What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
A snooker hall that sprung up in Beeston has been served with an enforcement notice by Leeds City Council. The Cuedos snooker hall is located on Dewsbury Road near the Tommy Wass junction, in the former Sugar Refinery building. The owners have not applied for planning permission to change the
Pupils at Greenmount Primary School, Beeston were excited to receive their new ‘Free Little Library’ this spring. The pupils at Greenmount had a few activities including a Bake Sale to raise money to commission ‘Leeds Free Little Library’ to build a beautiful mountain themed box which was installed on school
On Wednesday 3 April 2019 four members of Beeston’s St Andrew’s Pantomime Group, Jane Ramsey, Simon Forster, Andrew Coffey and Ian Ferguson, attended the Awards Ceremony at Catterick Camp in North Yorkshire to collect their Duke of York’s Community Initiative Award from the Duke himself. It’s the second time that
The Beeston and Holbeck Scouts and Cubs have been working on an anti-littering poster project for their communities. They have designed a set of eye-catching posters with environmental messages, encouraging fellow residents not to drop litter – and are now inviting members of the public to order them, for free,
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. The following applications were validated in the week beginning 8 April 2019: Installation of two New 44 High LED Floodlighting Masts West Stand Car Park Elland Road Beeston
It was June 2018 as I sat at a Beeston Festival committee meeting waiting for people to arrive, and instead of our usual one councillor in attendance, we had four! Why the sudden interest in helping … oh, it’s just been an election and we have three new councillors. My
West Yorkshire Trading Standards is running another of its Scam and Frauds Workshops at Dewsbury Road Community Hub in Beeston on Wednesday 24 April 2019 at 11am. The workshop will make residents aware of the most common types of scams and frauds in circulation, how to avoid them and where
Leeds mental health charity Touchstone has appointed Gordon Aickin as its financial director and deputy chief executive. Mr Aickin joins Touchstone from Northpoint Wellbeing where he was the financial controller. Beeston-based Touchstone, which has an annual turnover of almost £8m, employs 300 staff and volunteers to deliver mental health and
A Leeds charity which prevents homelessness is appealing to socially responsible businesses to help it celebrate the tenth anniversary of its social enterprise. Turning Lives Around (previously known as Leeds Housing Concern) established Clean Start in 2009 to provide a step back into employment for some of the most marginalised
Voting has now started to decide which of the five shortlisted projects will receive grants of as part of the St Luke’s CARES Community Awards. Since January we have been publicising the work of great local projects helping South Leeds people in so many ways. An independent panel chose the