What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
MINT (Men in Need Together), a Leeds-based mental health organisation, is celebrating 3 years of operations this month as it looks ahead with ambitions to expand its impact on men across 2022. The not-for-profit organisation founded by Josh Sturgeon in October 2018, following the tragic death of his close friend
Hunslet & Riverside ward Councillors invite you to a Zoom meeting for the residents of Hunslet Moor & Hall. The Zoom meeting will take place on Tuesday 16 February 2021 at 6:30pm. Hunslet Moor & Hall Residents meeting is an opportunity to: chat with your local ward councillors and council
LoveWorld Leeds and Morrisons step up to provide packed lunches for schoolchildren during the half-term break. LoveWorld Leeds, a non-denominational Christian church in Cross Green, has partnered with Morrisons supermarket in Hunslet to provide packed lunches for schoolchildren during the half-term break. The initiative is in response to the recent
The Canal & River Trust, the waterways and wellbeing charity that looks after 2,000 miles of the nation’s waterways, has launched an online campaign appealing for people riding bikes on towpaths to take it easy and slow down. A short (1½ minute) video and animation reminds all those visiting the
This Autumn local children have done their bit to brighten up Hunslet through hiding beautifully painted pebbles around the community. Designs range from animals, fruit, rainbows, love hearts, messages and more! The primary aged children are part of the Monday Club afterschool group run by Hunslet Initiative at the Involve
At Asda Middleton we are very lucky to have the PDSA PetWise team visiting our store on Wednesday and Thursday (9 and 10 July 2019) 10am-4pm. Bring your pet along for a free general well-being check. They will also be providing advice on all things pets including nutrition and behaviour.
On Sunday 2nd December from 1:30 – 5:30pm BasementArtsProject will be part of the Beeston Christmas Trail 2018. The Christmas Trail will be an opportunity for the people of South Leeds to get out and about and investigate some of the things that are going on in the community, meet
Acclaimed Leeds charity ‘The Real Junk Food Project’ (TRJFP) are set to establish a year-round ‘freegan’ box scheme in Beeston, which will see good quality ‘junk’ food delivered into the community each week – and they are now calling for local people to sign up to make it happen. This
This week (Tuesday 11 September) saw the latest quarterly Holbeck Residents Forum, with discussion and presentations on a range of local projects – but the gathering was overshadowed by ongoing local anger about the ‘Managed Approach’, the sex work tolerance zone that lies just outside the community. The meeting –
Even here in landlocked Leeds, almost at the mid-point of the country between East and West, it is hard to shake off the sense of what it means to be an island nation. Whether born and brought up in Leeds, or hailing from coastal areas like myself and September’s artist