What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
May is National Walking Month, and there’s lots of easy ways to get out for a stroll in Leeds, from digital apps to city tours, and even a local walking festival. Living Streets, the UK charity for everyday walking, launches its #Try20 campaign for National Walking Month this week, encouraging
Leeds has been a Fairtrade City for 18 years this year, and children across the city have been celebrating by designing birthday cards to give to Councillors and MPs. Leeds Fairtrade group, who organised the birthday card competition, were impressed by the quality of entries from Ireland Wood Primary School,
Last month the incredibly talented Manchester Collective and Abel Selaocoe came to Slung Low at The Holbeck to perform a concert featuring classical futuristic and African music. The doors opened at 1pm with activities, including making lanterns, and food for the guests, with every flavour of Fanta! Manchester Collective were
Jodie, the Branch Coordinator at Leeds Credit Union, takes a look at the importance of financial wellbeing and advises on how to improve yours. Getting to grips with your financial wellbeing delivers a range of benefits. Unfortunately, many people don’t know what financial wellbeing actually is. Financial wellbeing isn’t about
The Hunslet Club’s Under 14s Football team have definitely been putting in the work this season, and it has paid off massively. On Sunday 10 April, they won the league in their final game of the season against Chapeltown. Their motivation was like never before, as they wanted to work
Middleton FC Reserves were crowned Champions of the Yorkshire Amateur League Division 2 on Wednesday night after a 3-1 win. The Reserves debut season has ended in style after a 3-1 win at Norristhorpe. Goals from Man of the Match Liam Bentley, Bradley Noble and Danny Dickinson cemented the top
LS-TEN have recently launched a new youth service project in South Leeds, working with organisations from across the city to form the Leeds Youth Alliance. Our partners in the south are Barca, Re:establish, The Youth Association, DAZL, Hamara and The Getaway Girls. In the North East and West, Barca are
I would like to focus this month’s column by discussing diversity. In the Leeds South community, we are fortunate to benefit from broad cultural diversity, as highlighted by a number of recent religious celebrations. Whilst many of us may have marked the Christian celebration of Easter, others will have celebrated
An arts and crafts fundraising afternoon was held on Sunday 3 April 2022 at St Luke’s Church on Malvern Road in Beeston. The event was the brainchild of 8 year old Dorothy Brewer, who is in Year 4 at St Luke’s Primary School. After hearing about the situation facing refugees
Beeston in Bloom is always looking to improve the area and develop our local heritage. This year we wanted to make it extra special as we are celebrating our 25th birthday. We looked at the company who manufacture the splendid metal benches that are dotted around Beeston and found they