Category: Beeston

News and events for the Beeston area

Two King’s awards for Beeston bedmaker

Fifth-generation family bedmaker, Harrison Spinks, has welcomed the Lord-Lieutenant of West Yorkshire, Mr Ed Anderson, to its Leeds headquarters in Beeston to formally receive its two prestigious King’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation and International Trade. The King’s representative visited the 183-year-old bed manufacturer’s Innovation Centre in Leeds to present its

St Andrew’s panto group set sail for Treasure Island

St Andrew’s Pantomime Group in Beeston have announced that this year’s show will be a re-telling of Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island. The show, another brand new script written and produced by Rachel George, will run from Saturday 20 January through to Saturday 3 February 2024 at St Andrew’s Community

Join Cockburn School’s performing arts programme

Cockburn School (Specialist Status in Performing Arts) offers unique opportunities in the Performing Arts for 2023 admissions. Cockburn School offers a specialist programme for students who display a talent within the Performing Arts. The training supports a vast and varied curriculum with over 7 hours of additional coaching in Drama,

Hamara sports hall project boosted by Government grant

Hamara Healthy Living Centre has secured a grant of £300,000 from the Department of Levelling up, Housing and Communities – Community Ownership Fund. The grant will allow Hamara to move the development of the Old Cockburn Sports Hall forward towards Construction of The Cockburn Centre early 2024. Hamara’s vision is

Reaching out to help build outdoor learning spaces

Reach Primary Learning Centre in Beeston have enhanced their outdoor play and learning space thanks to support from finance firm St James’s Place (SJP). Reach work with children who have social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs and are at risk of exclusion from mainstream primary schools. The design ideas