What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The Friends of Middleton Park are hosting a free guided walk in Middleton Park on Sunday (28 July 2024) looking at the park’s trees and butterflies. The land that used to be the “Old Nine” of the municipal golf course at Middleton has in recent years been planted with specimen
The next meeting of Beeston Hill Community Association (BHCA) on Monday (29 July 2024) will be focussing on the issue of drugs and related crime, which is having a big impact on residents in Beeston Hill. The meeting takes place at The Hamara Centre on Tempest Road from 6:30-8pm. Those
There’s a bit in the BBC’s Responder series where Martin Freeman’s character, Chris Carson, wants to access some CCTV recordings to help him with an investigation. So he walks over to a bank of desks inside the police station from where he can access footage from all across Liverpool. He
Saturday (20 July 2024) was Holbeck Moor JFC’s first ever charity football match. It was the coaches of the kids within the club versus the parents. We wanted to raise money and awareness for Prostate Cancer UK while raising money for the children at the club at the same time.
The Imaginative Intelligence Warriors (IIW) are a group of pupils from Ingram Road Primary School who act as a steering committee for their local theatre company Slung Low. Over the last few years we have organised family-friendly events, commissioned artists to work in Holbeck and collaborated on big projects such
Over the past few months Our Future Beeston (OFB) has been busy within different community areas identifying and supporting climate action based work within Beeston. Here is a roundup of what has been going on in your area. Trentham Park Hanging Basket Event OFB supported St Luke’s and St Luke’s
Part of the ABCD (Asset Based Community Development) work involves giving local people small sparks funding to help them with and idea they may have or skills they would like to share. Beeston-based charity Better Action For Families (BAFF) have just given out the 26th Small Sparks grant to Glen
The dust is settling from the General Election. For the vast majority of people, elections are a sideshow. But for many of those involved, it’s a pressure-cooker experience: non-stop and intense. It’s a relief to get through it, and get back to ‘normal’ life. Many thanks to all who participated
At the end of this month of July, school holidays will begin. A question many parents will be asking themselves is where could they take the children for a good day out which will not break the bank! I remember as a young girl waiting with my mother and sister
As the cost of living crisis continues to increase the financial pressure facing many households in the UK, news that a lack of investment is likely to stop the UK economy from growing any time soon couldn’t have come at a worse moment. The timing is especially unwelcome when you