What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
South Leeds Live At Home held their belated Chinese New Year celebrations with a lunch at the St Andrew’s Community Centre in Beeston on Wednesday (21 March 2018). The original event had to be postponed by three weeks due the dreaded Beast from the East. [slideshow_deploy id=’74465′] We worked with
You may not have heard of Buckden Pike, although it is actually one of the highest mountains in Yorkshire, standing at just over 2,300 feet, which makes it higher than the better known Pen-y-ghent. Anyway, some time ago the South Leeds Community Hiking Group planned a pleasant walk up this
Young aspiring dancers of Yorkshire are set to dazzle audiences, in a number of performances across the region. These performances will be the product of an exciting new project, Yorkshire Connection: a collaboration between Dance Action Zone Leeds (DAZL), Rees Dance and Wayne Sables Project funded by Arts Council England’s
On Friday 23 February 2018, as part of the MindMate Champions Programme, Beeston Primary School was recognised as a MindMate Friendly school. MindMate Champions accreditation assesses schools on their wellbeing policies for children’s mental health, emotions and self-esteem. MindMate, run by the council, NHS and Leeds charities, is believed to
This was a first time experience for my children to see a high quality performance live at The West Yorkshire Playhouse. Kindly selected and nominated to attend on behalf of Caroline Carr – Headteacher at Greenmount Primary School. We were seated in our very prestigiously reserved front seated area. The
We are sad to report that former Hunslet player Jimmy Brogden passed away last Sunday morning (11 March 2018) at Middleton Park Lodge nursing home, aged 95 after a short illness . Jimmy was born in the Dartmouths streets of Hunslet and lived in Hunslet all his life. Jimmy was
Hunslet RLFC 26-10 North Wales Crusaders Hunslet RLFC prepared for next Sunday’s big Challenge Cup clash with Bradford Bulls by making it two wins from two in the Betfred League 1 after a testing encounter with the North Wales Crusaders. Having missed last Sunday’s planned game at home to Whitehaven
Leeds Libraries has trialled a series of Hour of Code workshops with Over 60s in partnership with South Leeds Live at Home. The main objective of the sessions was to use digital technology to promote the health benefits that mind-stimulating activities have on older people. Their coding activities for children
Fancy a brisk walk in the Yorkshire Dales and climb a mountain at the same time? The “South Leeds Walkers” are organising a trip to the Dales on Saturday 17 March, and welcome anyone from the South Leeds community to take part. The walk is about 10 miles long and involves
At 9am on Saturday 30 March 2013, 69 people gathered in Cross Flatts Park for the first Cross Flatts parkrun. Since then 3688 runners and walkers of all ages and abilities have taken part in the free, weekly, timed 5km run. Taking place every Saturday of the year (except when