What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Over the next few months, residents in Hunslet, Hunslet Carr, Hunslet Moor and on Beeston Hill, will see the installation of new community noticeboards in their public green spaces. These community noticeboards are one element of the work we’ve been doing locally as Councillors, based on community feedback, to provide
The Voice of Holbeck is a group of local community organisations which has come together to ensure that the whole Holbeck community, residents, businesses and sex workers are well represented on the issue of the managed approach and community safety. We are interested in the long-term health and future of
Here’s another entry for the 2019 St Luke’s CARES Community Awards, it has been submitted by Brendan Devereux on behalf of the Friends of Trentham Park. For details of how YOUR community group can enter please click here. The deadline for entries is Thursday 28 February. After successful events run
Here’s another entry for the 2019 St Luke’s CARES Community Awards, it has been submitted by Pat Benatmane on behalf of Hunslet Green, the home of the Hunslet Warriors ARLFC. For details of how YOUR community group can enter please click here. Hunslet Green, next to Morrisons in Hunslet, looks
In this article Laura Walton responds to Cllr Andrew Scopes’ recent article on the issues around street sex work in Holbeck. We know this is a contentious issue, or rather what is to be done about it is contentious. One of South Leeds Life’s aims is to be a platform
Following two years of development since becoming a charity, Holbeck-based People Matters are now celebrating as their hard work has been recognised at a star studded award ceremony in Bradford. People Matters collected the prestigious ‘Social Enterprise Award 2018’ at the awards hosted by Social Enterprise Yorkshire and Humber. The
Here’s another entry for the 2019 St Luke’s CARES Community Awards, it has been submitted by Lauren Wilson on behalf of Leeds Baton Rouge Majorettes. For details of how YOUR community group can enter please click here. We are a Majorettes troupe based in Middleton, and we hold training sessions
Hunslet will soon have its Community Hub, with the 12-16 weeks of building work to convert Hunslet Library beginning on Saturday 16 February 2019. The creation of the Hub is a substantial investment into the communities of Hunslet, Hunslet Carr, and the newer Riverside estates. Our communities have told me
As the Friends of Hunslet Moor, we love this large patch of green space in the middle of our community. It provides somewhere for children to play, people to walk their dogs, and for others, somewhere to simply enjoy green space. Sadly, a mixture of people not caring about litter,
The performance opens with a scene of scattered chairs, stacked up high along the back of the stage. The chairs catch the lights and the mood of the room seems to shift around as the audience take their seats. The lights cut to black and a sleepy figure appears. Reluctant