What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
On Sunday (12 February 2017) just shy of 100 people braved the terrible weather for the annual Running for Skye fun run event in Middleton Park. The fun run began in 2015 on Valentine’s Day in support of youngster Skye Sutcliffe after she suffered a shock diagnosis 10 months earlier
Work will start shortly on a new road safety scheme on Dewsbury Road. You may remember reading about the proposals in this article last year. As locals and residents of south Leeds are well aware, Dewsbury Road is a key traffic artery in the south west of the city but
On Wednesday 25 January, four students from Year 6 in Park View Primary Academy helped refugees of Iraq by sending Clothes, Bed, sheets, shoes nappies and other items that will keep them warm. The Vice Principal, Mrs Annable, took the four children to the Holy Spirit Church, Beeston Hill to
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The Leeds-based Irish Arts Foundation is launching a Reminiscence and Cultural Activities Men’s Group starting in mid-February. The positive contribution of the many Irishmen who arrived in the city from the west of Ireland between 1955 and 1980 has sometimes been overlooked or forgotten. Since the demise of the often
Over the last 18 months a small group of members at People Matters have worked together to develop and pilot a new community business making and selling wholesome snacks from mixtures of dried fruit, nuts and seeds etc. Now they have just successfully gained a new grant to move forward
At a recent supermarket collection (where foodbank volunteers ask members of the public to make a food donation) I was approached by a lady who asked “Why should I donate food for people who are too lazy to work and provide for themselves?” It’s a fair question and it deserves
This is very long but i hope you read it and it helps you to see this disorder more clearly. Dyslexia…. Dyslexia – a disorder that primarley effexts reading and riting, Dyspraxia- a coodnation disorder, Dyscaluclia – basically Maths dyslexia. All these disorders are very closley related if you have
At Sunday’s Hunslet RLFC v Hunslet Club Parkside game at the South Leeds Stadium (29 January 2017), Lizzie Jones presented a Defibrillator to Hunslet Green, home of the Hunslet Warriors ARLFC. The Danny Jones Fund was set up by Lizzie after the sudden death of her husband, Danny, whilst playing
Are you over 50 and living alone or as a carer in South Leeds? Curious about what the internet can offer you? Come along to our Techy Tea Party! Digital Angels (run by Age UK Leeds) works in South Leeds helping to get isolated older people online. The project is