What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
South Leeds Youth Hub could soon be run by a community group after senior councillors gave the go ahead to start looking for local organisations to run it. At yesterday’s meeting of Leeds City Council’s executive board, members agreed that officers could start the Community Asset Transfer process for the
It’s free family film night again this Friday in Belle Isle. Health For All’s Family Support Service and Menspace are presenting Ice Age: Continental Drift at Belle Isle Family Centre on Friday. The free show starts at 5:30pm and the cafe will be open from 5:00pm serving a range of
On the packed agenda for the meeting of the Executive Board this Wednesday is a report to approve the start of a process which could lead to the transfer of the South Leeds Youth Hub to a not for profit organisation. The Hub was developed on a small part of
Belle Isle Tenant Management Organisation (BITMO) is currently refurbishing the former Neighbourhood Centre on Windmill Road that is adjacent to the entrance of Windmill Primary School. Morrison FS who are carrying out the work on behalf of BITMO are adapting the existing building to create a pair of spacious semi-detached
Our second Community Reporters course started today. It was a day of introductions. Five new students introduced themselves. As tutor, I introduced the idea of “hyperlocal blogging” and we looked at half a dozen sites from around the country and talked about how South Leeds Life has been developed over
Cash-strapped families in South Leeds will be able to get some help this summer as living costs rise and welfare reforms begin to bite. Churches in south Leeds are hoping a food bank will be up and running in June. A food bank is a non-profit, charitable organisation that distributes
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. Beeston In Bloom took advantage of the weekend sunshine to spruce up the “cardinal Triangle” on Dewsbury Road. There’s a report on their blog Blooming Beeston. Beeston food blogger Ewan Mitchell has set himself
Rick Hazelwood from the Hunslet Old Boys Rugby Team and Trevor Brennan from the Hunslet Club Football Team took part in the 50th World Coal Carrying Championships on Easter Monday. This, most Yorkshire of world competitions, took place in Gawthorpe. These lads had to run with a sack of coal,
South Leeds Life is running another of its free Community Reporters courses – and there are places still available. A course that will equip people from Belle Isle and Middleton to write news stories for South Leeds Life, or for their own community group, will start on Wednesday 17th April. The
West Yorkshire Police’s Leeds District Proceeds Of Crime (POCA) Team have secured orders against two men from Belle Isle. Ricky Flint, of Nursery Mount, Belle Isle, was investigated for drug trafficking offences. He appeared before Leeds Crown Court on 4th February where a confiscation order was granted. The total benefit