What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Groundwork’s Green for Go group were officially presented with a new mural this week at the Lady Pit Lane Model Allotments in Beeston. A group of Leeds City College students officially presented the group with the large decorative mural that they have painted on the rear of the main allotment
Beeston charity New Hope has sadly closed its doors after 16 years service to the local community. The small organisation, based at the Nazarene Church on Hunslet Hall Road, has since 1999 provided wide-ranging support for people battling drug and alcohol addiction – but has now called it a day.
A new weekly community cafe was recently launched at Vale Circles on Tunstall Road in Beeston. The cafe is open to all and runs every Saturday 8:30-11am. Run by The Ciaran Bingham Foundation Trust (CBFT), the cafe hopes to encourage and support local residents from all social groups to come
Here’s our video report from Cockburn School‘s sell out Christmas show, Hairspray:
Over 500 local people gathered in Cross Flatts Park last Friday night (11th December 2015), to enjoy another packed-out Christmas Lantern Festival together. The event – now in its third year – featured: performances from the South Leeds Academy steel pan band, the St Luke’s Primary School choir, and a
Two prominently-located Church of England congregations in south Leeds have formally disbanded in the past month: St David’s on Dewsbury Road in Beeston, and St Mary’s in the heart of Hunslet. St David’s – the distinctive modern church building near the Tommy Wass junction – first opened in 1961, following
Hamara held its 6th annual Community Awards ceremony on Thursday 3 December 2015. Hamara is the largest ethnic minority organisation in the voluntary and community sector in Leeds. Based in Beeston, they help to support and strengthen communities citywide through a wide range of multigenerational programs. Over a hundred volunteers,
On Friday morning (4 December 2015) Hunslet Moor Primary school in Beeston prepared for a assembly unlike any other. The Lord Mayor of Leeds Cllr Judith Chapman was visiting to mark the success of one of its pupils on becoming the new Children’s Lord Mayor of Leeds – Hannah Begum.
On the face of it Beeston resident Mark Wilson hasn’t got a lot to laugh about. Still in his forties he suffers from Parkinson’s Disease and Charcot Marie Tooth disease. “I was a taxi driver and one day I just couldn’t focus. I went to doctor and found out I
Specialist School in the Performing Arts lets its hair down and dance the night away as Cockburn School presents Hairspray the Musical Winner of eight Tony Awards including Best Musical and Best Original Score, Hairspray gets Cockburn School in South Leeds to its feet, aerosol-style. You’ll tap your feet to