What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
As 2017 draws to a close I look back on a very eventful year. Earlier in the year I was short-listed for a Tenant of the Year award, my name put forward by Carla Yeomans of Belle Isle TMO. I went with Carla to Manchester where the award ceremony was
Chinese community group Lychee Red held a spectacular Christmas celebration at Maxi’s restaurant on Monday (18 December 2017). [slideshow_deploy id=’71130′] Photos: Mat Dale The group for Chinese elders, which recently featured on BBC’s The One Show, meets at Belle Isle Family Centre and is supported by Health For All. The
Occasionally in life we have the privilege to meet remarkable people. Maureen Woods was one such person. Maureen passed away on 5 November 2017 at home surrounded by people she loved. On Thursday 16 November West Grange Church in Belle Isle was packed to the rafters, with people literally spilling
Christmas Holidays Out of Hours and other useful numbers. Customers with hearing or speech impairment can e mail lccoutofhours@leeds.gov.uk Hopefully won’t be needed. Gas National Grid 0800 111 999 Water Yorkshire Water 0845 124 2424 Electricity Northern Power Grid 0800 375 675 Police 101 or 999 Medical Advice 111 Adult
[slideshow_deploy id=’70981′] Please take some time to see slideshow above. I went along to the BITMOs GATE annual Christmas Fayre, last Saturday (16 December 2017). The centre was already packed with about 80 people waiting for Santa to arrive and give out presents to the children, includuding some adults who
A thriving community centre in Belle Isle is celebrating after a long fight to establish ownership of their building. Manorfield Hall on Newhall Road has always been owned by the community, but for years they couldn’t prove it. Ten years after Secretary Manager Geoff Byers first asked to see the
Belle Isle TMO I went along to the Annual BITMOs GATE volunteers’ Christmas Lunch last Tuesday (12 December 2017), when about 10 of us including BITMO staff Carla, Lynne and Donna plus volunteers Philip, Jimmy, Dave, Steph, Jonathon, John, and myself where we enjoyed a carvery and a sweet. Unfortunately
[slideshow_deploy id=’70882′] I went along to the BITMOs GATE Annual Sheltered Housing Christmas Party held in the centre every year for the Belle Isle sheltered housing tenants. This year was very special with a 4 course meal including wine or juice. Despite the rain around 30 tenants joined the
All this week South Leeds Life have been publishing the winning stories from this years Belle Isle 500 short story competition and today we present our final winning story by Xiao Yi Weng from Windmill Primary School. There were over 150 entries to the competition from pupils in years 5
On each day of this week South Leeds Life are publishing the 5 winning stories from this years Belle Isle 500 short story competition. There were over 150 entries to the competition from pupils in years 5 and 6 at Windmill, Low Road and Clapgate Primary Schools and the winners were revealed at the