What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
At Swarthmore Education Centre we are busy preparing to deliver the second year of our Lottery-funded Creative Communities Project. We have some exciting events and activities in store this month and over the coming year and look forward to seeing the amazing artwork that is created. Celebration events On Friday
On Sunday 15 September the first LS11 Yard Sale will be held in South Leeds. Yard sales are like car-boot or table-top sales, but spread around a community: anyone can hold a stall outside their home, during the event. It’s an opportunity for local people to sell unwanted items, and
Beeston boxing promoter Tristan Haynes is confident that those attending will be entertained and enthralled by the main event on his show at Leeds Anglers Club on Saturday 14 September 2024 as local Leeds lad Kalem Pickles boxes Castleford’s Alex Evans for the Haynes Promotion’s light heavyweight title belt. “I’m
Year 11 students at Cockburn School and Cockburn John Charles Academy celebrated the end of their school life with glamorous Proms at the Village Hotel in Tingley. In August there were further celebrations when they collected their exam results. News of these results will follow in a future edition of
“I want to go to the very end of the canal”, my five year old Alice said to me one day in spring. I thought about it some and decided why not give it a try and see how we get on. In the lead up to the trip we
The Great Middleton Park Show returns for 2024 with a theme to celebrate Nature’s Beauty on Sunday 8 September from 1pm to 4pm. The Show, as tradition, promises to feature its famous Produce Show, where anyone can enter in a variety of categories including: Vegetables, Fruit, Flowers, Home Produce and
Hunslet Nelson Cricket Club are the Gordon Rigg Jack Hampshire Cup winners for the first time after a four-wicket win against Scholes at a scorching Liversedge on Sunday 11 August 2024. Captain Jack Scanlon had the honour of lifting the trophy. He said after the win: “It is a great
On Wednesday (14 August 2024) the new look Hunslet Town Square hosted a successful Family Play Event giving young families a chance to play, get creative and try new things! Over 50 children and adults enjoyed a range of fun activities in the sun including various water activities, puppet making,
An exciting new summer event has started at Tenants Hall in Middleton. In collaboration with Sew it Seams and Rags to Riches, Our Future Beeston is putting on an event where people within the community can come and learn some new skills in sewing, upcycling and reusing different fabrics and
The Friends of Middleton Park are hosting a free guided walk in Middleton Park on Sunday (11 August 2024) around the Old South Leeds Golf Course land. After South Leeds Golf Club closed, over 4 years ago, most of the land was incorporated into Middleton Park. In that time there