What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Get ready, South Leeds, as The Hunslet Club has a lot of festive cheer planned for this Christmas! The Hunslet Club has a jam-packed month of Christmas festivities, focusing on community, having fun, and ensuring every young person has a memorable Christmas holiday! The Hunslet Club is starting the festive
As we move into the Christmas period, I would like to update you all on some of the excellent work of your local Neighbourhood Policing Teams in supporting charitable causes. BBC Radio Leeds recently conducted the Big Baton Challenge for Children in Need. I was pleased to be able to
In 2013, Cockburn School student Kyle Asquith waved goodbye to his mother on his way to school and, a day later, he passed away following a fatal brain haemorrhage. His organs were donated and they saved the lives of five people. Students, teachers and Kyle’s family set up the Kyle
Not too long now and it’ll be Christmas and New Year. Like me, you may be looking back on 2022. Time to reflect. And to hope that 2023 may be better. I sincerely wish that it is. For you. For all of us. Anyway the story of time measuring devices
On this coming Monday (5 December 2022) local families are warmly invited to join Hunslet Gathering’s Messy Church Christmas Party 3:30-5pm at Involve Centre Whitfield Avenue, LS10 2QE (next to the Library Hub building and St Joseph’s club). The event will celebrate the good news of Christmas through plenty of
This week countries around the world including the UK will meet to create a Global Plastics Treaty. A key element of the treaty is a requirement to take steps to decrease the production and consumption of plastic. However, it’s business as usual for Leeds City Council despite the climate emergency
The 2022 Lantern Festival returns on Friday 9 December and this year takes place at four locations across Beeston. The event will start with three smaller local gatherings at St Luke’s Church, St Mary’s Church and Rowland Road Social Club. The theme for the whole event will be the ‘Journey
Last Saturday afternoon (19 November 2022) over 60 people defied the weather to make a difference in various ways across Beeston Hill. The ‘Love Leeds 11’ event was a collaboration between Space youth group, Kidz Klub, St Luke’s church, Mosaic church and the Shine Project and aimed at giving the
Cottingley Hall as an estate has historically had a serious lack of provision when it comes to young people and this has resulted in a lot of anti-social behaviour. As an estate there was a desire to add to the current youth provision by offering an extra session per week.
The Hunslet Club Fireworks Display is an annual South Leeds event that gets better and more exciting each year. On Friday (4 November 2022), over 1,000 people attended the fireworks event from 6pm to approximately 8pm. The team ran like a well-oiled machine, with staff members getting into positions from