What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
BME housing association Unity Homes and Enterprise, which owns and manages affordable homes in Beeston and Holbeck, has marked another year of achievement with powerful speeches from the Chair and Chief Executive at its Annual General Meeting. Addressing partners, stakeholders and customers, Unity Chair Abdul Hamid described the past year
When I studied history at school, the Battle of Holbeck Moor didn’t feature on the curriculum, unlike other very famous battles like Waterloo, the Somme and El Alamein. But what happened on the Moor that day was a very significant event in the history of South Leeds. So, what was
Residents across Beeston, Beeston Hill, and Holbeck took part in the very first LS11 Yard Sale on Sunday 22 September. Many households across the community participated in the event transforming their driveways and front doors into pop up stalls, selling a variety of bargains to their neighbours. The event saw
This weekend there is another chance in south Leeds to celebrate Yorkshire’s anti-fascist past. At The Holbeck on Saturday 5 October Leeds TUC are hosting Breakout Arts for a performance of ‘The Lions of Rotherham’ following last weekend, when the Leeds Civic Trust with Leeds Stand Up To Racism unveiled
Can You Hear Us Holbeck? is a new music making course from Beeston-based community music organisation Vera Media. Running from Old Chapel Studios from Wednesday 9 October 2024, the course will focus on friendship, community, songwriting and finding your voice. The course will run for nine weeks and brings together
A new Leeds Civic Trust Blue Plaque has been unveiled to record the events of 1936 when 30,000 Leeds residents rallied against the British Union of Fascists on Holbeck Moor. On 27 September 1936 Sir Oswald Mosley and 1,000 Blackshirts of the British Union of Fascists marched from the city
The Mass Transit plans consultation, launched by Mayor of West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin in the summer, comes to an end next week. Thousands of the region’s residents have already had their say on the plans, which attracted public support from the likes of Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust and Leeds and
People in Leeds are being encouraged to have their say on the possible introduction of a new regulatory licensing scheme for private sector rented housing. Leeds City Council began operating a system known as ‘selective licensing’ in Beeston Hill and Harehills in 2020 with the aim of driving up the
The Leeds Care Leavers’ Christmas Dinner team is hosting its first public fundraising event at Slung Low in Holbeck on Sunday 29 September 2024 from 3pm. The early festive-themed gathering – the ‘FUNdraiser’ aims to raise £2,000 through ticket sales and activities – to support the 10th anniversary of this
The South Bank area of Holbeck and Hunslet is to enjoy more affordable and lower carbon heating after £24.5m funding was secured to further expand the Leeds PIPES district heating network. The expansion is planned to include up to 28 buildings, with up to 8,000 residents and mixed-use customers benefitting