What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
DePuy Synthes continued their positive track record of getting stuck into community activities when they visited Involve Leeds – an alternative education provider. Involve provides tailored education programmes to 11-14 year olds finding it tough in mainstream school. Working with just 8 young people per day Involve works hard to
Christmas is well and truly arriving in Holbeck this weekend with lots of community events to join in with! On Saturday 3 December 2016 there is the annual Holbeck Christmas Market run by the Holbeck Gala Committee. It’s from 11am–3pm at St Matthew’s Community Centre and it’s always a great
Calling all from Hunslet, Stourton and surrounding areas! Were you born in the area? Did you work in the area or at Thwaite Mill? Do you have any stories from your ancestors of the area? If so, we would love to hear from you. We are doing a history of
The children and families at Lane End Primary School have been thinking about ways that they can support others that are not as fortunate as they are, and have been donating items that might help. As this is the time of year when we thank farmers for their harvests, and
If you passed by Tenants Hall on Monday night 31 October 2016 you would have been forgiven if you thought nothing was going on, all was quiet until the Middle Tone community choir group arrived in full costume fitting the time of the year. [slideshow_deploy id=’55731′] There were eerie sounds
Hilary Benn MP, visited Holbeck-based social enterprise, People Matters (Leeds) CIC recently, to find out about their new enterprise project Nourishing People, which trains people who live with a disadvantage and have little or no experience of work to manufacture and sell wholesome snacks. The project is set to expand
Dave Barlow has been in touch and submitted this poem. We haven’t published fiction or poetry before, but we are keen to encourage writing of all kinds. If you would like to join this Creative Writing thread, please email your poem or short story to info@southleedslife.com. A Humnin tale
Anti Bullying Week 2016 is being held between 14-18 November this year. A few locals from Beeston, Sham, Awais and Yaz, have decided to get together and promote this event after receiving a small pot of funding. They are running a competition for children aged 5-18 from South Leeds. Children
I run a successful majorette troupe in the South Leeds area by the name of Lynbar. We have been running now for almost 35 years and we are currently looking for new members to join the team and enjoy what we do. Lynbar was established in the early 80’s by
The ever popular South Leeds Music Centre, based out of Morley Newlands Primary School has recently expanded its range of classes offered. The exciting new initiative will now give attending students the opportunity to play in a variety of ensembles, in addition to the individual and group instrumental lessons already