Category: Hunslet

News and events for the Hunslet area

A smiling nurse sits behind a round table. On the table is an open laptop and blood pressure device. Behind her there is an exmination bed and a leaflet rack on the wall.

Chance to check in as city’s libraries host pioneering wellbeing pods

A novel addition to libraries in Leeds is giving parents and families support from local midwives and healthcare professionals in the same place they browse for their favourite books. New ‘wellbeing pods’ have officially launched in eight of the city’s libraries and community hubs, the first of their kind to

The Schneider Electric works on Jack Lane, Hunslet

Business rates rebate will secure Hunslet jobs

Leeds City Council has agreed to give Schneider Electric, a strategically important business in Hunslet, a rebate on their business rates of £315,000 to help them expand their premises and workforce. Schneider Electric operates from premises on Jack Lane in Hunslet where it crrently employs 555 people. The firm, a

Brightly coloured wooden heart shapes hang from a tree, a table covered in hessian with hard hats and work boots on it. Members of the public make poignant tributes in marker pen to lost loved ones on the colourful wooden hearts at the Constructing Minds RHS show garden.

RHS garden supported by Leeds Building students wins best in show

Trigger warning: this article discusses suicide An innovative garden which explores mental health in construction has been awarded Best Show Garden at the RHS Flower Show Tatton Park. The award-winning garden received the finishing touches of poignant wooden hearts decorated by Leeds College of Building Painting & Decorating apprentices. As

A male and female apprentice stand either side of a male tutor behind a theodolite outdoors. All three wear hi-viz

Building College amongst best apprenticeship training providers

Leeds College of Building is celebrating after being named in the RateMyApprenticeship Best 50 Training Providers Table 2023-2024. The College ranked 14th place, up from 17th position in 2022. Leeds College of Building is the top-ranking Further Education college in the north of England and the only college in Yorkshire to make the