Category: Belle Isle

News and events for the Belle Isle area

Community awards nominations now open

The annual Hamara Community Awards are presented on six categories for people and organisations who have contributed to Leeds’ communities and who continue to put others before themselves. The popular awards are an annual event – and nominations for the 2012 event are now open! Hamara Healthy Living Centre is based

Join Leeds United coaches at South Leeds Youth Hub

[scribd id=110173599 key=key-1cn05e4box8524zal0lx mode=scroll] Hamara Connexionster 3 Leeds United is running fun football sessions for boys and girls aged eight to 12 of all abilities at the South Leeds Youth Hub in Belle Isle on Saturday mornings. The sessions give youngsters the chance to learn new skills and play lots

Come and join South Leeds Life at group meeting – and wish us luck at Blog North awards!

It’s a busy week here at South Leeds Towers! Tomorrow a small group of us is off over t’Pennines for the Blog North Awards, which recognises the best blogs in the North of England. We’ve been lucky enough to have been shortlisted in the ‘best neighbourhood or city blog’ category, so fingers crossed

Music Video Made In South Leeds Shortlisted For 2 UK Music Video Awards

A music video filmed partly on location earlier this year at the Hunslet Club by local film production company Crowns & Owls has been shortlisted for two prestigious UK Music Video Awards for best choreography in a video and best budget dance video respectively. The video for the song “Showdown” by

Leeds City College: New courses, new opportunities in South Leeds

We’ve received the following guest post from Kirsty Lunn, of Leeds City College, about winter course starting in south Leeds…. Leeds City College has a wide range of part time courses starting across South Leeds from 5th November 2012 at its Joseph Priestley Campus (Morley), Milton House (Morley), Beeston Centre

Fright night as New Forest Village is overrun by zombies!

There’s some ghostly and ghoulish goings on in the New Forest Village area of Middleton! The Friends of New Forest Village would like to invite you to join them from 6.30pm on Wednesday 31st October 2012 at Sharp Lane Plantation as Halloween brings out witches, vampires and zombies! All events begin at

South Leeds links: Hunslet Hawks, cemetery vandalism and naked rambler

Here’s your weekly round-up of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and on Facebook. Hunslet Hawks rugby club have unveiled their new community minibus, which will be used to take players to local away games, continue the club’s community work and could ferry supporters to and from the South

Jobs skills and support on offer at White Rose Centre

A new advice centre is opening at the White Rose Shopping Centre to offer people in south Leeds support on jobs and access to learning and skills training. The Point will open on Thursday 11th October. It will offer a wide range of learning and skills opportunities including retail, hospitality, customer service and security. The Point