What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
**PLEASE NOTE THAT THE TOYBOX’S VISIT TO SOUTH LEEDS (SEE BELOW) HAS BEEN POSTPONED. WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED.** Toybox is coming to Dewsbury Road Community Hub this weekend (Friday 9 – Sunday 11 March 2018), and it’s full of free playful events and workshops for all ages. Toybox is a
Students from Cockburn School have been on their winter travels to France and Italy. Firstly, a large group of Year 10 students traveled to Paris for a unique and hugely successful trip that the Mathematics Department organised to the Disneyland Resort in Paris. The four day study experience provides an
Better Action For Families (BAFF), the Beeston charity that supports people with learning disabilities and their families have landed two grants in recent months. They received a National Lottery Awards For All grant of nearly £10,000 and doubled it with support from the Morrisons charitable trust. Lynn Bailey and Jackie
What do you do when you’re off work on a snow day? If you’re Beeston resident Ed Carlisle you gather as many people as you can and build an igloo! [slideshow_deploy id=’73728′] With plenty of snow on the ground in Cross Flatts Park, Ed and his team set about making
Major work is under way on the Garnets pocket park in Beeston, and the next door Tunstall Road playground has been removed (to become relocated onto the Garnets space) – but residents have expressed anger that the work has been conducted with little or no warning or consultation. The playground
We have all endured Snowmaggedon or The Beast From The East this week, but some us had some fun in the snow too, so here to round off the week are some pictures we took and you sent us. [slideshow_deploy id=’73686′] Thanks to Suzanne and Gracie-Mae, Jules Harrison, Richard Harrison,
Nourishing People, a social enterprise established by People Matters Leeds, has secured a new customer for its range of healthy snacks. Nourishing People provides employmnent and skills support for people with learning disabilities in a company producing and ditributing a range of four healthy, tasty snacks. Their latest customer is
UPDATED: Due to the weather, the celebration events have been put back to Saturday 10 March 2018. On Saturday (3 March 2018) 18 lucky children who attend Kidz Klub will be the winners of £10 hidden in Golden Tickets on their streets as part of a special children’s competition to
On the closing day for applications here’s an entry for the St Luke’s CARES Community Awards, submitted by the Hamara Centre in Beeston. Entries are now CLOSED. Who? : Beeston community consists of a variety of cultures and faith groups. We attract females from the Asian, Polish and African communities
On the closing day for applications here’s an entry for the St Luke’s CARES Community Awards, submitted by Streetwise-Love Leeds who work with homeless people. Entries are now CLOSED. The Streetwise drop-in was set up in March 2010, so we are about to celebrate our 8th birthday! We provide a