What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
John Tee and Drew Pritchard from the TV show “Salvage Hunters” visited Middleton Railway on Wednesday (18 December 2019). In the show Drew travels across the country to find bargain pieces of scrap that his team can restore and resell. Apparently they were happy with their visit to the railway’s
Leeds’ popular #techmums clubs are welcoming new recruits for the second round of free courses starting in January 2020. Led by Leeds Libraries and Leeds Employment and Skills, the clubs are back by popular demand, after recently winning a Women in IT Excellence award for most diverse and inclusive digital
As part of South Leeds Life’s ongoing partnership with Leeds Playhouse we are able to offer a free* pair of tickets to a range of shows coming up over the next six months. *Of course there’s no such thing as a free lunch, so although the tickets are free we
The community of businesses based at Marshall’s Mill and The Round Foundry, along with neighbours at the Round Foundry Media Centre, have collected and donated 186 Christmas gifts to Leeds Women’s Aid. The collection drive has been a regular initiative on the estate for five years. The gifts will be
Last week a local charity that helps parents and family members who have suffered the bereavement of a baby or child was broken into and £2,000 worth of toys and equipment was stolen. The response of the South Leeds community has been fantastic in coming to the support of Charlies-Angel-Centre
Residents and people with connections to Holbeck are being invited to come forward and share stories, memories and folklore about the area. CEG, which is behind the £350m Temple developments at Globe Road, has teamed up with theatre company Slung Low to launch the Once Upon A Time in Holbeck
So here we are steaming into December which means that it’s almost a year since we moved into The Holbeck. What a difference a year makes! It has been so wonderful to be welcomed into this space and to be able to share it with others. As a way of
Northern Monk Brewery have teamed up with Holbeck Together once again to create a photographic calendar celebrating people’s lives in Holbeck The 2020 True North calendar focuses on the stories and memories of individuals within the Holbeck community. Photographer and Northern Monk Patron, Mark Newton, spent some time with the
The South Leeds running community put on quite a show with the second annual Bah Humbug 10k trail race on Sunday (8 December 2019). The sell out event saw 600 runners from across Leeds and beyond tackle tough and at times slippery course on trails through Middleton Park, with the
Festive bin collection dates in Leeds are set to change over the Christmas and New Year period. Bin collections will continue as usual up until and including Saturday 21 December 2019. For the two weeks after that, Sunday 22 December 2019 and Sunday 5 January 2020, bins will be emptied