What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
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
A packed public meeting at The Tetley art gallery on Tuesday (18 February 2014) heard about plans for a Hunslet ‘Stray’. Harrogate and York have Strays – areas of green space in the city centre and David Lumb from Leeds Sustainable Development Group (LSDG) admitted they had chosen a
Hunslet Hawks have chosen the Motor Neuron Disease charity SITraN to support this season. On Valentine’s Day (14 February 2014) head coach Barry Eaton, ex-players and members of the community team visited their chosen charity, the Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN) to find out more about the research
Mini HUGO – a minibus equipped with computers has hit the road in South Leeds to get people get online and flood communities with free wi-fi. This week you can find Mini HUGO on the following streets: Tuesday 18 Feb: Penny Lane Way & Jack Lane, Hunslet (morning only)