What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
[slideshow]Young people from across South Leeds have come together for an exciting residential experience. 17 young people from the Middleton Park ward and Beeston, Cottingley and Middleton Cluster enjoyed a weekend residential at Herd Farm. Youth workers from Leeds Youth Service brought together the group with the aim of better
[slideshow]The communities of Manor Farm and surrounding Belle Isle and Middleton join in a Community Fun Day at the Manor Field Hall, writes Deacon Al Henry. It was an afternoon of food, craft, dance, advice and information. Many local agencies such as Health for All, Change4Life, Aire Valley Homes, weight management,
The Hunslet Club will be hosting it’s annual fancy dress Halloween Party next Friday 26th October. All welcome! Talking of the club, did you see insightful article about it’s work on the Guardian website yesterday? Take a look here. Makes for an interesting read.
The South Leeds Life Group met this afternoon to discuss how the blog is developing. The biggest news was the report back from the Blog North Awards which were handed out in Manchester on Wednesday night. South Leeds Life was shortlisted in the City or Neighbourhood category, but unfortunately lost
Afternoon all! Here’s your weekly roundup of what’s making south Leeds tick on the area’s blogs, websites and on Facebook. Holbeck Cemetery has 87 Commonwealth War Graves Commission memorials plus many other private memorials, and is hosting a Remembrance Sunday walk next month. The Friends of Holbeck Cemetery have blogged about
The annual Hamara Community Awards are presented on six categories for people and organisations who have contributed to Leeds’ communities and who continue to put others before themselves. The popular awards are an annual event – and nominations for the 2012 event are now open! Hamara Healthy Living Centre is based
It’s a busy week here at South Leeds Towers! Tomorrow a small group of us is off over t’Pennines for the Blog North Awards, which recognises the best blogs in the North of England. We’ve been lucky enough to have been shortlisted in the ‘best neighbourhood or city blog’ category, so fingers crossed
A music video filmed partly on location earlier this year at the Hunslet Club by local film production company Crowns & Owls has been shortlisted for two prestigious UK Music Video Awards for best choreography in a video and best budget dance video respectively. The video for the song “Showdown” by
We’ve received the following guest post from Kirsty Lunn, of Leeds City College, about winter course starting in south Leeds…. Leeds City College has a wide range of part time courses starting across South Leeds from 5th November 2012 at its Joseph Priestley Campus (Morley), Milton House (Morley), Beeston Centre
PC Claire Rowlinson attended the latest New Forest Village community meeting in Middleton. Also in attendance were Councillor Judith Blake, a representative from Leeds City Council’s parks and countryside department and 18 residents, writes Rothwell NPT. Crime statistics for the area were given for the last month which were: two thefts