What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The next meeting of the Inner South Area Committee is being held on Wednesday, 26th September, 2012, at 6.30 pm at Holbeck Working Men’s Club (Jenkinson Close, just off Holbeck Moor Road). The agenda is listed below, you can view this and the supporting papers on the Internet by following
Community Groups in South Leeds are reminded that there are funding opportunities for eligible work with upcoming deadlines and information sessions. Firstly, Community First Grants in City & Hunslet Ward… Secondly… The Metcalfe Smith Trust in Leeds was established in 1867 by a Victorian banker and benefactor, John Metcalfe Smith,
Police are holding another public meeting to discuss work on building the new Holbeck Division Police HQ off Elland Road. Council bosses are to press ahead with controversial proposals to extend Leeds’s Cottingley Springs gipsy and travellers site amid fears they could be creating a ‘ghetto’, reports the YEP. The paper
The South Leeds Life Group met today to discuss how this website is developing and to plan the next steps. We met in the cafe at Hillside in Beeston and can recommend their teas and bacon sandwiches! We are keen to hear as many local voices as possible, reporting what’s
“In school disruptors are frowned upon, in business they are hailed as heroes”. This is the intriguing strapline for an upcoming seminar aimed as small businesses. EnterpriseHQ.org and Steelcase Solutions are running this morning seminar on September 19th to explore the challenges faced by small businesses in today’s market. Annually
Officers at Rothwell Neighbourhood Policing Team (which covers Belle Isle and Middleton) have issued the following advice aboutanti-social behaviour: If you or anyone you know is experiencing Anti Social Behaviour please contact the Leeds Anti Social Behaviour Team on 0113 222 4402 or email them – LASBT@Leeds.gov.uk . You can
Nicola Akers from Construction Yorkshire has been in touch with information about a training course for young people aged 16-18 who are not currently in education, employment or training. Here’s her guest post: We are running these courses in partnership with Morrison who are the contractor delivering the repairs and
Would you like to contribute to this blog? Or be a part of the growing team that puts it together each day? If so, why not pop along to the next meeting of the South Leeds Life Group and meet us for a chat? Our next open meeting is tomorrow (tuesday)
Here’s your weekly round-up of what’s making south Leeds tick on other websites and blogs: Don’t forget there’s the big Hunslet clean-up on Saturday! Local residents are being urged to take part. Aire Valley Homes have posted maps where skips will be placed in the area over on their Facebook
Lads and lasses from six South Leeds primary schools battled it out in a blistering 7-a-side football tournament organised by the area’s Neighbourhood Policing Team. Middleton Park Councillors Paul Truswell, Kim Groves and Judith Blake provided funding for the event, which also included play equipment for those not engaged on