What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Leeds Locksmith Andrew Dunn pledged to donate 2 weeks income from late-night lock-outs to support Leeds Asylum Seeker Support Network (LASSN) and their work with asylum seekers and refugees in Leeds. Andy says: “I often come to work at properties that need securing or need locks changing etc. Often I
CEG welcomed the leader of Leeds City Council and other stakeholders in the city to its flagship Globe Point development yesterday (3 March 2022) for a topping out ceremony. BAM Construction commenced the development in May 2021 on behalf of CEG and is set for full completion this summer. Providing
Here’s a roundup of some the main events taking place over the coming week in South Leeds. For full listings go over to our What’s On calendar here. Anyone wanting support refugees fleeing the fighting in Ukraine can donate clothes and essential items (toiletries, baby food, nappies, sterile dressings etc)
Hundreds of private landlords in Beeston Hill are still to register with the mandatory Selective Licensing scheme brought in by the Council over two years ago. The scheme aims to drive up standards and was brought in because local landlords were not joining a voluntary city-wide accreditation scheme. The licence
We have been distributing copies of our March newspaper to venues around LS10 and LS11 yesterday and today (Thursday 3 February 2022). Copies are available from various food shops including Beeston Nisa Extra, and Dewsbury Road Tescos as well as many small neighbourhood shops, charity shops, Community Hubs and Libraries,
I first met Farouk, nearly 25 years ago when I began my career in the community sector as a project worker with the South Leeds Elderly Group. Farouk was the chairman and one of the founders and although the organisation was a very small outfit with only two part-time staff,
The agenda for the next meeting of the Inner South Community Committee, made up of the nine Councillors for our three wards: Beeston & Holbeck, Hunslet & Riverside and Middleton Park, has been published. The meeting is taking place, in person, at the St Mary’s Church, Town Street in Beeston,
12-15 year olds across Leeds are being urged to get their all-important Covid-19 vaccinations during their half term holiday. Clinics for 12-15s will be available throughout the week to make it even easier for young people to get their jabs, including Trinity Shopping Centre in the centre of Leeds. And
Two impressive young women from South Leeds are campaigning to win a seat in the UK Youth Parliament. Leeds will elect three Members of Youth Parliament (MYP) with voting closing at 9am on Friday (25 February 2022). We spoke to Hannah Begum and Tian Cai, both from Beeston, who are
Councillors will be discussing early plans for the redevelopment of another key site in Holbeck at City Plans Panel next week. Developers are bringing forward plans for the site, dubbed ‘City One’, that includes the Halford store on the corner of Meadow Road and Sweet Street. The rest of the