What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
This Beeston Festival was their 25th anniversary and it was bigger and better than ever. I have lived in Beeston for over 15 years and have attended most of them but this year really topped them all. The event is incredibly well organised and planned. The food stalls were amazing
Do you love where you live? Do you want to make it better? Want to get involved and help your community? Become a Street Champion! By becoming a street champion you will be encouraged and supported to organise community events that improve your neighbourhood and local environment. This will include
Upgrade work on Trentham Pocket Park has begun, which will add new playground equipment for local children. I know how important a safe and clean environment is for young children to play in, and the improvements planned for the park have been long request of parents. Work should be completed
We are a group of young girls who came together and form the Beeston Young Ladies Cooking Club. The objective of the group is to learn and gain skills in cooking varieties of dishes. We received £500 grant from Touchstone charity (MAP+) to run this project and we are extremely
Residents across the Hunslet and Riverside ward have contacted us as Councillors, to say many of footpaths in the ward, particularly in Hunslet, had become warn down. Over the last year, we have applied pressure on the Councils Highways team, with other South Leeds Councillors and beyond, to begin work
It might seem too good to be true, but this month sees the arrival in Beeston of a temporary ‘free shop’ – where locals will be able to pick up a range of second hand goods… without paying a penny! The ‘shop’ is part of the Leave Leeds Tidy scheme,
Gurbinder has recently joined the team of Women’s Lives Leeds as a Community Engagement Worker. Women’s Lives Leeds is a group of 11 women’s and girls services in Leeds building on the strength of over 250 years of combined experience working with women and girls in Leeds. Gurbinder offers welfare
Cockburn School was represented at the annual Rotary Leeds Schools Technology Tournament. The teams were challenged to design and make a scaled working model of a flashing beacon that could be used in an emergency disaster zone. The beacon was required to flash fifteen times. Students could use a very
Come and join the biggest free Father’s Day party in England! Dadstastic Day is a day of free family fun organised by Leeds Dads in partnership with Leeds City Museum and Child Friendly Leeds. The day is for babies, toddlers and children up to 11 years old and offers a
In March 2019 a group of students from Cockburn John Charles Academy and Cockburn School were invited to take part in auditions for the National Youth Theatre. The National Youth Theatre of Great Britain is a world-leading youth arts organisation. They inspire, nurture and showcase exceptional performers from across the