What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Holbeck in Bloom’s mission is to improve the local environment and help build community pride. Their latest achievement is a new sign on the Moor. The sign incorporates positive images of the area including its historic buildings and the work of Holbeck in Bloom. Community stalwarts Ian Pickup and Dennis
On 1 March the residents of Holbeck voted overwhelmingly to adopt the Holbeck Neighbourhood Plan. Despite atrocious weather, hundreds turned out to vote with 79% voting yes to the plan drawn up over five years by local residents. On the back of that result, Dennis Kitchen, chair of Holbeck Neighbourhood
The Holbeck (formerly Holbeck WMC) held a charity night on Saturday 10 March 2018 raising £1,320.30 for the Yorkshire Air Ambulance. [slideshow_deploy id=’74400′] The club has now raised a total of £2,415.02 for this charity. Ian Pickup from the club explained: “The Air Ambulance is very close to our heart
This Sunday (18 March 2018) sees St Luke’s church in Holbeck/Beeston host their annual International Meal, when 100+ local people from all backgrounds will pitch in and share food from around the world together. Any local residents are invited to come to the church (on Malvern Road, LS11 8PD) for
Shop fronts in Holbeck are set to benefit from citywide programme of public realm improvements to ‘local centres’. A first round of 12 projects is set to be approved by Leeds City Council’s Executive Board next Wednesday (21 March 2018). The Holbeck project will see £135,000 spent on improving up
Leeds City Council is set to roll out improvements to bin yards across the city following a successful pilot in the Recreations area of Holbeck. A report to the Council’s Executive Board next week recommends spending £247,500 on improving 45 yards across the city. If these are as successful as
Further to our recent report about planned changes to the Armley Gyratory system, Leeds City Council have announced a drop in consultation event in Holbeck this Saturday (17 March 2018). The event takes place at St Matthew’s Community Centre, St Matthew’s Street, Leeds LS11 9NR between 11am-2pm. For more information about
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. The following applications were validated in the week beginning 5 March 2018: Site-wide illuminated and non-illuminated signage Printworks Campus Hunslet Road Hunslet Leeds LS10 1JY Ref. No: 18/01377/ADV
Young people from the Space Youth programme in Beeston will once again be hosting their Easter Meals this month. The youth programme, co-ordinated by the Salvation Army and run in partnership with the local churches and Leeds Space Network, works with young people aged 11-18 and runs youth groups and
Slung Low Theatre offers space at their HUB venue in Holbeck as storage for Yorkshire Aid, a group of individuals and organisations that work together to provide aid for refugees and asylum seekers in Leeds, Yorkshire and Europe. Just before Christmas with the stocks full, much of their donated goods