Category: Hunslet

News and events for the Hunslet area

Help is on hand with STOP if you’re suffering from domestic violence

Guest blogger Angela Harrison writes about domestic violence and anger management groups from STOP. S.T.O.P. (Start Treating Others Positively) continues to run Anger Management groups for both male and female perpetrators of domestic abuse.  In addition to these groups we also run a weekly Women’s Support Group for women who

Help picture south Leeds through the 4am Project

Photographers with mild insomnia and an eye for the unusual will have the unique opportunity to play their part in an innovative global project to record and document their community before dawn, writes Karen Strunks. The global phenomenon that is the 4am Project returns for its seventh event on 15th April, as

Breakdance Battle Coming To The Hunslet Club

You can see what happens at a Breakdance Battle at the Hunslet Club here: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8GDkGLoTGM] Check out the links and more videos at previous Speak To The Streets Breakdance Battles at the Hunslet Club here.  More Info: http://www.speaktothestreets.com/ and on the Speak To The Streets Facebook Page

Hitting the high notes with South Asian music in South Leeds

Guest blogger Maria Spadafora of South Asian Arts-uk posts a feature about music classes being run in Leeds 11. She is looking to recruit young people to take part in free workshops exploring the City Varieties Music Hall as part of the Breeze International Youth Festival… South Leeds is brimming with opportunities to

International Womens Day in Belle Isle

Pampering, information and afternoon tea are all on offer at an event to celebrate afternoon tea at Belle Isle Family Centre. Leanne Drinkall, of Health for All’s Family intervention service, said: “There are lots of pamper treatments available including henna, hand wraps, mini manicures and pedicures, hair workshops and straightening

Queen’s Visit To South Leeds in 1958 – where you there?

Further to the story earlier this month about film footage and recently recovered photos from the Queen’s visit to South Leeds, more particularly the R.W Crabtrees factory, a TV production company is looking for anyone who attended that day or met the Queen, to talk on a documentary to be

Get ready for the ‘Olympic flame run’ to highlight sports centre closure

Those of you passing through Beeston and Holbeck in recent days may have seen lots of posters springing up in shops, community centres and bus stops advertising the latest event from the SPLASH campaign to reopen South Leeds Sports Centre. The posters are advertising SPLASH’s own ‘Olympic Flame Run’ protest,