What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Community Groups in South Leeds are reminded that there are funding opportunities for eligible work with upcoming deadlines and information sessions. Firstly, Community First Grants in City & Hunslet Ward… Secondly… The Metcalfe Smith Trust in Leeds was established in 1867 by a Victorian banker and benefactor, John Metcalfe Smith,
South Leeds is looking ‘Blooming’ good! Both Beeston in Bloom and Holbeck in Bloom groups have scored success in the annual Yorkshire in Bloom competition, with Beeston netting a silver gilt and Holbeck a silver award. The annual competition aims to foster community pride and encourage people to get planting and
Police are holding another public meeting to discuss work on building the new Holbeck Division Police HQ off Elland Road. Council bosses are to press ahead with controversial proposals to extend Leeds’s Cottingley Springs gipsy and travellers site amid fears they could be creating a ‘ghetto’, reports the YEP. The paper
The South Leeds Life Group met today to discuss how this website is developing and to plan the next steps. We met in the cafe at Hillside in Beeston and can recommend their teas and bacon sandwiches! We are keen to hear as many local voices as possible, reporting what’s
“In school disruptors are frowned upon, in business they are hailed as heroes”. This is the intriguing strapline for an upcoming seminar aimed as small businesses. EnterpriseHQ.org and Steelcase Solutions are running this morning seminar on September 19th to explore the challenges faced by small businesses in today’s market. Annually
Officers at Rothwell Neighbourhood Policing Team (which covers Belle Isle and Middleton) have issued the following advice aboutanti-social behaviour: If you or anyone you know is experiencing Anti Social Behaviour please contact the Leeds Anti Social Behaviour Team on 0113 222 4402 or email them – LASBT@Leeds.gov.uk . You can
[slideshow] Holbeck residents yesterday turned out for a Sunday afternoon stroll around their community. The residents were walking around the area to look at areas which were ripe for development and which should be left alone. Areas touched upon included the ormer Matthew Murray School site, which is currently earmarked fior
Nicola Akers from Construction Yorkshire has been in touch with information about a training course for young people aged 16-18 who are not currently in education, employment or training. Here’s her guest post: We are running these courses in partnership with Morrison who are the contractor delivering the repairs and
If you’ve been past Holbeck Moor recently, like me you probably wondered what was going to go on the large grey slab at the edge of the moor. Well, apparently it’s a new skatepark for youngsters, and I understand it’s going to be using some of the equipment from the site
Would you like to contribute to this blog? Or be a part of the growing team that puts it together each day? If so, why not pop along to the next meeting of the South Leeds Life Group and meet us for a chat? Our next open meeting is tomorrow (tuesday)