What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Sharp Lane Primary School visit development kitchens at Asda Home Office in Leeds to create Super Veg Heroes With 80% of children shown to not eat enough vegetables, Asda stores across the country are supporting the ITV campaign ‘Veg Power – Eat Them to Defeat Them’. The aim of the
A drop-in event TODAY (Tuesday 10 March) will give local people the opportunity to have their say about a plan to improve bus stops and provide better information for bus users in Cottingley. Taking place between 3.30pm and 6.30pm at Cottingley Primary Academy, the drop-in will be a chance for
Northern Monk will be launching two beers to celebrate International Women’s Day 2020, one brewed by women from across the industry, and one brewed by women from the Northern Monk team. The first of these two beers will launch today (Friday 6 March) and the second will be brewed this
Yorkshire mental health charity Touchstone ranks 9th in The Sunday Times Best Not-For-Profit Organisations to Work For 2020 The Beeston-based charity also received the Discovering Potential award for the fourth year running in recognition of their work to employ people with lived experience. As well as this, Touchstone won the
Saturday 7 March 9am will see the long awaited opening of the bigger and better B&M Hunslet store, on City South Retail Park. The new colleagues were asked to nominate a local charity they think truly deserves some VIP treatment for the work they do for the local community. They
This week, Leeds College of Building is getting behind two impactful campaigns celebrated across the UK and beyond: National Careers Week (2-7 March 2020) and International Women’s Day (8 March). National Careers Week is a celebration of careers guidance across the UK. It focusses on careers guidance at an important
Leeds Credit Union is celebrating after picking up the gong for ‘Lender of the Year’ at the Yorkshire Finance Awards. The coveted award recognises lenders who have contributed to local financial security & business and community growth with innovative loan designs, whilst using technology to deliver a better service to
Hamara Healthy Living Centre has won a grant of £300,000 from independent trust Power to Change. The grant, part of the trust’s Community Business Fund, will allow Hamara to move the development of the Old Cockburn Sports Hall forward towards planning and detailed designs. Hamara’s vision is to renovate the
Approval has been given for the first step in bringing about transformational improvements to the area around the Corn Exchange and across Leeds Bridge to Meadow Lane. Leeds City Council’s executive board have formally agreed the £21.5million construction plans required to transform the Corn Exchange and surrounding areas. A further
Anyone in Middleton and Belle Isle who is unfortunate enough to suffer a heart attack now has a better chance of survival after three Community Public Access Defibrillators have been installed in locations across the local area. Councillor Judith Blake who represents the area and is also Leader of Leeds