What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Hamara celebrated another successful year at its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 23 February 2023. Hamara is a community anchor within Leeds and is working on a number of city wide projects within Leeds. Hamara has supported over 100,000 beneficiaries since the start of Covid and continues to deliver life
The Chief Executive of a South Leeds charity is quite literally scaling new heights in his bid to raise funds to help those at risk of homelessness. Combining his day job as CEO of Turning Lives Around (TLA) with his out of hours passion for climbing, Steve Hoey is aiming
We had quite a fall of snow overnight (9 March 2023). It caused travel problems for some and closed most of our schools, but others – especially the young and the young-at-heart – took the opportunity to go out and play. We put a call out to readers to send
The 2023 Beeston Festival will take place on Saturday 24 June in Cross Flatts Park and the festival are now taking bookings from individuals and organisations who would like a stall in their Bazaar. The Bazaar is always a vibrant part of the festival site, with up to 100 stalls
The fourth and final round of the Governments Energy Company Obligation (ECO) funding is being rolled out, with the funding available until March 2027. Previous versions of the grant have needed the strict eligibility to be met and although ECO4 isn’t open to every household, these criteria have been relaxed
Students at Cockburn School have had an excellent start to 2023. Highlights have included: Year 11 Art and Design students starting their GCSE exam projects with a trip to the Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield for inspiration. Year 9 and 10 Drama students visited Wakefield Theatre Royal to see John Godber’s
A man from Beeston is among six who are due to appear in court today (6 March 2023) charged in connection with an investigation into the organised theft of Range Rovers, Land Rovers and Mercedes Sprinter vans across West Yorkshire. It follows an investigation by officers from Leeds District Intelligence
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 Monday 27 February 2023: Three illuminated and one non illuminated canopy fascia signs Anixter Premises Fastener House Leathley Road
The Friends of Hunslet Moor (FoHM) community hub,the former bowling hut behind Crescent Towers on Hunslet Moor, was broken into early hours of Thursday (2 March 2023). The intruders emptied food cupboards and freezers. The food stolen was food used to feed Champion’s Soccer Saturday football and Healthy Holidays Camp.
A huge number of people across the South Leeds communities take part, volunteer and lead a huge variety of activities each week which get themselves or others moving in some way. We feel these people are all ‘heroes’ and an inspiration to us and others. This month I caught up