing for volunteers to help run this year’s Healthy Holidays programme. The Healthy Holidays programme has been running since 2018 and provides children living in poverty with nutritious food, fun and engaging activities, and the chance to make friends and develop new skills during the school
Hunslet and Riverside Councillors have confirmed how the first £19,000 of a dedicated £30,500 budget is to be spent on amenity improvements to the shopping district between Dewsbury Road Community Hub and Library and Hunslet Fire Station from a fund, known as the Town and District Two, will be spent.
Leeds artists’ studio Lord Whitney are opening up their studio to young people with a new creative course that aims to inspire confidence, and champion that there is no ‘standard’ route into the creative industries. [Designers of the Future] is a new free 5-week creative course that aims to support
A local South Leeds resident has been picked to star in PureGym’s latest ‘Member Stories’ campaign. Becky Partridge, a member of PureGym Leeds Hunslet, will feature on PureGym’s social channels and website over the coming weeks as part of the campaign. When Becky first stepped into the gym she was nervous
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A community-led campaign which is taking positive action to tackle the scourge of littering in Leeds is aiming to turn Leeds into a sea of purple this Saturday (3 July 2021). This follows the success of the Litter Free Leeds movement, which working closely in partnership with Leeds City Council,
Due to her dedication to make every resident’s meal delicious and beautifully presented, a Cook from Middleton Park Lodge Care Home in South Leeds has received a Making a Difference Award. Louise Dennell, who works at one of Orchard Care Homes’ residences, was recently declared a winner in the company’s
Yorkshire’s Brain Tumour Charity ambassadors Ellie Sayers and Lucinda Thompson are encouraging families to join them at the charity’s family fun day, GardenFest, on Saturday 10 July 2021 at Leeds Corinthians RUFC. Lucinda, who you may recognise from Channel 4’s First Dates, became a Yorkshire’s Brain Tumour Charity (YBTC) Ambassador
Senior councillors have given the green light to plans designed to kickstart construction work on a new railway station in South Leeds this autumn. The White Rose Railway Station has already received planning permission and is regarded as a shovel-ready infrastructure project that will play a crucial part in connecting
Anyone aged 18 or over in Leeds will have the opportunity to get their Covid-19 vaccination this weekend by simply walking into one of a number of vaccination clinics. Dubbed ‘Grab a Jab’ this country-wide vaccination push aims to make it as easy as possible for anyone to receive either