Category: Belle Isle

News and events for the Belle Isle area

Free art activities for adults in South Leeds with Creative Communities

Swarthmore Education Centre’s Lottery funded project, Creative Communities, is in the second year of delivering free arts activities for adults in South Leeds. Here’s what we have going on alongside our regular blocks of workshops: Creating with the community in Belle Isle Over the next few months, our Community Artist

Prison Me, No Way! educates CJCA students on the consequences of crime

Students at Cockburn John Charles Academy (CJCA) experienced a powerful and thought-provoking day when the ‘Prison Me, No Way!’ program visited the school. The initiative, designed to deter young people from crime and anti-social behavior, left a lasting impact on the students by highlighting the realities of prison life and

Tours of Leeds crowned ‘Specialist Tour Company of the Year’ for fourth time

Belle Isle resident and Tours of Leeds founder Mike Hampshire is celebrating winning Yorkshire Specialist Tour Company of the Year 2024/25. Founded in 2018, Tours of Leeds has run guided and audio tours of the city to residents and tourists alike ever since. “I started out as Leeds Beer Tours,

Council revises timetable for crown green bowling consultation

Leeds City Council can today (14 January 2025) confirm that it will continue to maintain all of its crown green bowling facilities until the end of the sport’s 2025 summer season. As we reported here, the council began seeking people’s views at the start of this month over possible changes

Planning applications 6 January 2025

Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. The following applications were validated in the week beginning Monday 6 January 2025. Click on the description to see the full application:   External alterations to provide new shopfront;

Consultation begins on proposed changes to crown green bowling facilities

People in Leeds are being encouraged to have their say on proposals for changes to the city’s crown green bowling facilities, with greens at Holbeck Moor and Cranmore Recreation Ground under threat of closure Leeds City Council announced plans in December for a consultation on crown green provision as part

Art in the Community: Upcoming events from Creative Communities

The Swarthmore Creative Communities project is thrilled to share the exciting progress of their first artist residency in Hunslet. Artist Rozi Fuller has been working diligently, and the results are inspiring. Keep an eye on our Facebook page search for Creative Communities) for sneak peeks of the amazing work. A