What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Tenants have been officially handed the keys to their newly built council homes which are just some of the 1,000 properties being delivered as part of an ambitious drive to provide new council homes in the city. Leeds City Council leader Councillor Keith Wakefield had the honour this month of
A spate of mystery posters appeared on lampposts in Beeston and Hunslet overnight (Sunday 23 November 2014). The anonymous posters accuse local ward members Elizabeth Nash, Mohammed Iqbal and Patrick Davey of being conspicuous by their absence in the ward. In response Councillor Elizabeth Nash said: “At least one of
People from across the diverse south Leeds communities gathered yesterday for a vibrant, packed-out event to celebrate the many positive local projects generated and supported through the Community First funding programme in the ‘City and Hunslet’ ward over the past three years. The Hamara Centre in Beeston Hill was packed
South Leeds Life will be launching its first free regular newspaper at Beeston Library on Friday 28 November 2014 from 4-6pm. The paper will be available at all libraries, schools and community centres in the LS11 and LS10 areas from Monday 1st December. It will then be published each month
The Shine Project, which supports girls aged 11-19 in South Leeds is opening a nail bar in Beeston and is currently looking for a manager. The Shine Nail Bar will operate as a social enterprise offering employment and training to local young people. All profits will be ploughed back into
Children are being invited to put on their Santa suits and snowman onesies and take part in a dash to help raise money for young people with learning disabilities. The Santa Dash, covering two laps of the White Rose Shopping Centre mall, will be held to raise money for Mencap
Local residents, including pupils from Park View Primary Academy, gathered for a simple Remembrance Day event last week (11 November 2014) in the new community garden outside the Church of the Holy Spirit, on Tempest Road in the heart of Beeston Hill. Local vicar Lindsey Pearson led the ceremony –
Simon Forster from the St Andrew’s Pantomime Group in Beeston has been in touch about this year’s production (Oh yes he has!): Have you ever wondered what your cat would say if it could talk? Or what life as a cobbler would be like? Or maybe you’ve always wanted to
Vivienne Bate writes: Although I’ve lived in Beeston since 1940, it wasn’t until 2000 that I became involved in local affairs. There was an event about “How You Want Your Neighbourhood to Develop”, where various interest groups had information stalls, and that’s where I came across Beeston in Bloom. They’d
Ten year old Jenny Murgatroyd has winning ways when it comes to designing a Christmas card. Her picture of Mr and Mrs Snowman around a Christmas tree was judged the winner of a competition organised by The Hunslet Club to find a design for their official fund raising card for