What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Cross Flatts parkrun 17th August The rain clouds had cleared and the sun shone once again on the 125 parkrunners in Cross Flatts park this morning. Great recruitment this week – we saw 7 first time parkrunners join us, including 2 juniors (Nathan Church & Callum Stockdale). We also welcomed
Local residents marked the regeneration of Trentham Park in Beeston at an official relaunch event on Saturday (17 August 2019). Under sunny skies, local residents completed a ribbon-cutting ceremony, children played with the new equipment and everyone treated themselves to free ice cream. It followed the installation of a new
Rowland Road Club in Beeston Hill are holding a car boot sale and community barbecue on Bank Holiday Monday (26 August 2019) – and everyone’s invited! Come grab a bargain, or raise some cash for your unwanted items, or both. The event is part of a summer programme including free
South Leeds parents are forging ahead with a school uniform scheme – that enables local families to donate, exchange or simply pick up uniforms for their children, all for free. The project – which currently aims to cover all the schools in Beeston, Holbeck and Cottingley – launched last summer,
The Friends of Trentham Park in Beeston Hill are this Saturday (17 August 2019) holding an event to mark the reopening of their ‘pocket park’ – and everyone’s invited! The park is a small triangular space in the heart of the dense terraced housing of Beeston Hill, and was until
Asha Neighbourhood Project in partnership with the West Yorkshire Police delivered a series of Safeguarding Awareness workshops for local women, service users and volunteers. The workshops empowered them with the knowledge of their rights and local issues in order for them integrate, improve their English, improve confidence to access universal
Robert Winfield, a long standing member of the Conserative Party in Leeds and their candidate in Beeston & Holbeck ward since 2004, has been suspended by the party following allegations of sexual harassment. A national row erupted on Twitter over the weekend as a number of women claimed to have
People are being asked for their views on plans for £6.5m of new cycling routes in Leeds, as part of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s CityConnect programme aimed at encouraging more people to travel by bike or on foot in partnership with Leeds City Council. In the south of the
Leeds LDM basketball team’s first game in South Leeds will take place on Saturday 17 August 2019 against Barnsley Leaders at Cockburn School. Tip-off is due to be at 10.15am. The side, put together by Let’s Do More CIC, is made up of players from local team the Beeston Ballers
Work on Leeds City Council’s Connecting Leeds programme in the city centre will see The Headrow closed eastbound from Sunday 1 September 2019. As a result, many bus routes will be affected and the number 1 service will be cut in two with a new 10 service running on the