What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The Friends and Relatives of Hunslet Cemetery group are campaigning for better security at the vandalised cemetery. They’ve set up an online petition and their facebook group has more than 1,200 members. The Friends have set aside Saturday, 17th September, 10am – noon, to do litter picking, pruning and bulb planting
Three public meetings are being held next week to discuss proposals for a potential new primary school for Beeston and Holbeck children on the site of the South Leeds Sports Centre. The meetings will take place next Monday at the Hamara Centre at 2pm, Tuesday at Tunstall Road Community Centre at 5.30pm
Do you have photographs of South Leeds you’d like to share with the wider world? Well now’s your chance! We’ve set up a group pool on photo sharing site Flickr which is open to everyone to add their photographs of life in South Leeds to. You’ll need to set up
The Hunslet Club looks forward to welcoming back its 1000+ membership at the start of the new school term. While people have been on holiday the club has been busy extending the garages & bar, building an extra activity room and games room, redecorated the dance studios, put picnic tables & benches outside (thanks
There was a good turnout at last night’s Beeston Community Forum meeting as Leeds Central MP Hilary Benn addressed members at Beeston Village Community Centre. Here are some of the key points from the meeting: Hilary Benn MP Mr Benn said he had concerns over plans for a park and ride at
The Rothwell Neighbourhood Policing Team (NPT) are making five youths clean up Hunslet Cemetery after they were found damaging gravestones. Police Community Support Officers (PCSOs) on regular patrols in the area found the group hanging around inside the cemetery on Tuesday evening. After sending them on their way, the officers
The Hunslet Club is delighted to be hosting the inaugural LSxJunior, the cities’ first technology festival for children & families on Sunday September 25th. Organised by LSx, a collective of technology professionals, this event was born from a desire to make technology events in Leeds more inclusive for families. For
The place where I live isn’t physically bound It’s the place where the love and the laughter is found South Leeds Youth Theatre had an exciting end of term by performing at West Yorkshire Playhouse in their original play called “Stand in the place where you live“. Michelle Cunningham explains:
The South Leeds Youth Hub hosted an amazing evening of song, dance and live music with the Glee Club at the Hub performance on Thursday 11th August. Talented young people from across south Leeds came together to create an unforgettable evening of entertainment. After a full week of rehearsals under
A local group campaigning for improvements at Hunslet Cemetery has held a passionate meeting to give people a say about the improvements they’d like to see at the cemetery. The vandal-hit cemetery has been in the news recently after the Friends and Relatives of Hunslet Cemetery group launched an online