What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The Voice of Holbeck is a group of local community organisations which has come together to ensure that the whole Holbeck community, residents, businesses and sex workers are well represented on the issue of the managed approach and community safety. We are interested in the long-term health and future of
The organisation which has been providing meditation and mindfulness classes in Leeds for over 20 years has just acquired its first premises. Clyde Works, on Ingram Road in Holbeck is a massive 33,000 sq foot space in which Jamyang are creating a peaceful community centre for locals and the wider city. The site will include
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. The following applications were validated in the week beginning 11 February 2019: 5m single storey rear extension, 2.9m to ridge height and 2.5m to eaves 26 Allenby Drive
In this article Laura Walton responds to Cllr Andrew Scopes’ recent article on the issues around street sex work in Holbeck. We know this is a contentious issue, or rather what is to be done about it is contentious. One of South Leeds Life’s aims is to be a platform
Following two years of development since becoming a charity, Holbeck-based People Matters are now celebrating as their hard work has been recognised at a star studded award ceremony in Bradford. People Matters collected the prestigious ‘Social Enterprise Award 2018’ at the awards hosted by Social Enterprise Yorkshire and Humber. The
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. The following applications were validated in the week beginning 4 February 2019: Landscape improvements to external areas of the Round Foundry and Marshalls Mill Round Foundry And Marshalls
Royal Mail have officially announced today (6 February 2019) that they have scrapped plans to merge Holbeck Delivery Office and the Leeds City Delivery Office. The announcement follows an eighteen month campaign by members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) and the local community. As we reported back in September
Young people aged between 8 and 18 in Beeston and Holbeck will be able to continue to take advantage of a project delivered by the Leeds United Foundation and funded by local Councillors Andrew Scopes, Angela Gabriel and Gohar Almass. The Premier League Kicks project targets young people who traditionally
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. The following applications were validated in the week beginning 28 January 2019: Change of use of ground floor training centre (use Class D1) to five dwellings (use Class
In this article Cllr Andrew Scopes (Beeston & Holbeck) sets out his thinking on the issues around street sex work in Holbeck. We know this is a contentious issue, or rather what is to be done about it is contentious. One of South Leeds Life’s aims is to be a