What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Better Action For Families (BAFF), the Beeston charity that supports people with learning disabilities and their families have landed two grants in recent months. They received a National Lottery Awards For All grant of nearly £10,000 and doubled it with support from the Morrisons charitable trust. Lynn Bailey and Jackie
Red Ladder Theatre visit South Leeds Stadium on Friday (9 March 2018) with Anthony Clavane’s play about legenendary Rugby League commentator Eddie Waring. Playing The Joker counts Jamie Jones-Buchanan amongst the cast. Following on from The Damned United, Red Ladder took Playing The Joker to Belle Isle WMC last month. Here’s Linda
Inner South Councillors visited The Hunslet Club’s Vocational Training project to see their funding in action. Councillors (and candidates standing in the forthcoming local elections in May) representing all three wards that make up the Inner South Community Committee took time out to visit The Hunslet Club on 29 January
Do you remember Hunslet Grange? This is the question that Gill Crawshaw and Louise Dwyer, students at Leeds Arts University, put to members of Holbeck Elderly Aid’s memory café last month. They tell us why they were asking and what got them interested in Leek Street Flats. We are both
Residents of Hunslet and Belle Isle are organising a campaign against a proposed new Park and Ride scheme in Stourton, following a well-attended public meeting on 20 February 2018. The proposed scheme would see a carpark for 1100 cars built on fields just off junction 7 of the M621, behind
On the closing day for applications here’s another entry for the St Luke’s CARES Community Awards, submitted by Catherine Bennett for Hunslet Carr Residents Association allotment project. For details of how YOUR community group can enter please click here. The deadline for entries is 5pm today (28 February 2018). Hunslet
On the closing day for applications here’s another entry for the St Luke’s CARES Community Awards, submitted by Leeds Dads. For details of how YOUR community group can enter please click here. The deadline for entries is 5pm today (28 February 2018). Leeds Dads’ founder and Child Friendly Leeds award
The Middleton Railway Trust (MRT) has received funding from Middleton Park ward Councillors to mark the 50th anniversary of the closure of Broom Pit, the last coal mine in South Leeds, in 1968. MRT will be producing a special booklet for all primary school children in the ward as well
Hunslet RLFC easily overcame local amateurs Outlon Raiders in the winter sunshine at South Leeds Stadium today (25 February 2018) as they navigated the third round of the Ladbrokes Challenge Cup. [slideshow_deploy id=’73452′] Photos: Paul Johnson Hunslet were first on the scoreboard through Will Cooke after 7 minutes, but Oulton
From Cllr Kim Groves Following all feedback from Hunslet Parkside Academy, Middleton Park Football Club and residents across Belle Isle and Middleton, and Hunslet Club Football. I will be working again with our environment team on next steps for enforcement and education to try and eradicate Dog Fouling not being