What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The Social Media Surgery, a national network created to support community and voluntary groups, is the latest winner of the Prime Minister’s Big Society Award. The Leeds Social Media Surgery – one of more than 60 across the UK – is held monthly at the Round Foundry in Holbeck. These
Caught this article by Martin Wainwright, who’s written a fabulous piece on the Guardian’s Northerner blog about naturist Nigel Keer being fined over £300 for walking around Otley Chevin starkers. Keer hails from the Cottingley Hall estate. Check out Martin’s lighthearted article here.
The Middleton Life local history project took a break for the half-term holidays this week – but will be back next week with a trip to the Thackray Medical Museum. Just to keep you going, here’s a fact about Middleton to keep you going: Did you know that in Anglo Saxon
Come and meet the folks behind South Leeds Life blog at the next of our regular community news cafes on Monday! The cafes are your chance to tell your stories, let us know what’s going on and – if you’re interested – we can help you to write your own articles
This year’s YOUTH Awards Youth were held at the South Leeds Hub, attended by ward members Angela Gabriel and Adam Ogilvie. St. Clair Brown, of Leeds council’s youth service, sends us some details below…
“The terraces are still there, though for how long I don’t know. Some are boarded up and some have gone. The flats by the Moor have been razed, adding to the depopulation of the area and shops, pubs and workplaces continue to vanish. The Lord Nelson on Springwell St is
Hot on the heels of the new BOKWA sessions for adults at the Hunslet Club on Tuesday nights comes the launch of Zumba classes on Thursday nights. Zumba is the exhilarating, effective, easy-to-follow, Latin-inspired, calorie-burning dance fitness experience that everyone wants to be a part of. It blends red-hot music and contagious steps
Plans by Leeds City Council to undertake major improvements to sport, recreation and community facilities in Middleton have been handed a major boost with the announcement of a successful funding bid to Sport England. Councillors previously approved proposals in November to invest £740k to redevelop Middleton Leisure Centre in to
Think of the White Rose Shopping Centre and perhapos the last thing you’d think of is keeping fit. However, that’s what the bosses at the centre are encouraging us to do – walk around the mall and get fit in a warm and safe environment. Here’s a poster for the
[slideshow]Guest blogger Christopher Nykiel posts about an Oscars ceremony with a difference at the Mariners Resource Centre, off Dewsbury Road. Mariners provides a place to socialise, learn new skills/hobbies, and get advice and support… So then, if there are awards ceremonies seemingly for everybody and everything these days, why did