What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
On Thursday 6 May 2021, Middleton Scout Group had their first in-person class in over a year. Taking place in socially distanced conditions in the outdoor area at Manorfield Hall in Middleton, there were smiles all round as the children and leaders were reunited once more after a challenging year.
MindMate, the advice and support website for young people in Leeds, are working with Leeds Street Gallery to paint a graffiti mural at the LS-TEN skate park in Hunslet to raise awareness of mental health issues for children and young people in Leeds. MindMate, commisioned by the NHS in Leeds,
2020 is gone and we are looking forward to a brighter year. With that uppermost in our hearts, we are so happy to be able to put on this great show once again on our 101st year of the park. This is also our 10th show, so we are extremely
Middleton Primary School has been celebrating diversity and inclusion for the last fortnight. Teaching Assistant Nichola Stanhope told us more: “We took a fortnight out of our timetable to teach our children all about the different ways families are made up and how we should embrace diversity within our communities.
Three Middleton Guides are celebrating having achieved the highest, Gold Award, despite lockdown. Iona Clayton, Lily Scott and Eleasha Griffiths had to complete a minimum of 8 individual badges, 8 patrol badges and over 2,000 minutes of unit challenge time. This included challenges across the 6 new themes which are
The Cockburn Multi-Academy Trust (MAT) runs a group of schools in South Leeds including three secondary schools: Cockburn school, Cockburn John Charles Academy and the new Cockburn Laurence Calvert Academy. Transition to secondary school Parents and carers of Year 6 pupils have been confirming places at the soon to be
Each week we publish lists of planning applications related to LS10 and LS11 published on on the Leeds City Council website. Please note that due to the Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak Leeds City Council is not accepting written representations made by post. Please make any comments online and address them to
Last night (28 April 2021) South Leeds Life hosted an online hustings meeting as part of our local elections coverage. All the candidates standing in the ward were invited to attend and take questions from our readers. Subjects covered included: mental health, actions to help the local community, what should
DAZL (Dance Action Zone Leeds) the Middleton-based charity that has got so many children moving and grooving over the last 21 years, have moved into a permanent home in Middleton Community Centre on Acre Road. With help and support from the ward Councillors, they have taken over and refurbished the
Over 50 children took part in the first Cross Flatts Junior parkrun, back after lockdown, on Sunday (25 April 2021). Junior parkrun is a free, timed 2km run, jog or walk around the top end of Cross Flatts Park. Normally for 4-14 years olds it’s currently limited to 4-10 year