What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Carers Leeds is proud to celebrate Carers Week 2025 with a programme of events designed to support, celebrate, and empower unpaid carers across the city. Taking place from Monday 9 – Sunday 15 June 2025, the week will highlight the vital role of unpaid carers while offering opportunities to connect,
Ambitious plans to bring trams back to West Yorkshire with the first line set to serve South Leeds, and deliver a multibillion-pound boost to the economy, have secured a major funding boost from the government. The Chancellor Rachel Reeves today (Wednesday 4 June 2025) has announced the allocation of £2.1
Belle Isle’s Matty Sylvester did a little Thai boxing or Muay Thai early in 2023 and then flew out to Thailand that summer. He’s now built an impressive record of fight wins culminating in a silver medal at 81kg in the WMF World Championship tournament in Bangkok. “I’d always admired
Independent chartered surveyor, Carter Towler, has been appointed by Munroe K Luxembourg SA to oversee management of White Rose Park. Spanning 565,000 sq ft and situated next to the White Rose Shopping Centre in Leeds, the business and education campus is the largest single asset now under Carter Towler’s management.
More people are invited to sign up for green space volunteering opportunities this summer, to mark National Volunteers’ Week (2-8 June 2025). Earlier this year, Leeds City Council, in partnership with Voluntary Action Leeds, launched their new scheme Volunteer Team Leeds, with the aim of bringing together and inviting new
Students at Cockburn Laurence Calvert Academy and Cockburn School recently worked in collaboration to create a drama showcase using physical theatre techniques. The students captivated audiences with their powerful stage adaptations performed across both school venues. Bringing literature to life is no easy task but the Cockburn Laurence Calvert Academy
Have you heard about the Japanese philosophy of Wabi Sabi? It’s a way of thinking that encourages you to see the value in things that aren’t perfect, finished, or permanent, it explores the transient nature of life and how nothing stays the same. Recently, I was given a bunch of
Robert Barr was born on the 12th December 1889 on a farmstead near Edinburgh, Scotland, and while he was still young his parents moved to Woolley Moor Farm located between Wakefield and Barnsley and his education was carried out at Woolley School. When he was aged 14 he persuaded his
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 this week with a neighbourly initiative in Cross Flatts Park. Beeston Hill Community Association and Leeds Stand Up To Racism
Leeds residents are being reminded about the dangers of binning batteries and hot ash from barbeques after three separate incidents in refuse collection vehicles in the last week. A waste crews was carrying out collections in Staith Gardens and Town Street, Middleton when smoke started emerging from the back of