Category: Holbeck

News and events for the Holbeck area

Apply for grants for your community groups here!

Do you run a community group in inner south Leeds? Well now’s the chance for you to apply for some cash! Community First is an £80 million government-funded initiative which will run until March 2015. The programme will help communities come together and identify their strengths and priorities in order to

South Leeds Sports Centre campaigers hold April Fools Day Olympic Torch run – UPDATED

A group of campaigners fighting to reopen South Leeds Sports Centre in Beeston have today held a mock Olympic torch run – and they claim a lack of sports facilities in the area will prevent local youngsters becoming Olympians of the future. The protest group, made up mainly of parents and

Picture perfect: View from Holbeck Cemetery

South Leeds Life reader Jonathan Bliss has shared this beautiful photograph of Leeds’ inner city skyline at dusk taken from the viewing point at Holbeck Cemetery. We think it’s a truly breathtaking photo! Jonathan has kindly shared a couple of photographs of the view from the cemetery on the South Leeds Life group

Going back to basics during Earth Hour at Beeston’s Greenhouse

Residents of Beeston’s award-winning sustainable development, Greenhouse, will be supporting the annual Earth Hour Event tomorrow by coming together with their neighbours for a night of going back to basics. Getting involved with Saturday’s international initiative, ‘The Big Switch Off’, Greenhouse developers, Citu are inviting residents to come together in their

A Video Tour Of Hunslet Club Youth Club!

Two members of the Hunslet Club Wednesday night youth club, Kieran and Cameron present a video guided tour of their club, check it out, including our brand new state-of-the-art Games Zone! [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVFUE7IQLnY] We reckon they could be the next Ant & Dec! The club has a busy weekend ahead with

Sports centre campaigners plan ‘South Leeds Olympic Torch’ protest event

Sally Cieslik from the SPLASH campaign fighting to reopen South Leeds Sports Centre guest posts on a mock South Leeds Olympic Torch event on Sunday, April 1 at noon to highlight what they claim is a lack of sports facilities in the area. The real Olympic Torch is due to come

South Leeds Links: Bloom, new Holbeck Police HQ and Middleton Railway thanks – updated

Here’s our weekly roundup of what’s making south Leeds tick from other blogs and websites: Holbeck in Bloom blog about a very welcome donation from Santander and some of the latest work in the area. The show goes on – that’s the defiant message from the folks at Middleton Railway,

Speak To The Streets Breakdance Battle Hits At The Hunslet Club

The Hunslet Club once again played host to a Speak To The Streets Breakdance Battle on Sunday 25th March, the atmosphere in the packed out hall was fantastic, well done everyone who took part, read all about it on the Yorkshire Evening Post website here. See some highlights of the