What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Leeds City Council Inner South Community Committee Artwork on lampposts brighten up Dewsbury Road. School children from 3 local primary schools have been working with The Tetley to design banners for the lampposts along Dewsbury Road in Beeston. The first 16 banners were installed last week and have been designed
Yorkshire Life Aquatic are teaming up with Beeston Festival to create a “Birds Eye” View display using people to create giant words and patterns in the park. We are looking for people to join in with us to make this happen at Beeston Festival on Saturday 6 June 2015 in
Anyone for Tennis? – At JCCS its Everyone For Tennis! The weekend of the 16/17May 2015, Tennis centres across the UK hosted Free Tennis sessions to the local public as part of the Great British Tennis Weekend. JCCS Tennis was no exception to this! On the Sunday 17 May, John
You are invited to drop in to The Third Chamber, a specially created ‘Third House of Parliament’ presented in Cross Flatts Park, Beeston. It is an imaginary alternative to the usual system. Have a drink, have a biscuit, have your say. So we’ve had the General Election… whatever you feel
On Friday 15 May 2015, the Asha Neighbourhood Project celebrated a significant milestone. Asha was born thirty years ago and since then has supported thousands of women and children in Beeston to live fuller, happier lives. The charity runs a range of different services and activities including ESOL classes, intergenerational
This is my second of my lifetime stories since moving into sheltered housing three years ago. This will also appear in the June edition of South Leeds Life Newspaper. First, my apologies in the length of this blog. I had thought about splitting the blog into two, with the second edition following
When I heard about the guy who was giving free self protection classes to women and girls in Leeds I jumped at the chance. With all the attacks in the news recently I am determined that my daughters and I will have some form of defence should we ever come
There are seventy jobs available at the new Asda store on Old Lane, which is due to open on Monday 13 July 2015. Leeds City Council is keen to help local people secure these jobs and has set up information sessions to brief applicants about the process before they start
There’s been a lot of gardening going on in Beeston in the last week – taking inspiration from Chelsea maybe? For the second year running Beeston was chosen to take part in Business in the Community’s National ‘Give and Gain Day’. So on Friday (15 May 2015) a team of
There is a rare opportunity to see inside Stank Hall Barn when the Friends group hold an open day this Saturday (23 May 2015). The Barn dates back to the fifteenth century and there is a legend that it was built with timber left over from Christopher Columbus’ ships. This