Category: Beeston

News and events for the Beeston area

Come dine with science in South Leeds

South Leeds Community Radio is hosting a ‘Come Dine with Science’ event on December 6, between 6.30pm-8.30pm. The station would like to invite anyone within the South Leeds community who has an interest in science or biomedical research to attend a free three-course meal with guest speakers. The speakers will be scientists

Meet your new community correspondents for South Leeds Life

Pictured above are some of the local residents who are about to become community correspondents for South Leeds Life! This afternoon we’ve been holding the first session of our 10-week community correspondents course at Tenants Hall Enterprise Centre. Course participants got a preview about what the course will offer, including

South Leeds residents form community network

Members from a number of community groups across South Leeds have met to form a new network. The meeting, at Tenants Hall Enterprise Centre in Middleton last night, saw local residents agree to form the South Leeds Community Network, which aims to help local groups access information to support their

New network will support South Leeds community groups

South Leeds residents will tonight come together to form a support network to encourage new and existing community groups to continue and expand. South Leeds Community Network aims to help community groups access information to support their activities, showcase local projects and bring groups together to share their work and ideas

Hunslet Club Fireworks Display Coming Saturday

A busy week at the Hunslet Club for half term with Activity Camp for 5 to 14 year olds and a Halloween Party for Toddlers on Wednesday, then on Saturday it’s our Fireworks Display. Numbers are strictly limited so arrive early to avoid dissapointment. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBahMpDoQoE]

Beeston taxi assault: Police appeal for information

Police are appealing for information following a serious assault on a taxi driver in Beeston in the early hours of this morning. City and Holbeck CID would like to speak to anyone who witnessed the incident which took place at about 3.55 am on Heathcroft Drive in Beeston. It occurred

Holbeck starts to map its future

Holbeck residents turned put in force last night to start mapping out a future plan on how Holbeck will be developed. The meeting, at Holbeck Working Men’s Club, set up a new neighbourhood forum for the area. The forum will help steer the Holbeck Neighbourhood Plan, which will help decide how

South of The River – Fear and Loathing in South Leeds

It’s been a week when I couldn’t escape the realities of how this world is run and the effect it has on communities like South Leeds. On Saturday I marched through London supporting the TUC’s call for a change in economic policy. I met someone I hadn’t seen for twenty