What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Created in West Yorkshire as part of the West Yorkshire Combined Authority’s CityConnect programme, and delivered by Cycling UK, Cycle for Health is continuing throughout 2022 with courses taking place at Cross Flatts Park, Beeston. Cycle for Health is a 12 week programme which enables people with physical or mental
White Rose Shopping Centre has donated a number of gently used laptops to its charity partner, Leeds South & East Foodbank, in order to help the foodbank support its users. The donation comes as part of a series of contributions from Landsec, which operates White Rose, and has a long-standing commitment to its community partners. One of the main
Spring cleaning is well and truly underway in Cottingley as Councillors Andrew Scopes, Angela Gabriel and Gohar Almass help fund skips for a series of community clean-ups to help residents dispose of their unwanted items. As the Refuse Team empty the bins on the estate on Mondays and the Cleaner
Hunslet and Riverside Ward Councillors have announced the approval of 31 new litter bins across different areas of Hunslet and Beeston as part of their investments to reduce litter in the ward. The proposed locations are: x2 Church Street x3 Leathley Road x2 Pearson Street x1 Kidacre Street/Junction Street x1
Cockburn School submitted its application for planning permission for a new 3G pitch and tennis courts last week. As we have previously reported the plans are for a full size artificial football/rugby pitch and three tennis courts on a small portion of the land that was part of South Leeds
Leeds City Council has today announced details of a major fundraising appeal to help those facing upheaval and heartbreak following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Leeds Together For Ukraine appeal is up-and-running now – and the council will be kickstarting the fundraising with a donation of £50,000. The money raised
Mayor of West Yorkshire Supports Diversity-in-Construction Initiative for International Women’s Day 2022 A group of Year 10 girls from Beeston sampled hands-on construction taster sessions to mark International Women’s Day 2022 yesterday (Tuesday 8 March). Hosted at Leeds College of Building’s Southbank Campus, the pilot event gave female pupils aged
This year’s fortnightly brown bin collections will start in Leeds from Monday 14 March 2022, with collections continuing through to December. Leeds City Council delivers the largest garden waste collection service by any council in the UK; last year crews emptied 35,000 tonnes of garden waste from the 217,000 brown
Holbeck brewery Northern Monk have announced the launch of a new exclusive beer for International Women’s Day in collaboration with the British organisation Young Women’s Trust. Every year on 8 March, International Women’s Day celebrates the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women around the world, and acts as
Leeds College of Building has announced Nikki Davis as the next Principal & CEO and the first woman to hold the post in the 60-year history of the institution. Nikki is currently the College’s Vice Principal for Teaching, Learning & Quality and will take up the position on 1st August.