What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Darcy is a young woman from Middleton who has had to face up to health challenges and is now challenging the community to help her take an opportunity of a lifetime as she recovers from her illness. Darcy, who is 14 years old and a student at Cockburn School, suffers
It was a game of two halves with both the cast and audience giving 110% in this family-friendly show about a little girl’s love of the beautiful game. We met young Freddie Farren in her backyard practicing her football skills. When she finds an old biscuit box with some very
Wellspring Academy Trust, which operates two schools in South Leeds, has been shortlisted for three prestigious awards at the inaugural Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) Excellence Awards. These new awards recognise and celebrate outstanding achievement in education in England. Wellspring has been recognised for its work in three categories; MAT of the
The Friends of Middleton Park have unveiled their summer programme of events for 2023 and as usual it includes live music, dance, history walks, some Shakespeare and the Great Middleton Park Show. Live music includes the Corpus Christi Band (4 June), Phoenix Brass Band (2 July), Wakefield Big Band (3
On Sunday (13 May 2023) the Friends of Middleton Park are hosting a free guided walk around the Beeston Woods section of the park. Beeston Woods contain a treasure trove of remains of our past. From the 800 year old dispute between William de Grammaire and John of Beeston that
Audiences in neighbourhood venues across Leeds will be having a ball this summer when Leeds Playhouse takes Fidget Theatre’s ‘Football Freddie’ on a two-week Community Tour, kicking off on 5 June. Ten community venues, including Jamyang Buddhist Centre in Holbeck, the Hamara Centre in Beeston and Middleton Parochial Hall, will
Network Rail has announced that it is to carry out “vital vegetation management” work between May 2023 and March 2024 along the railway between Ardsley tunnel and Leeds on the Wakefield line and is holding two information events to explain the scope of the work. They say the number, size
Swarthmore Education Centre based at Woodhouse Square in Leeds is celebrating after being awarded £200,162 in funding from The National Lottery Community Fund, the largest funder of community activity in the UK. Swarthmore will use their funding to run a two year project called ‘Creative Communities’ in South Leeds, in
Nine young dancers from Leeds Dynamite’s TNT group have won Bronze medals at the World Dance Championships in America at the weekend (6 May 2023). As we reported here, they were competing in the All Star World Dance Championships at Universal Studios in Florida, USA. They were competing in the
Hunslet Rugby League club is setting in motion a repeat of their hugely successful Junior Summer Festival, which attracted teams from throughout the north of England when it debuted last year. A new venue is being organised for 2023, with Leeds Corinthians of Middleton set to host the event. The