What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Summer’s here. It’s time to get outside. The children have been making the most of Skelton Grange Environment Centre over the past few weeks. Below is a list of volunteering events which have been organised to keep in tip-top shape for the little visitors. Can you help out?
Good luck to Hunslet Old Boys Rugby Team players Jamie Fields, Tom Saunders and coach Daryl Cardiss who have been selected for the Great Britain Community Lions Squad tour of Barbados, jetting off this Friday. Selection for this squad is a huge honour marking the lads out as amongst the
Come and get into the Euro 2012 spirit early by watching the England Vs Belgium Friendly this weekend on the big screen at the Hunslet Club. You will also be able to see many of the tournament games at the club when it kicks off, as well as a lot of
The third issue of our quarterly South Leeds Life magazine is not off the press and out now. We’ve got a preview of the Olympic torch coming to south Leeds, more on our our Scoop It Up dog fouling campaign, a fantastic article from Hilary Benn MP on the best of
The Leeds Music Trust, a charity that supports new talent and aim to promote the benefits of live music to all, especially to those who would not otherwise have access to such support. LMT is based at the Old Chapel rehearsal studios in Holbeck are presenting four up and coming
Longtime readers of South Leeds Life may recall the story of a historic film of the Queen’s visit to South Leeds in 1958 being found under the stage of the Hunslet Club You may be interested to learn that some brief excerpts from this are to feature on an ITV
A free event to highlight a campaign to encourage plain packaging for cigarettes is being held in Holbeck and supported by Hilary Benn MP. The Plain Packs Protect campaign says every year 340,000 children and young people are tempted to try smoking. Two thirds of smokers start before the age
Former Hunslet Club member and later Rugby World Cup Winner Jason Robinson OBE has been inducted into the Rugby Players Association Hall of Fame. At the annual association dinner in London, Jason said “For me to be thought of in this way is superb and something I am extremely proud
Never mind Britain’s Got Talent, The Voice and X Factor, it’s time for South Leeds Superstar! The popular talent contest for young people is returning for 2012. Auditions are being held at schools across the area and there is also an open community audition taking place on Friday 1st June
As South Leeds Life continues its Scoop it Up campaign, your reports of dog fouling problems in south Leeds are continuing to come into democracy site Fix My Street. One of the latest reports includes this one from Beeston: I am disgusted at the amount of dog fouling along the