What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Hundreds if not thousands of people in Beeston and Holbeck will know Tahira Khan, having received her help and advice or attended an event she has organised. Now the unsung hero has been recognised with a Lifetime Achievement Award from Leeds City Council. Tahira has been helping residents with a
South Leeds was well represented as unsung heroes from across Leeds adult care sector were celebrated yesterday (15 December 2021) at the Leeds Quality in Care awards. The annual Leeds Quality in Care awards celebrated the excellent work taking place across the sector and shone a light on those individuals
A Leeds-based property investment company, Aspen Woolf, has begun donating 10% of all its service fees towards tackling vaccine inequality in lower-income countries. The property investment firm founded in 2005, is behind the sales of several new apartment complexes in Leeds South Bank Holbeck region, namely Springwell Gardens and Sky
Beeston & Holbeck Ward will have a new Councillor next May after the Labour Party choose Annie Maloney to fight the seat in place of sitting Councillor Angela Gabriel. South Leeds Life understands that it is normal practice in the party for sitting Councillors to be reselected ‘on the nod’.
UPDATE: This event has now been drastically scaled back due to the latest Covid-19 advice. The Holbeck community is invited to join The Big Holbeck Festive Get Together – a day of festive fun for all ages at St Matthew’s Community Centre. Pop in from 10am-6:30pm on Friday 17
Leeds United recently hosted a special Christmas event for 75 older members of the local community that are supported throughout the year by Holbeck Together. Holbeck Together is a charity that is close to our hearts, with both the club and Foundation working with them on a regular basis across
2021 has still had challenges, but Get Set Leeds Local has had the pleasure in being part of the development of some fantastic community ideas which have been supported into things which are enabling people from Holbeck and Beeston Hill (and beyond) to move a little, have fun and meet
The Christmas Lantern Festival is returning on Sunday 12 December and is taking to the streets of Beeston and Holbeck bringing light and joy across the community. Rather than drawing everyone together in Cross Flatts Park, this year the Lantern Festival is once again going ‘On Tour’, with an open
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. Please note that due to the Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak Leeds City Council is not accepting written representations made by post. Please make any comments online and address them to
The announcement that the HS2 high speed rail line will not be built to Leeds has big implications, good and bad, for South Leeds. The latest version of the HS2 plans had the new railway entering the city through Stourton and Hunslet on a viaduct and arriving at a new