What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Allotment holders and prospective allotment holders are being offered the chance to help shape the future of allotment provision across the city, as part of an online survey launched this week. Undertaken by Leeds City Council, the results of these questionnaires will play an important part in ensuring that sites
Over the past year when everyone has been spending more time at home people have shown a lot more interest in gardening. Many are put off as they don’t know where to start, think it’s too complicated and that you need a lot of expensive tools. So we are here
Local residents and community groups worked together this last Thursday (4 April 2019) to clear up the ginnels and area around Lady Pit Lane allotments in Beeston Hill. They collected around 20 bags worth of litter, making an immediate positive impact on the look and feel of the area. The
Nickie Abbott Save our Beeston (LEEDS) Join Green for Go! Places available for Wednesdays. We run free sessions at our allotment in Lady Pitt Lane allotments in Beeston for adults aged over 26 who have a long-term condition such as COPD, CVD, arthritis, chronic pain or diabetes. You might find
Groundwork’s Green for Go group were officially presented with a new mural this week at the Lady Pit Lane Model Allotments in Beeston. A group of Leeds City College students officially presented the group with the large decorative mural that they have painted on the rear of the main allotment
A four year planning battle to create a small Gypsy/Traveller site at Sandon Mount in Hunslet Carr is coming to a head. Residents have opposed plans by land-owner Mr Michael Maloney to build a site for four caravans on former allotments. This week a Planning Inspector heard the case during
Leeds City Council Inner South Community Committee uploaded a new video. https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=851591178232259&pnref=story Kenny Saunders chair of the Hunslet Carr residents association explains what local people are trying to achieve through the Woodhouse Hill allotment project, which was supported by the Councillors at Community Committee tonight with a wellbeing grant of
If you join the Green For Go project you could find yourself planting up an allotment, building a bird box or taking part in a community tidy up. Groundwork Leeds have launched the Green for Go project which provides regular environmental learning opportunities for adults with a range of
A report to today’s Executive Board sets out proposals for increasing the prices to allotment holders. There are nearly 4,000 rented plots and a waiting list of around 1,500, which reflects the growing popularity of allotment gardening in recent years. The projected costs to the Council associated with providing
Allotment holders at Old Lane in Beeston have launched a petition calling on the Council to reverse its latest rent increase. Steve Johnston from the group explains that allotment rents have risen above the rate of inflation for the last 3 years. As previously reported, Leeds City Council is being