What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The first ever Love Leeds Parks festival will be held next week (8-16 August 2020) with events online and in local parks across the city. The festival will include five core days of online events, each with a different theme highlighting the importance of parks to our daily lives; nature,
A series of real-life short stories by Leeds theatre company The Performance Ensemble will be broadcast on BBC Radio Leeds next week from Monday 10 August to Friday 14 August 2020. The Performance Ensemble is a theatre company made up of people living in Leeds aged over 60. For six
On Thursday 31 July councillors on West Yorkshire Pension Fund’s Joint Advisory Group (JAG) took the unexpected step of voting against the proposed WYPF Funding Strategy Statement. WYPF manages the pensions of local government workers in the five West Yorkshire Councils. The Statement was rejected by a majority of councillors
SLATE, the furniture recycling social enterprise, is special because of its amazing volunteer team. Matthew, who has learning disabilites, is a really valued member of the SLATE team, working hard as a volunteer to look after customers and colleagues alike. This is his article: When we went into lockdown in
Staff at the South Leeds Live At Home Scheme put their dancing shoes on this morning (4 August 2020) for a six hour fundraising Dance-a-thon. In previous years staff have been joined by members of the organisatrion that provides meals, activities and support to older people in Beeston, Cottingley and
On Friday 31 July 2020, Muslims all over the world celebrated Eid-ul-Adha. Eid-ul-Adha (‘festival of Sacrifice’), also known as the Greater Eid, is one of the most important festivals in the Muslim calendar. The festival remembers Prophet Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice his son when God ordered him to. Allah appeared
Residents are being consulted on proposed changes to Dewsbury Road which would see an outbound bus lane between Garnet Road and the Tommy Wass as well as a cycle route between Tommy Wass and the White Rose Shopping Centre. The plans are part of joint scheme between Leeds and Kirklees
Free tickets are now available for this year’s online Child Friendly Leeds (CFL) Live event on Wednesday (5 August 2020). Following the success of previous years, the children’s festival will return this year as a live-streamed event hosted by regular compere and former CBBC presenter, Alex Winters, plus performances from
It’s safe to say that Results Day 2020 is going to be very different to previous years. As a year eleven student myself, I understand just how different things are going to be; the polar opposite of the day we expected to have. It’s going to be strange, but we’re
I want to start this month’s article by saying a big congratulations to Leeds United who have just secured promotion as Champions to the Premier League. This is an outstanding (and long overdue!) achievement and I know that it will have such a positive impact on the city and in