What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
South Leeds Life reader Louise Drury used to work at Middleton-based charity Health for All managing its children’s project and has since worked with disadvantaged kids in Namibia and is looking to live in South Africa. In a special guest post, she writes about the differences in culture and issues regarding, children, education and poverty…
Good morning, south Leeds! We’re back from our little Easter break and our slight lull in filing stories – thanks to Jeremy Morton, Dave Florence, Christine Robinson-Perkins, Deacon Al Henry and Jason Slack for their contributions over this period. We thought it’d be good to round-up some of what’s been going on
Residents of Beeston’s award-winning sustainable development, Greenhouse, recently supported the annual Earth Hour event by revelling in the simplicity of going back to basics. Turning their lights off for the evening, the Greenhouse community joined non-residents to join in on the fun by playing board games, a pub quiz and
This wonderfully atmospheric photograph of historic Holbeck Cemetery at dusk was captured by reader Hilary Denham – aka Leedslily on photo sharing platform Flickr. You can catch more of Leedslily’s photos of Holbeck Cemetery on the South Leeds Life group Flickr pool. And there’s a fabulous set of her Beeston
CALLING ALL COMMUNITY GROUPS! DO YOU NEED HELP WITH YOUR GRANT APPLICATION TO COMMUNITY FIRST? Community First is a government programme which provides small grants from £250 up to £2,500 to community groups in our area. A panel of local people and councillors has been established in order to consider
Fraser Stride, a director at the eco community Greenhouse in Beeston, has sent us the following details which sound like a good opportunity for somebody local: Dear South Leeds Life, We have a job opportunity available at our Greenhouse Deli for a Chef/ Manager. We’d like to attract someone from the
Are you ready to take some photos of south Leeds, bleary-eyed at 4am on Sunday morning? The aim of the 4amproject is to gather a collection of photos from around the world at the magical time of 4am. Everyone can take part and join in! All you need is a
I would like to tell you about my daughter Amber and highlight that it is Autism Awareness Month, writes Cottingley Hall resident Christine Robinson-Perkins. My daughter Amber is a happy healthy little girl who enjoys music and always sleeps with her favourite teddy Stitch. She enjoys playing outside and particulary bouncing
DO YOU NEED HELP WITH YOUR APPLICATION TO COMMUNITY FIRST? Community First is a government programme which provides small grants from £250 up to £2,500 to community groups in our area. A panel of local people and councillors has been established in order to consider applications. Round one of this
The lists of candidates for the local elections has been published by Leeds City Council. The elections will be held on Thursday 3rd May. South Leeds Life is not affiliated to any political party, but we urge all our readers to vote, the polling stations will be open from 7:00am