What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The Conservation Volunteers at Skelton Grange Environment Centre are celebrating the news that they have seen over 200,000 walk through the doors of the much loved eco centre and wildlife haven in South Leeds. “The Conservation Volunteers are the unsung heroes of the environment …no one will protect what they
Mortality Calls – South Leeds writer self-publishes third work of fiction on Amazon Kindle Jonathan Sharp, from Stourton Grange, has embraced the self-publishing revolution and published his third work of fiction on Amazon Kindle. Jonathan’s novel, Mortality Calls, follows in the wake of his previous novel (Love, Death and Time
The weather is warm, the bees are buzzing and the cherries are ripening. Summer has well and truly arrived at Skelton Grange! Come join us this Friday (24 July 2015) between 10am–3pm for our Summer Festival; a day of fun, activities and crafts. Activities include: Giant Bubbles Wildflower seed collecting:
This weekend (27 & 28 June 2015) sees the Leeds Waterfront Festival providing fun activities and entertainment at various locations along the river Aire in Leeds city centre. New for this year, a team of volunteers from South Leeds will be building a boat out of junk (literally stuff rescued
What does summer taste like? TCV’s Skelton Grange Environment Centre has planned a fantastic programme of events for children and adults to get involved in during the summer, encouraging participants to have loads of fun learning in the natural environment. Set in a beautiful eco-centre and nature reserve just two
An array of fantastic activities and events are guaranteed to keep all the family entertained this Easter at Leeds Museums and Galleries. The fun kicks-off in the stunning surroundings of Thwaites Mills Watermill in Stourton, which will be hosting a very ‘special’ Spring Festival on Sunday 5 April from 11am
Volunteers at Skelton Grange Environment Centre have been busy planting lots of trees towards the end of the winter season. Many tree in the woodlands at the centre were planted as part of a donor tree programme in the 1990s, and occasional trees are still donated, helping the centre to
Funding from the CEMEX Community Fund has been giving the enthusiastic volunteers at Skelton Grange Environment Centre a chance to travel back in time and learn woodland management skills, including the ancient art of hedge laying… with some real “cutting ‘edge” tools. Every Friday in February and March, The Conservation
Skelton Grange Environment Centre has been in touch with this opportunity: Do you care about the world around you, and want to do something to make a difference? Do you want to work in the environmental sector, but lack the experience to land your first job? Do you want to
Sam Llewellyn writes: Skelton’s personality and the effort put in to make it a natural retreat by those that work there was evident upon arrival – this is probably made all the more prominent by the busy industrial site that surrounds it. When I first arrived I didn’t know what