Category: Belle Isle

News and events for the Belle Isle area

Help raise cash for Middleton Park FC by shopping online

Help raise money for Middleton Park FC through day to day online activities, writes Wayne Dixon of Middleton Park FC. The more money raised, the more children we can get off the streets and playing footballl. Read the information below and follow our link. The link to help us is

Come on South Leeds groups, apply for some cash!

There’s been a steady flow of applications from local community groups in South Leeds for pots of money from the Community First oprgramme – but more applications are still welcome. Lisa Huntley from ReNew has sent South Leeds Life the following information: “Applications are coming through steadily and the closing

Scoop It Up: Voice of Holbeck and Friends of Holbeck Cemetery add their support

“People just don’t seem to think it’s their responsibility to clean up after their animal,” says Dennis Kitchen. “They think they can just leave it for someone else to clear up.” South Leeds Life caught up with two local groups – the Voice of Holbeck and Friends of Holbeck Cemetery

Strictly Come Dancing Themed Competition At Hunslet Club & New Fitness Class

The Hunslet Club hosted it’s very own Strictly Come Dancing Themed Competition Night on Saturday 14th April with popular club volunteer and staff faces competing like you’ve never seen them before! They spent weeks practicing hard and the results were spectacular in front of a packed out sell out crowd. The well deserved

Scoop it up! Local councillor backs our campaign

A leading local councillor has backed our campaign to tackle dog owners who fail to scoop up after their pets in south Leeds’ streets and public places. Yesterday South Leeds launched our Scoop It Up campaign, which aims to try and educate people to pick up their pet’s dog muck – and

Beeston meeting aims to tackle Leeds-wide empty housing problems

Leeds-based social entrepreneurs Gill Coupland and Rob Greenland are aiming to tackle the number of empty houses in Leeds with an event at Beeston’s The Greenhouse next month. Gill and Rob were inspired to start the project after moving to Beeston. On their super new ‘Leeds Empties’ blog, they write:

Retiring councillor Geoff Driver speaks Friends of Middleton Park meeting

Come along and join the Friends of Middleton Park tomorrow (Tuesday, 17 April) at an open meeting of the Steering Group at Middleton Methodist Church Hall, Hopewell View, where we will be discussing the business of the Friends, writes Alan Shaw. After the (short) meeting we will be hearing from Councillor

Scoop It Up! Join our campaign to tackle dog fouling in south Leeds

“We have old people, a disabled girl in a wheelchair and young children living in this street. It is very hard to walk on the footpath as dogs have always fouled in front of every house. No-one on our street has a dog. We need help to sort this problem.