What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Leeds Federated Housing Association has started work on a new affordable housing development in Hunslet. The Association is building six new homes at Arthington Place, to replace old, poor quality, back to back terraces which were recently demolished. The site has suffered from fly-tipping near to local shops and
Lucky youngsters from Leeds got the chance to meet Team Sky rider, and local cycling star, Ben Swift on Tuesday (Tuesday 15 April) thanks to a pre Tour De France event held by Sky in Leeds. Twenty lucky children from The Hunslet Club and Otley Cycling Club as well as
The spring newsletter from the South Leeds Live At Home Scheme (SLLAHS) has been published with details of regular activities and day trips. SLLAHS is one of the ‘Neighbourhood Network’ organisations providing support and activities for people over 55. SLLAHS covers the Beeston, Cottingley and Hunslet areas. Regular activities include
To celebrate the beginnings of rugby in Leeds, the Central Library has arranged a series of talks and an exhibition. In 1864, an advert was placed in the local paper asking for anyone interested in forming a rugby club to come to Woodhouse Moor. From this small beginning, the sport
Councillors Mohammed Iqbal (Labour, City & Hunslet) and Kim Groves (Labour, Middleton Park) £50k improvements near completion at Hunslet Cemetery Councillors Mohammed Iqbal and Kim Groves are delighted to announce that the scheme to improve Hunslet Cemetery will soon be completed. Work has been undertaken by the Council’s Parks and
Say the words “Leek Street Flats” to South Leeds residents of a certain age and memories come flooding back of tower block apartments that dominated the Hunslet skyline between the late 60’s and early 80’s, now long gone. Video by Chris Richardson Construction of the 350 flats started in 1968
Executive Prinicpal John Townsley told a meeting of parents last night (11 March 2014) that the Ruth Gorse Academy will definitely be opening in September this year and encouraged them to apply now for places. The newly appointed Principal Designate, Rebekah Taylor, was introduced and the school uniform was
This post first appeared on Better Lives for People in Leeds blog: Last week our deputy director Dennis Holmes’s blog talked about the changes that have taken place since the 1980’s and the need to work differently. The new Assisted Living Leeds centre is a great example of joined
The Bayford Foundation is giving second chances to people who wouldn’t normally get an interview for a sales job. I recently visited and spoke to June Forsyth, the enthusiastic leader of the foundation. BE Fuel Cards operates out an anonymous office unit on an industrial park close to the
Next month, April, is Autism Awareness Month and local group Leeds Autism Services (LAS) will be busy getting the message out that autism is something to be understood, not to be frightened of. “Light it up blue” is the slogan and local campaigners in Leeds have persuaded the First