What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The Asha Neighbourhood Project held an open Annual General Meeting at the Building Blocks centre on the Wednesday 30 November 2016. The community, students and volunteers came to receive certificates, learn about Asha’s progress and share their volunteering stories and experiences. Asha Neighbourhood Project was founded in April 1985. Over
St Mary’s Church in Beeston is hosting ‘Carols by Candlelight’ on Sunday (18 December 2016) at 7pm. This is not a full carol service but a chance people to come together and sing some favourite Christmas carols together. Rev Lindsey Pearson, the Vicar of Beeston said: “If you got a
The Cross Flatts Lantern Festival returned for the 4th time on Friday 9 December 2016. Approximately 400 people came out on an unseasonably mild December evening to enjoy seeing the park beautifully lit up with lanterns and fairy lights. [slideshow_deploy id=’56654′] Photos by Mark Day The crowds were treated to
The children of Years 1 and 2 at New Bewerley Community School came together to tell the Christmas story to a hall packed with parents and carers on Friday (9 December 2016). Teacher Gemma Wayte had written the story into a poem which the children had learnt. Classes took it
St Andrew’s Pantomime Group in Beeston once more invite you to come with them on a magic carpet ride to the enchanted world of pantomime. The group will be staging their production of Aladdin at St Andrew’s Community Centre on Old Lane from 14-28 January 2017. Once again this year,
It was an emotional evening at Aagrar on Thursday night (8 December 2016) as the 7th Hamara Community Awards were given out, a new anti-bullying campaign was launched with Asian Express and Hamara bid farewell to their CEO Hanif Malik. Hanif moved from the private sector twenty years ago to
Through autumn and winter 2016, artist Christopher Jarratt is working with community groups based around Dewsbury Road in Beeston, to develop a final design for two new public sculptures. These will be situated on Dewsbury Road near to the One Stop Shop and also on the corner of Trentham Street.
Asda has applied for planning permission to permanently extend their trading hours at their store on Old Lane, Beeston. The store opened in July 2015 and was given a temporary 12 month extension of hours to 6am-midnight (Monday to Saturday) and 10am-10pm (Sundays and Bank Holidays). They are now seeking
DePuy Synthes continued their positive track record of getting stuck into community activities when they visited Involve Leeds – an alternative education provider. Involve provides tailored education programmes to 11-14 year olds finding it tough in mainstream school. Working with just 8 young people per day Involve works hard to
Here’s our video report from Cockburn School‘s production of Billy Elliot The Musical which runs from 6-9 December 2016.