What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Leeds City College, a member of Luminate Education Group, is prioritising adult learning by hosting a fortnight of free taster sessions as part of the Festival of Learning. The ‘Have a Go Fortnight’ will be running from 1 to 12 November 2021, with the mission to inspire adults across the
After 19 months Leeds Dads Meetups are back at The Holbeck Club. The events for dads and kids were suspended due to Covid, but have now recommenced. The award-winning Dad meetups are a great opportunity to meet new Dad friends or bring along another Dad you know with pre-school kids for
Leeds College of Building offers FREE skills taster days for women to help narrow skills gap Leeds College of Building is offering women over the age of 16 the opportunity to sample Construction Crafts courses free of charge. The taster events are designed for those considering a career change or
The deadline to apply for a secondary school place (year 7) for September 2022 is next Sunday (31 October 2021). Families are advised to use all five of their preferences to give their child the best chance of being allocated a place at a preferred school. Using less than five
Cockburn Multi-academy Trust (Cockburn MAT) are looking for committed people to join as Trustees and Governors. Cockburn Multi-academy Trust is made up of three secondary schools, one primary school and one infant school in our community. At present there are Cockburn School, Cockburn John Charles Academy, Middleton Primary School, Cockburn
LEEDS 2023 has commissioned more than 20 ambitious new projects which will celebrate the unique stories found in neighbourhoods across Leeds, placing local communities at the very centre of the planned year of culture. My World My City My Neighbourhood is the first major, community-led series of commissions to be
Later this month, Opera North will be welcoming the community behind the scenes of its newly redeveloped building, the Howard Opera Centre, during its first Open Week when all ages are invited to come and find out more about the company and enjoy a programme of performances, talks and workshops.
Senior councillors in Leeds will be asked to renew their commitment to tackling child poverty in Leeds at next week’s Executive Board meeting, with a focus on the Leeds response as numerous national covid response schemes come to an end. Leeds City Council’s ambitious strategy, Thriving, first launched in 2019,
The Connecting Leeds transport strategy has set out a vision for ‘Leeds to be a city where you don’t need a car’, where everyone has an affordable, low carbon, healthy and accessible choice in how they travel. Leeds City Council has today (12 October 2021) set out ambitious plans to
This raucous collision of ideas inspired by theme parks, Brexit, Gulliver’s Travels and all overseen by Mayor Larry from Jaws, looks at cultural and racial stereotypes and how migration and racism have become key players in the ongoing culture wars.