What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
More sofas, white goods and training St Luke’s CARES has extended its successful Dewsbury Road Charity Shop, directly connecting the shop to their refurbished warehouse. [slideshow_deploy id=’51134′] With even more retail space than before, the Dewsbury Road shop is a great destination to pick up quality pre-loved furniture at unbeatable
Wednesday 31 August will see Interserve take over the Central Atrium of the White Rose Shopping Centre in South Leeds, for a day-long recruitment fair and you’re invited. Nationally within the sector, July’s retail sales were up by 1.1% in comparison to July 2015, linked with youth unemployment rates decreasing
The St Luke’s Tenants and Residents Association (serving the northern, ‘bottom end’ of Beeston) are holding a picnic and pop-up sports day this Saturday (27th August 2016), between 1pm–4pm on the green space behind Beeston Hill Medical Centre on Cemetery Road. Bring picnic food to share if possible, from 1pm
Hunslet Hawks came out on top against York City Knights at Bootham Crescent on Sunday afternoon in a must win game in the Super 8s, getting the victory with a 33-12 scoreline after a fantastic first half put the visitors firmly in the driving seat. [slideshow_deploy id=’51073′] Photos by Phoenix
In what was a busy weekend for local people taking on charity challenges (see also here, about the Tour de Northside bike ride), Amanda Binns here tells us about last week’s Leeds to Keighley challenge, undertaken by a faithful band of Hunslet Hawks supporters – via our Create an article
The former Hunslet Gate Centre – a former school on Sussex Gardens – is due to be sold by Leeds City Council, at auction on 15th September. It is expected to fetch £225,000+. Click here for further info (lot 94). Until recently a school, it has been empty for some
With the Rio Olympics in full swing, local volunteers will be working together to tidy and smarten up the Multi-Use Games Area (MUGA) in Beeston’s Cross Flatts Park this Saturday (13th August) – and are inviting others to join in! Members of groups including Leeds Green Party and Cross Flatts
Sixteen of my colleagues from Northside Truck and Van Ltd completed a 20 mile cycle ride in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support and in memory of our colleague Don Bowen. They cycled around all our depots in Yorkshire and Humberside taking the route Sheffield, Doncaster, Scunthorpe ,Immingham, Hull, York, Bradford
You are invited to attend a community exhibition for us to share our early thoughts about a vibrant new housing, business, leisure and shopping area in Holbeck, in the heart of South Bank Leeds. The event will be held at the Holbeck Working Men’s Club, Jenkinson Lawn, Leeds LS11 9QX
Hunslet Hawks 30-26 London Skolars at South Leeds Stadium. Hunslet Hawks came out winners in the first round of the Kingstone Press Super 8s against London Skolars at the South Leeds Stadium on Saturday afternoon. Hunslet sped into a 10-0 lead through two Stuart Sanderson tries early on only for