What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Food poverty in South Leeds has become more apparent in recent weeks as families see a drop in their incomes due to furlough or unemployment. It is times like this that make our foodbanks a vital resource for our community. The Trussell Trust Leeds South & East Foodbank at St
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
Bernard Richardson celebrated the VE Day bank holiday yesterday (8 May 2020) with fish and chips, a treat he hadn’t had for weeks due to the current lockdown. Sam Ely from Middleton Elderly Aid delivered a personalised balloon donated by Sense of Occasion party shop in Beeston, together with a
A grant from Leeds Community Foundation has enabled Health for All’s Young People and Families service launch a COVID-19 Emergency Response project to help local families in south Leeds. The charity has reopened Middleton Family Centre for a day each week, as a Hub from which to deliver practical and
VE Day (Victory in Europe Day) commemorates the day on which allied forces formally announced the surrender of Nazi Germany, drawing the Second World War in Europe to a close. This year, when VE dawns on Friday (8 May 2020), it will mark 75 years since the UK first celebrated
An update on the potential reopening of Household Waste and Recycling Centres (HWRCs) has been provided by Leeds City Council today (5 May 2020). The council is aiming to reopen its main HWRCs next week. This is subject to further details this week from the government regarding which restrictions must
Sun shining, Rose and Henry embarked on their daily walk through Middleton Woods. They’d done the same walk since they retired twenty years ago; it had become a tradition. Their footsteps perfectly in sync, they strolled down the long, winding path. Henry’s voice swept through Rose’s hair, and she smiled
Here’s the first of our competition winners from Hazel Mulroy in Middleton: It’s 1953. We live in Acre Crescent, a few doors away from my paternal grandma and not far from my maternal grandma and granddad in Thorpe Place. Things are about to change, but I’m too young to know
Middleton Park Equestrian Centre is a Riding for the Disabled centre based on the edge of Middleton Park. The centre provides therapy to people with physical and mental disabilities, schools and children that struggle with day to day life. In normal times they have over 250 riders and carriage drivers
Middleton Elderly Aid We are a Neighbourhood Network Scheme Neighbourhood Network Schemes are community based, locally led organisations that enable older people to live independently and pro-actively participate within their own communities by providing services that reduce social isolation, provide opportunities for volunteering, act as a “gateway” to advice/information/services promote