Poem: Black
16 year old Sarata Sawo from Beeston has written this poem in response to the Black Lives Matter campaign: Black Black is working 10 times harder to get to A Which a white man gets with a click You get to A you’re hard to defeat It’s
Burton Lodge – later Burton House
Burton Lodge was built around 1791 and was a fine Georgian Mansion of two story red brick construction. At some point the Lodge seems to have been split in to two houses, this led to a change in the name and also the address from 1861, it now became Nos.13
Lychee Red Comes Home
Thanks to a National Lottery grant, Health for All will be launching a new project to support Chinese and other isolated elders in Leeds to cope through the Covid-19 pandemic. The new build Beeston Village Community centre will be the Hub from which staff and volunteers with appropriate language skills
Skatepark will reopen with new branding
When LS-TEN skatepark reopens after the lockdown it will boast new branding having run a competition amongst its members. Carl Harrison explained: “We ran the LS-TEN logo competition following a suggestion from a member Charlie Halligan. Over the course of 3 weeks we had over a hundred designs sent in
Ping Pong for the people
Whilst everyone has been spending more time at home, people have been thinking of new ways to keep entertained. Peter Thompson from PingPong4U, who is well known across the city for his passion for the game of Ping Pong, quickly set about making up some home packs. These are ideal
Cockburn’s pride in its students
Students from Cockburn School and Cockburn John Charles Academy have been working hard on their home learning. The dedicated staff at both schools have created a range of home learning resources for students. For families with limited ICT access or access to devices, staff have provided a range of printed
Memories of Cross Flatts Park through the decades
Taking exercise during the lockdown has made many of us appreciate our parks more. Cross Flatts Park in Beeston lies at the very heart of the community is enjoyed especially by those who haven’t got gardens of their own. We asked a long time Beeston resident for her memories of
After the clapping
I haven’t been ‘clapping for our carers’ on a Thursday evening, there I said it. Not because I don’t care but because I do, too much, the clapping is just too easy and there is too much that needs doing. Social Care gets a mixture of being told its really
Local charity asks you to get creative and celebrate nature
Throughout lockdown many of us have grown a new appreciation of the great outdoors, and a better understanding of its impact on our mental health and wellbeing. Inspired by this, local charity Touchstone’s projects Your Space, Mentally Healthy Leeds and the ABCD team have joined together to encourage people to
Will our local sports clubs survive Covid?
The coronavirus pandemic is affecting every part of our lives in the UK and in Leeds. The papers are full of stories about the toll on families, frontline workers, the NHS, and businesses. However, as professional football clubs start gearing up to restart the season, I want to draw attention