What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Middleton Railway have revealed that they are in the running for the prestigious Steam Railway magazine award from the Heritage Railway Association (HRA), but they need your help. They have been nominated, along with the Vintage Carriage Trust, for the overhaul of Manning Wardle 0-6-0 ‘Sir Berkeley’, which we reported
A Hunslet opticians is celebrating having scooped a Branch of the Year award that honours its outstanding customer service. The Scrivens Opticians & Hearing Care branch in Penny Hill Centre won the accolade after coming top in its region to clinch the title at the company’s annual conference and awards
It was a very special evening at the Bradford League Dinner, held at Headingley on Friday (17 November 2023) for Brian Calverley and Hunslet Nelson Cricket Club. Brian picked up the Unsung Hero award for 2023, a brilliant accolade for all the hard work he has put in at Nelson.
A Hunslet care worker will be attending his third awards ceremony this year after being named as a finalist in the Yorkshire and Humberside Great British Care Awards (GBCA). Naveed Mughal, a support worker with national health and social care charity Making Space, has already scooped one trophy and been
A Hunslet support worker has been named Newcomer of the Year by national adult health and social care charity Making Space. Naveed Mughal, who works with supported housing tenants at Waterhouse Court was one of over 150 people nominated for the Making Space Colleague Awards. Earlier this month, he was
A Hunslet support worker has been recognised by her charity employer as the winner of its Outstanding Contribution of the Year trophy. Debra Hanrahan, who works with Waterhouse Court Supported Housing in Hunslet was given the award by national adult health and social care charity Making Space. She was one
Creative Lives, the registered charity that champions community and volunteer-led arts activity, held its 2022 Creative Lives Awards ceremony in Leeds last month. Each year, the Awards ceremony is held in a different location across the UK and Ireland. This year, it took place in Leeds on 7 March 2023
The Middleton Railway is delighted to announce its Youth Team has been shortlisted in the Heritage Railway Association annual awards. A new category for 2023, the ‘Rising Stars’ Award recognises the achievements of an organisation or group that is less than ten years old. The Youth Team has been running
Doris Ofori from Beeston has won another award at the recent Leeds City College Star Awards. The Star Awards ceremony, which took place on Thursday 14 July 2022, recognised and rewarded inspiring and talented young people at the college who have excelled in their courses and extracurricular activities over the
Award winning Leeds officers who disarmed a man threatening bus passengers in Holbeck with a knife have now been praised for their bravery at a national ceremony. PC Tom Swift and Sergeant Mike Watkins from Leeds District Police were commended for their courage at the Police Federation Bravery Awards 2022