What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
We are looking for people from across West Yorkshire to come and volunteer with us who have personal experience of suicide. By personal experience, we mean one or more of the following: Having been bereaved or impacted by suicide Having experienced suicidal thoughts Having previously made an attempt on your
Music Federation staff and families have joined forces with Hunslet TARA (Tenants and Residents Association) to help clean up the local environment. Low Road and Windmill Music Federation School council identified the need for keeping the school and local community environments clean and tidy. Understanding that it’s not just the look,
Get Set Leeds Local have loved seeing some projects we have supported in various ways celebrating their first birthdays, all developing from residents’ ideas. It’s hard now to imagine Beeston and Holbeck without some of them now. We’d like to say happy birthday to Holbeck Moor Football Club, developed by
We’re all aware of the benefits of healthy eating but the misconception that doing so is prohibitively expensive is stopping many households from giving it a go. Here, Jodie, the Branch Coordinator at Leeds Credit Union, serves up some tasty tips on ways to eat healthier without spending a fortune.
“Enjoy the little things in life – because one day you’ll look back and realise they were the big things.” Kurt Vonnegut Yes, I’m a Leeds Loiner who can slip into broad Yorkshire – but not always. Once I was supply teaching in Allerton Bywater, only a few miles from
The last few years have brought many challenges for the Year 11 students at Cockburn School. They have worked tremendously hard and this was recognised as they played their part in the school securing the Ofsted ‘Outstanding in all areas’ judgement in February 2022. This year has seen exams going
On a warm Wednesday evening on Holbeck Moor who would have guessed that this inner city park would be so busy with families spending time in the park; friends sitting and chatting plus football practice. Celebrating their first anniversary were Holbeck Moor FC. They started with financial support from The
I was very pleased and honoured to be invited to witness Opera North and the Music Federation (Windmill and Low Road primary schools) join forces to present the Big Sing. The performance they presented was a piece first created in 2007 for the BBC Proms and was commissioned by Rachel
The ‘Friends of Trentham Park’ were glad to host a hanging basket giveaway again this year on 11 June. As part of their belated Jubilee celebrations, the community group lead by local residents applied for some funding through Asda community fund and were able to purchase in bedding plants, pots
This year’s Hunslet Club Football Gala took place on Sunday 12 June. The day began at 9am when the young grassroots teams from all over West Yorkshire came together to compete against others in several 8 minute matches. In addition to the tournament taking place across 9 different pitches, a