What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
There is a new training course running at St Luke’s CARES Charity shop on Dewsbury Road. St Luke’s CARES received funding through the Health Lottery (Active Communities Health Amaze) which has enabled the charity run the TRY! project, providing free neighbourhood training in retail skills to help members of the
Missing Person Appeal: Joshua O’Donnell, Leeds Friday 29th May, 2015 Police are appealing for information to trace missing 15-year old Joshua ODonnell from Leeds. Joshua, who is from the Noster Road area of Beeston, was last seen around midday on Monday 25 May. He is described as white, 5″6″ tall
A house that has lain empty on Robb Street in Beeston for over twenty years is being brought back to life thanks to the Hunslet Club and their partners. The house belonged to an elderly woman and had been her parents house. Gill Coupland from the Empty Homes Doctor service
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