What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Move over Rocky Balboa! Girls-only boxing session start at South Leeds Youth Hub on Thursday 21st June. The Belle Isle sessions are two hours each week and will incorporate both boxing sessions and the Women, Get Set, Go! Sports Leaders award. Anyone who attends the session will be put into a
The Hunslet Independent Supporters Trust (HIST) members will put their best foot forward for a sponsored walk to Mount Pleasant, Batley on the day of the Co-Operative Championship clash between Batley Bulldogs and Hunslet Hawks. The walk is to help raise funds for both HIST and HISSA. The walk is open to
Longtime readers of South Leeds Life may recall the story of a historic film of the Queen’s visit to South Leeds in 1958 being found under the stage of the Hunslet Club You may be interested to learn that some brief excerpts from this are to feature on an ITV
A free event to highlight a campaign to encourage plain packaging for cigarettes is being held in Holbeck and supported by Hilary Benn MP. The Plain Packs Protect campaign says every year 340,000 children and young people are tempted to try smoking. Two thirds of smokers start before the age
Former Hunslet Club member and later Rugby World Cup Winner Jason Robinson OBE has been inducted into the Rugby Players Association Hall of Fame. At the annual association dinner in London, Jason said “For me to be thought of in this way is superb and something I am extremely proud
Here’s your weekly roundup of what’s making south Leeds tick on the area’s blogs and websites. Councillors, police and Aire Valley Homes officers will be present at tonight’s meeting to discuss local issues at the Cottingley TRAC group meeting at Cottingley Primary School (7pm). The need to reopen the estate’s
A Middleton-based dance group is holding a car wash on Saturday (May 26) to help raise funds to take youngsters to competitions. Leeds Dynamite dance and cheerleading squad provides children and young peoiple with affordable dance and cheerleading classes in Middleton. It’s a self-funded group and relies on fundraising to
Friday night is movie night in Belle Isle! The third in Health For All’s popular family-orientated events will see Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson’s epic The Adventures of Tin Tin being screened at Belle Isle Family Centre this Friday. Meet at 5pm for food (which has a small charge) and 5.30pm
Never mind Britain’s Got Talent, The Voice and X Factor, it’s time for South Leeds Superstar! The popular talent contest for young people is returning for 2012. Auditions are being held at schools across the area and there is also an open community audition taking place on Friday 1st June
As South Leeds Life continues its Scoop it Up campaign, your reports of dog fouling problems in south Leeds are continuing to come into democracy site Fix My Street. One of the latest reports includes this one from Beeston: I am disgusted at the amount of dog fouling along the