Category: Belle Isle

News and events for the Belle Isle area

Activities for Toddlers & Pre-School Children At The Hunslet Club

The Hunslet Club has a new timetable for activities specifically for toddlers and pre-school children. Activities include a fun programme of fun, lively sport and dance activities for pre-school children. These being rugby, gymnastics, football & ballet. As a registered charity we keep our costs low at just £1.50 per session whilst

A short, but big moment with Concillor Kim Groves

  Councillor Kim Groves represents the people of Belle Isle and Middleton, where she lives with her family.  As a Councillor, she works with the following external bodies within South Leeds: Hunslet Hawks RLFC ALMO (Aire Valley Homes) Touchstone Beeston, Cottingley and Middleton Schools Cluster Community Links Middleton Elderly Aid

Fitness Challenge Fundraising Benefits the Hunslet Club & St Gemma’s Hospice

The third annual sponsored Fitness Challenge at the Hunslet Club which took place on Saturday 9th of February (highlights of which can be seen in the video above) and the Zumbathon which took place on Saturday 2nd February raised a fantastic total of £3,818 split between the club and St Gemma’s Hospice

Councillor Kim Groves gets the Jeremy Paxman grilling and lives to tell the tale

  Last week the Community Reporters group interviewed Councillor Kim Groves, the Labour member for Middleton Park Ward.   This was the sixth week of the Community Reports course, the session was about learning how to conduct an interview and to help us get up to speed we watched an

Get On The Ball At The Hunslet Club & Parkside Rugby Academy

The recently launched Hunslet Club & Parkside Rugby Academy now has an expanded programme of training sessions from pre-school through to year 9 at their facilities in South Leeds. These two clubs with long established roots in rugby league, having taught the likes of Jason Robinson (now Honorary Patron of the

The Trolleybus route through Belle Isle and the problems it will cause

A Trolleybus question and answer session was held at Belle Isle Family Centre yesterday (1st May). I went to this session as the new Trolleybus route (if the plans are passed) will come down my street, Winrose Grove. I was surprised by the lack of local people at the event. Winrose

Leeds Trolleybus drop-in sessions in Belle Isle

Drop-in sessions for people in south Leeds wanting to find out more about the planned NGT trolleybus network take place on Wednesday 1st and Thursday 2nd May. People can come along to discuss the project with the NGT team between 5:30pm and 7:30pm at St John & St Barnabas Church’s