What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Serial fundraiser, Mark Wilson from Beeston, has set to work to help a family with funeral costs after their daughter died just days before her 9th birthday. Ellie-Mae was born on 20 August 2008 and was joined by her twin sister Leah. Unfortunately not long after her birth Ellie-Mae was
Baby Week is hosting its second annual event and the new South Leeds community hub is supporting this on Thursday and Friday 14 & 15 September 2017. The event will be timed to celebrate Leeds City Council’s newly re-opened Community Hub (formerly One Stop Centre) on Dewsbury Road in Beeston.
Over 500 Year 6 pupils in 11 primary schools in South Leeds have been given a boost as they get ready for secondary education in local high schools next month. They have all received a 64-page booklet entitled “It’s Your Move” which contains a variety of advice, hints and tips,
Trentham Park in the heart of Beeston Hill will play host to a week-long play project next week (Tuesday 22 – Friday 25 August), free and open to all. Playbox01 is a converted shipping container that tours around Leeds bringing arts, craft, games, music, sport, dance and more to communities
Speakers from the Fire Brigades Union and local MP Hilary Benn will discuss the issues raised by the Grenfell Tower fire tragedy at a meeting in Beeston next Friday. The meeting, at The Spinning Wheel on Dewsbury Road, has been organised by Leeds Central Labour Party and the Leeds Trades
The latest show at the smallest arts venue in Leeds, Beeston’s Basement Arts Project opens on Friday (18 August 2017) as Bruce and Debs Davies welcome back Stephanie Ballantine to their terraced house. ‘The Hysterical Oracle’ is a female figure recurrent in different forms throughout history; chosen at birth she
Leeds Greenpeace have collected over 180 messages written by local people, which form part of a petition Leeds Greenpeace took to their local BP garage, making clear the people of Leeds do not support this British company’s reckless plans to drill near the Amazon Reef. Leeds Greenpeace ran stalls at
If you’ve heard of parkour, or freerunning, it probably conjures images of young people jumping from building to building at vertigo-inducing heights. But in Beeston older people with chronic health conditions are using the techniques of parkour to improve their everyday mobility. As South Leeds Life has previously reported, Beeston
Breeze brought their inflatables, crafts, dance and sports to Cross Flatts Park in Beeston for two days this week (2 and 3 August 2017). [slideshow_deploy id=’66428′] After a wet start the sun shone on Thursday and hundreds of families flocked to the park to enjoy the free fun.
The Summer Reading Challenge ‘Animal Agents’ has launched across all Leeds Libraries! Can you help the animal agents solve the clues and crack the codes? [slideshow_deploy id=’66410′] Visit the library three times and read six books this summer and collect fantastic prizes for reading. Smelly stickers and more! You can