What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
United against Dementia. Saturday 7th February was a special day for Leeds Dementia Action Alliance as Leeds United was unveiled as the newest member of the Alliance. (Pictured, Maggie Graham – Leeds Dementia Action Alliance, Cllr Adam Ogilvie – council lead for Adult Social Care, Paul Forbes – Leeds United
BITMOs GATE would like to know… If we were to hold an open morning about ways into child care jobs and teaching assistant roles, would you come? If you, or someone you know, would come along, please contact the GATE. YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN Belle Isle TMO We’re trying
In the first week of the new year we went for a lovely walk down Cemetery Road, east through lower Beeston and then Holbeck where they are building new flats. To Bridge Road and the Slunglow theatre company. Back up towards St Matthews where we had sandwiches in the cemetery.
Back in November we reported that posters, claiming that the City & Hunslet Councillors were “Missing”, had been stuck up overnight across Beeston Hill, and Hunslet. Beeston resident Ed Carlisle is today announcing that he was behind the posters and is standing against Patrick Davey in the May elections. Ed
I had a fascinating chat with Mrs Lillian Turner (nee Sykes) last week. She had got in touch about the drinking fountain on Holbeck Moor, but we spent most of the time talking about her childhood growing up in Beeston and Hunslet. She was “born and bred in the middle
There’s a lot more to the Salvation Army than brass bands – although you will still hear the West Hunslet band out on the streets on Sunday afternoon. At a national level the organisation runs safe houses to help victims escape human traffickers. In South Leeds they offer hot lunches
Local residents are fighting for a green community space to be included in a new housing development in the heart of their neighbourhood. The Garnets – a terraced neighbourhood just off Dewsbury Road in Beeston Hill – saw 78 houses demolished in 2012, at the end of a controversial regeneration
As I walked past St. Andrew’s Church along Old Lane on Monday (9 February 2015) I noticed a sign which read: ‘Food Bank’ pointing towards an open door. So I went inside to find out more. Parking my own bags of shopping down I am welcomed by Helen Ingleby, food
“I’m always busy, and that’s what I love!” And since becoming a volunteer in Beeston that is certainly true for Dave! He’s had a busy working life and retired 18 months ago. Living in Beeston for 17 ½ years Dave gave his neighbours Sarah and Ben a hand with work
The former Holbeck Divisional Police headquarters on Burton Road in Beeston is being demolished to make way for an Aldi supermarket. The demolition team expect to be onsite for another two weeks. Once the building has been flattened a crusher will be brought onto site to crush the rubble into