What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Four new groups are starting up activity and support sessions at Cottingley Community Centre Firstly, a new Carers group is starting, particularly aimed at people who are caring for people still awaiting a diagnosis. For example a diagnosis that someone is on the autism spectrum can take two years. This
Last year, seven ladies attended training to become breastfeeding peer supporters, known as Bosom Buddies. The training lasted 10 weeks and was organised through Health for All, assisted by Two Willows and New Bewerley Children’s Centres, and NHS maternity support. They and other peer supporters are now helping mums at
White Rose Shopping Centre, working with Leeds City Council, unveiled its newly refurbished South West toilet and family changing facilities on Tuesday (17 January 2017). The improvements will aid all shoppers from all walks of life. Leeds City Councillor Jane Dowson, Deputy Executive Board Member for Children and Families, cut
White Rose Shopping Centre ensured that today (16 January 2017) didn’t have to be a Blue Monday for its shoppers by hosting an area where customers visited puppies and dogs from the local Guide Dogs branch, to lift their spirits on what is reportedly the most depressing day of the
Get to The Point! – Community jobs and training help on your doorstep The Point Jobshop, based in the White Rose Shopping Centre is running a four week course for people looking for shop work. Get Ready For Retail will run on Tuesdays and Wednesdays 10:30am-2:30pm at The Point. For
Cottingley Primary Academy has made a video to celebrate Christmas and everyone’s hard work through the year. Cottingley is part of the Academies Enterprise Trust, which operates 66 schools across the country. Each year the trust runs a Christmas video competition and this year staff at Cottingley decided to enter.
Children at Cottingley Primary Academy got to handle moon rocks and meteorites as part of the school’s Space Week last week (21-25 November 2016). The space theme ran right across classes with a Space Crafts competition – children from each year group creating a craft to do with space with
Residents of the Cottingley Hall estate, including D-Day hero Bill Cutler, gathered to mark Remembrance Day today (Friday 11 November 2016). [slideshow_deploy id=’55673′] Children from Cottingley Primary Academy read the poem ‘In Flanders Fields’ as part of a service led by Sharon D’Ambrosio. The children have been studying the First
Cameron Beresford’s career in horticulture started when his mum nagged him to help out the Cottingley in Bloom volunteers. The group looks after raised beds across the estate, the community orchard and the garden at the Community Centre. To his surprise, he found he enjoyed the work and took up advice
