What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Volunteers from companies across Leeds decended on Beeston’s Cross Flatts Park on Friday (16 May 2014) for Give And Gain Day. [slideshow_deploy id=’25026′] Give and Gain day is Business In The Community’s flagship event to promote the benefits of employee volunteering. Over 700 staff volunteered across Yorkshire on
It’s quite a long story so I’m putting my volunteer groups first and concentrating on other parts of my life story over the last 3 years on a weekly blog. This is a revised version as I’m no longer a volunteer at South Leeds Media (South Leeds Community Radio).
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. Stephan Rushworth, a keen photographer, took this stunning shot of the the H2010 development on the river in Hunslet at sunset last Saturday . Speaking of photographs, Phil Kirby took a walk
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. We start this week with a question posed on The Leeds Guardian: Is it time for Dewsbury Road to have a facelift? The question was raised by reader Mr Singh, who has spotted
The junction of Tunstall Road and Dewsbury Road is not the prettiest part of South Leeds, but it’s looking brighter thanks to a Beeston in Bloom working party. [slideshow_deploy id=’21915′] The group tackled the planter at the bottom of Rowland Road on Tuesday (14 January 2014). The ‘In Bloom’-ers
I’m secretary for Beeston in Bloom, writes Linda Stanley and I’d like to tell you about the work of our group. You may have seen our logo around Beeston: But there’s so much more to us than planters and hanging baskets. For example, did you know that: We rely on
In their first year of entering, Park Fisheries on Beeston Road have won two awards at the Yorkshire in Bloom annual awards. Park Fisheries won a Silver Gilt Rose Award in the Business Premises (Large) category and also the Commercial award. They were up against firms such Sheffield Forgemasters
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. Beeston food blogger Ewan Mitchell has been busy. On his Everything But The Oink blog he reports that his pig, “Breakfast”, is a bit of a bad boy who has taken the
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. Was it just me, or did Beeston Festival rather dominate local news this week? The Festival’s Facebook Page has some photos on it and a discussion about how to improve things for
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. Friends of Middleton Park have loads going on – every Sunday until the end of September – and it’s all over on their Facebook page and website. You’ve already missed a bird