What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
This month saw International Women’s Day on 8 March. As part of a focus on Women’s empowerment within the community, Sergeant Williams and Sergeant Jones attended a self-defence class in Holbeck Moor Park. These classes are open to the public, and are focussed around increasing women’s confidence through self-defence. Violence
Students and staff from the three Cockburn Multi-academy Trust secondary schools have been busy raising funds for Ukraine. Students at Cockburn School, Cockburn John Charles Academy and Cockburn Laurence Calvert Academy wanted to do something to raise funds for children in Ukraine and had a non-uniform day where many students
Wade’s Charity open 3 Month “£5,000 Physical Activity” Grant window for Leeds based Community Groups & Sports Clubs With many Sports clubs and community groups across Leeds being unable to operate at various points over the last few years due to the pandemic, it drained funds and caused many organisations
South Leeds Life’s partnership with Leeds Playhouse continues, offering readers two free* tickets to see a show this spring. “This season is a thrilling culmination of all the work we do, both on stage and off. We have worked hard to present a season that reflects, inspires and entertains the
White Rose Shopping Centre will be inviting guests to take part in a variety of Easter-themed crafting workshops from Monday 11 – Saturday 16 April 2022. The free, drop-in workshops will include a variety of family friendly, fun-filled activities. Guests can unleash their inner artist with Easter-themed colouring, try their
The candidates for the 2022 Leeds City Council elections have been announced. We’ve published full lists of the candidates on separate pages for Beeston & Holbeck ward, Hunslet & Riverside ward and Middleton Park ward. We’re writing to all the candidates to ask them about why they are standing and
Leeds City Council are urging people to plan ahead for this weekend’s closure of the Armley Gyratory. From 8pm on Friday (8 April 2022) until 5:30am on Monday (11 April 2022), Armley Gyratory will be fully closed to vehicles. On Monday 11 April the road will fully re-open with 30mph
Simon Bradley and Ursula Troche, working under the moniker ArtCouple, present this exhibition of sculpture, sound and film for BasementArtsProject entitled ‘Decompressed Time Frames’.
We were happily driving along, mid conversation when a car with two young men travelling towards us, deliberately swerved into our lane to scare us. Thankfully my reactions were quick, I managed to avoid a collision. My mum was a little shaken and I was less than impressed, but we
Jodie, the Branch Coordinator at Leeds Credit Union, takes a look at the ways in which households can reduce energy consumption and save money. Most people will already be aware that, from 1 April, the energy price cap is increasing by 54%. This means households in the UK will be