What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
With classes cancelled to stop people gathering, Middleton-based DAZL have moved online to help you stay fit in your own home. This first video is a 20 minute Dance Fit routine for adults, but more routines will be posted for children and young people. Subscribers will receive regular updates and
Museum-lovers across Leeds will get the chance to travel back in time and explore thousands of years of history from home thanks to a new series of online digital discovery sessions. With council-run museums, galleries and schools currently closed as part of efforts to minimise the spread of Coronavirus, staff
Leeds City Council has temporarily closed all playgrounds in its parks from today (Monday 23 March 2020) as part of the authority’s efforts to help prevent the spread of the Coronavirus (COVID-19). Whilst parks will remain open for the time being, all playgrounds in parks will be closed and the
We are aware that this post keeps being circulated on social media. Please note that it refers to the situation on 20 March 2020, three days BEFORE the lockdown was announced. Mosques in South Leeds took different approaches to holding the weekly ‘jummah’ congregational prayer on the first Friday
Voluntary Action Leeds (VAL) has issued a Good Neighbour’s guide to help people stay safe whilst helping others. “During the Coronavirus outbreak many people have come forward to help and support their neighbours. We want you and your neighbours to be safe whilst you help one another out during this
Many Kurds living in South Leeds were amongst those gathered on Monday (16 March 2020) for a sombre inaugural event featuring the planting of a memorial tree in Park Square Leeds – to mark the anniversary of the Halabja massacre in Kurdistan (in north east Iraq) in March 1988. The
Students from secondary schools across South Leeds have been taking part in a special challenge to create and design a reusable water bottle that will be sold at White Rose Shopping Centre. Year 9 and 10 pupils from Cockburn John Charles Academy, Royds School in Oulton, Woodkirk Academy and Bruntcliffe
A number of libraries in Leeds, including Beeston library on Town Street, have closed today (19 March 2020) in response to Coronavirus. A Leeds City Council spokesperson said: “We continue to follow national guidance around managing the impact of Coronavirus in Leeds, and have taken the decision to close the
A city wide volunteering scheme has been set up by Voluntary Action Leeds (VAL), working with Leeds City Council, to organise a co-ordinated response to support the vulnerable through the Coronavirus crisis. As well as identying volunteers the scheme will ensure that both recipents of support and volunteers stay safe.
Like many local authorities, Leeds City Council was due to hold elections on Thursday 7 May 2020. The Government has cancelled this year’s election due to the Coronavirus crisis and they will now be held in 2021. Leeds is split into 33 wards, each represented by three Councillors. Councillors are