Category: Hunslet

News and events for the Hunslet area

Summer fun for young people in Belle Isle and Hunslet Moor

Young people are invited to come along and enjoy free activities and inflatables in their local green spaces, hosted by the Youth Service, and supported by the Inner South Community Committee. Two summer events are taking place in South Leeds in the coming weeks, continuing a packed programme of summer

A group of ten young people pose with a certificate in front of a steam locomotive called 'Sir Berkeley'

The young people that are the future of Middleton Railway

Middleton Railway was celebrating its Youth Group who took over the running of the railway today (6 August 2023). The group was awarded their runners up certificate in the Rising Stars category of the Heritage Railway Association (HRA). Presenting the award, Noel Hartley, a Director at the HRA, said: “It’s

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