What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The Hunslet Club is set to host one of the grandest Royal Wedding celebrations in South Leeds with a huge party for all the family starting 10:30 am onwards on Friday 29th April. The right royal occasion will be shown live on the big screen, live music will be provided by
Lots of exciting things going on at the Hunslet Club at the moment, we’ve just been cited as a model of community sports enterprise in action by the Amatuer Boxing Association of England as well as being featured on the My Life in Leeds blog. There are lots of things
The next meeting of the Gaitskell Community Association will be on Tuesday 5th April. The Association covers residents living in the Meynells, Gaitskells, Meynell Heights, Ninevahs, Balms and Sandlewoods areas of Holbeck and has been active since 1997. The April meeting will be the annual general meeting. The meeting will
Cross Ingrams Area Residents Association (CIARA) holds its meetings every two months. Residents who live locally are welcome to come along to these meetings. The meetings take place in the Ingram Gardens Community Centre in Holbeck commencing at 7pm. New members are always welcome. Councillors, representatives from Aire Valley Homes and
A Couple of events coming up at The Hunslet Club that will be of interest to South Leeds residents. Irish Night March 19th, 7pm til late, Live music from The Blarney Boys & Irish Dancing from our very own World Championship qualifying Irish Dancers! Bar & Refreshments, tickets: Adults £3
I was at the grandly titled Beeston Hill & Holbeck Regeneration Partnership Board meeting last Friday. There was a thought-provoking discussion about how services can be provided at a local level, in a joined-up way, to meet local needs and priorities as defined by local people. It sounds easy, but
Although South Leeds Sports Centre (SLSC) is currently closed, the fight to reopen it continues. On Monday 28 February a meeting of SPLASH (Save our PooL And Sports Hall) was held at Hillside. Councillor Adam Ogilvie also attended the meeting and indicated a number of options that were being considered
Ivy Benson, the female band leader from the swing era who was born in Beeston, is to be commemorated by a Blue Plaque later this year. Ivy was an accomplished musician who took the opportunity that the Second World War provided to break into a very male dominated world of
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The JESS Extended Schools and Services Cluster in south Leeds is providing 10 exciting activities for children and young people aged 5-16 from local south Leeds schools over the February half term. These targeted activities range from a Spy School to an Olympic Spirit Sports Day. Over 180 children will benefit