What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
A grant from Leeds Community Foundation has enabled Health for All’s Young People and Families service launch a COVID-19 Emergency Response project to help local families in south Leeds. The charity has reopened Middleton Family Centre for a day each week, as a Hub from which to deliver practical and
When we were still allowed in our workspaces, I had a wall of heroes to inspire me at my side whilst I toiled. On that wall were, amongst others, French & Saunders, CJ Walker, Little Simz and Ivy Benson. Ivy has always been extra special to me as she was
When Beeston in Bloom held it’s AGM on 2 March (BC – Before Coronavirus) little did we know what was about to happen. Plans were made and working parties arranged in preparation for our spring judging. A newly formed Wednesday garden club had worked hard in Cross Flatts Park in
I recently managed to start a Facebook account. Like so many others who are isolating during these difficult times of the Coronavirus, and only leaving home if it is absolutely necessary, it has been a welcome addition to enable me to communicate with others. While on Facebook, I found a
Since the last time I wrote an article South Leeds and policing South Leeds has changed significantly. As I write this we are in the middle of the second period of lockdown and we are all experiencing a number of challenges both personally and professionally. As you will be aware
Coal mining began in Beeston prior to 1549, we know this because in that year Ralph Beeston died and in his will left his ‘Coyle Mine’ to his son Robert. In fact, mining was probably the largest single factor in the fortunes of the Beeston Family, and enabled them to
Holbeck-based theatre company Slung Low will be streaming online for free the premiere of their new short film The Good Book on Friday (1 May 2020) from 12pm. The Good Book is the first production for the newly formed Leeds People’s Theatre and is produced by Slung Low with the
Here’s the first of our competition winners from Hazel Mulroy in Middleton: It’s 1953. We live in Acre Crescent, a few doors away from my paternal grandma and not far from my maternal grandma and granddad in Thorpe Place. Things are about to change, but I’m too young to know
Over these past weeks, many of us will have adopted entirely new ways of doing everyday activities, such as attending meetings, completing coursework, joining exercise classes and catching up with friends and family. Likewise, many of us will have realised that all these activities now have one thing in common:
A group of local community organisations, in partnership with Leeds Citizens, have come together to help entertain the kids of south Leeds by creating the “Lockdown Challenge”. The South Leeds Lockdown Challenge consists of the delivery of an Activity and Resource pack to families across LS11. The pack will contain