What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
A campaign fighting to get South Leeds Sports Centre reopened has issued a call to arms for local residents and businesses to back a potential bid to take the centre into community ownership. The sports centre closed in November 2010 – despite a local campaign to save it – and now
Here’s your weekly roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on different blogs, website and Facebook this week. The folks at Holbeck in Bloom blog have been busy writing about their silver award with the Yorkshire in Bloom competition. There’s also an invitation to their latest group meeting tomorrow. Beeston in
The Council’s Sports & Active Lifestyle Service have been in touch about a seminar they are running in November for voluntary sports clubs: The evening will consist of presentations from: • Green Leeds Limited • Grantscape – Caird Bardon • West Yorkshire Sport • PWC – Club Leaders There will
People Matters, an organisation that works with people with learning disabilities, has been in touch to tell us about the courses they run at Barkston House in Holbeck. Art Carousel Art Matters Cooking On A Budget Create Drama Create Music Create Art Feel Good Look Good Get Cooking Get Crafty
It’s time for Hunslet and Holbeck to be seen for the value they have given Leeds. That was one of the messages coming out of a special heritage meeting held at Leeds Town Hall. The Hunslet and Holbeck Heritage Project met to celebrate the 19th century indistrial heritage of the
The new Hunslet Club Dance Troupe is set to make it’s first performance at the internationally renowned Leeds Light Night Festival on Friday October 5th. You can see their 10 minute routine on the steps of Leeds Town Hall at 5:30, 6:30, 7:30 or 8:30pm. Directions here. For just one night
Continuing our occasional series of introducing South Leeds’ Police Community Support Officers. Today, PSCO Rob Manning is in the spotlight. I am PCSO 781 Rob Manning, I work in the Hunslet and Stourton areas, this area covers down towards Costco and up towards Arla Foods. I have been in my current
St Matthew’s Community Centre in Holbeck played host at a busy and well-supported coffee morning in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. The event was organised by PCSO Claire Leech and raised £650. Holbeck community stalwart Ian Pickup said: “PCSO Clare has done a very good job on organizing this mornings
[slideshow] Olympic gold medallist swimmer Duncan Goodhew paid a special visit to the Aquatics Centre at the John Charles Centre for Sport. The 100 metre breaststroke gold medallist from the 1980 Olympic Games was in the city to provide a coaching session to a group of young City of Leeds
Councillors have given a mixed reaction to controversial proposals to axe Hunslet Fire Station and merge it with one in Morley. A proposal announced last month could see Morley’s station on Corporation Street close, along with Hunslet Fire Station on Dewsbury Road. The stations would then be merged and relocated on a