What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Father Christmas will be able to find his way in Beeston and Holbeck this year after the Chirstmas lights were officially switched on last week. Local Councillors Andrew Scopes, Angela Gabriel and Gohar Almass were on hand to flick the switch and watch as the streets were lit up with
St Luke’s Church was packed last Saturday (24 November 2018) as local people came along to find out about new local projects and vote on which ones should get a grant. The U Choose event was organised by local mental health charity Touchstone’s Migrant Access Project Plus (MAP+). 160 people
Sid The Shark was on hand at the Christmas Spending event at Dewsbury Road Community Hub last Monday (26 November 2018) as well as Money Buddies, Housing Leeds and other agencies. There was plenty for the children to do as they made craft items, had their faces painted and visited
South Leeds residents are invited to snap up the final few (free) tickets for two community meals, this coming week – being served up by youngsters from the local Space youth groups. The three-course meals are being held on Wednesday 5 and Thursday 6 December (2018), both at 6pm, at
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 26 November 2018: Amendment to previously approved planning application (17/04779/FU – Three retail units to car park and two
Olivia Sanderson-Shone, 11, from Beeston, is celebrating raising thousands of pounds for charity – and picking up a major community award for her efforts. Olivia’s been doing community fundraising for over 2 years, but earlier this year – following encouragement from members of the Save Our Beeston, Cottingley and Holbeck
Get a professional portrait taken for free this weekend and next (30 November – 8 December 2018) at Artist House 45 in Beeston. Artist House 45 is a project run by East Street Arts who invite artists to come and live in the Beeston community and make art with them.
For a week in November, people in Holbeck and Beeston, as well as four other communities across Leeds, were invited to answer a question a day about how they were feeling. Voting boxes were located in chip shops, community centres, pubs and clubs and results were posted each day on
A planning application to convert the former Methodist Church at the top of Wesley Street in Beeston has been submitted to Leeds City Council. If approved the building would be split with the main church space being turned into eight flats with access from the steps on Town Street; and
Residents of Greenhouse joined up with neighbours last Saturday (24 November 2018) to spend an afternoon planting 250 hedge-plants around the building. Greenhouse is the block of eco-flats and offices at the north end of Beeston Road that was previously Shaftesbury House. With most of the countryside around Leeds being