Tag: ASHA Neighbourhood Project

South Leeds Roundup: Doors, detectives and drones

Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start this week with the SLATE arts project. Have you ever slammed a door in anger? The volunteers at SLATE have been discussing this as part of their art project,

South Leeds Roundup: Model railways, minstrels and CSI Middleton

Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start this week at the annual model railway exhibition which takes place this weekend (27/28 June) at Middleton Railway. As well as the models, the full size trains will be

Asha celebrates 30 years of service

On Friday 15 May 2015, the Asha Neighbourhood Project celebrated a significant milestone. Asha was born thirty years ago and since then has supported thousands of women and children in Beeston to live fuller, happier lives. The charity runs a range of different services and activities including ESOL classes, intergenerational

South Leeds Roundup: Cad Beeston, crafts and cafes

Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start this week with Paul Bullivant who has posted a lovely photo of Cad Beeston, the area’s other medieval building on the Friends of Stank Hall Barn Facebook page. On

South Leeds Roundup: Cake, crafts and a community clean up

Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start this week at the Hunslet Club where it was presentation night for the U7, U8 and U9s rugby teams. Coaches, volunteers and parents were thanked with the most amazing

South Leeds Roundup: Bulbs, Barns and Brides

Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start this week in Beeston, where the Asha Neighbourhood Project  is preparing to mark their 30th anniversary next year. They’ve been out planting daffodil bulbs in resident’s gardens on Stratford

South Leeds Roundup: Strength games, swifts and scything skills

  Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start this week in Hunslet. Never mind ‘The World’s Stongest Man’, The Live Well Project were putting local children through their paces. Events included mini Strongman events including Kettlebell

Oxfam trustees visit Asha Women’s Enterprise Project

The Asha Neighbourhood Project in Beeston was delighted to host a visit from Oxfam trustees Karen Brown (Oxfam GB chair of trustees), Steve Walton (new trustee), and Sue Turrell (Oxfam GB Deputy International Director). The Trustees visited Asha as part of their introduction to Oxfam’s England programme. The trustees were