What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Financial services provider Leeds Credit Union (LCU) has delivered a social impact worth almost £6 million to residents in Leeds, a new report has revealed. In partnership with Housing Leeds, LCU provides money management and budgeting services to people struggling with their finances. Since 2017, it has enabled tenants from
Leeds has come together in overwhelming support of the West Yorkshire and Harrogate Health Care Partnership (WY&H HCP) anti-racism movement. With over 40 organisations across the City coming together in a pledge to Root Out Racism. Joining Councillor James Lewis, leader of Leeds City Council and Tom Riordan, the Council’s
The Leeds Libraries service is encouraging residents to become heritage detectives and help solve picture puzzles from the past. The Local History team is appealing for public help to identify thousands of unknown faces and locations in the city’s online photographic archive. Heritage images include the 1959 Burley Road Primary
Once again we are offering a pair of tickets for readers to take in a theatre show in return for writing a review for us. First up we have a drama on the Leeds Liverpool Canal as This Island’s Mine starts its tour at Crown Point in Hunslet … This
Sixteen and seventeen year olds in Leeds now get their Covid-19 vaccine ahead of going back to school or college in September. Following the recent recommendations from the Joint Committee of Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI), the local NHS has been working with partners to ensure all 16 and 17-year-olds can get vaccinated
South Leeds Community Alliance (SLCA) celebrated the 74th Independence Day of Pakistan and hosted a dinner for over 80 guests from all walks of life. The Independence Day or Yaum e Azadi is celebrated worldwide with great fervour on the 14 August each year. It commemorates the day when Pakistan
Children’s literacy charity, Bookmark, is bringing its one-to-one reading programmes to primary schools in Leeds, and it’s calling for volunteers to support children online as we start this crucial new school year. Helping a child to make progress with their reading is hugely rewarding and there’s never been a better
They were the industrious steam-powered stalwarts that put Leeds on the right track to becoming the pride of the nation’s railways. And later this month the city’s impressive collection of locomotives will once again be taking centre stage during a spectacular celebration of the wonderful world of trains. Leeds Industrial
PAW Patrol fans will be able to meet their favourite characters at White Rose Shopping Centre this summer, as the centre hosts the PAW Patrol brick trail, presented and built by BRICKLIVE. White Rose is hosting 21 models, including favourite characters and well-known buildings from the hit Nick Jr. show,
Here’s a roundup of some the main events taking place over the coming week in South Leeds. For full listings go over to our What’s On calendar here. We start at the Happy Yak Café in the Jamyang Buddhist Centre on Ingram Road in Holbeck. They are hosing the free,