What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
A Holbeck school has been crowned the best club in Yorkshire and Humber in the annual Kellogg’s Breakfast Club Awards. Ingram Road Primary School was voted by a panel of judges as the best breakfast club in Yorkshire and Humber. The school has received a cash prize of £1,000 to
Get Set Leeds Local (GSLL) is a 3 year Sport England funded project within Beeston Hill and Holbeck (along with New Wortley and Seacroft) providing insight back to Sport England about how a place based approach can support change. We’re going to start a monthly update within South Leeds Life
Following on from our report yesterday on the ongoing Cladding Crisis, we spoke to affected residents. Here they are in their own words: Mo: “I bought my flat in 2019, and the survey showed nothing up. Literally weeks later, defects were discovered, the waking watch started, and we’ve since been
Thousands of local residents remain locked in a bitter and urgent battle for major safety renovations on their flat blocks – and to avoid having to foot the punishingly high costs themselves. Earlier this month (10 February 2021) saw the government’s long-awaited £3.5bn Building Safety Fund (BSF) announcement, to tackle
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. Please note that due to the Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak Leeds City Council is not accepting written representations made by post. Please make any comments online and address them to
Following on from the success of last summer’s LS11 Art Gallery, which displayed local residents artwork on lampposts in the area, Slung Low, Holbeck’s own theatre company, has launched a new participatory art project. The Rock-down Gallery will be created by local people decorating cobble stones to brighten up the
Although we were only able to meet online or together safely within restrictions, Holbeck Together organised a jam-packed week of fun this half-term. Local children and their families joined us for a range of online activities throughout the week. They also enjoyed lots of nutritious, home-cooked meals, as well as
Every Wednesday morning a team descends on the Holbeck club and the Slung Low foodbank springs into life. As we’ve reported previously, when the pandemic hit last year, Slung Low redirected their theatrical skills from organising shows to running a foodbank for people in LS11 and beyond. I’m proud to
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. Please note that due to the Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak Leeds City Council is not accepting written representations made by post. Please make any comments online and address them to
A school in Holbeck has been chosen as a finalist for Yorkshire and Humber as part of the annual Kellogg’s Breakfast Club Awards. If it wins, Ingram Road Primary School will receive a £1,000 cash prize, plus a special party pack to help them celebrate. The Kellogg’s Breakfast Club Awards