What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Leeds City Council is excited to announce that building work has now commenced to create Beeston Community Hub and Library. The programme of works will lead to a much improved modern facility for the benefit of the local community. Local ward member, Cllr Gohar Almass commented: “The refurbishment and the
Beeston is the latest library in South Leeds set to be converted into a community hub, following Dewsbury Road, St George’s Middleton and Hunslet. Council officers have allocated £355,000 to upgrade the building and refit it so that it can provide a range of Council services. The refit will include
A number of libraries in Leeds, including Beeston library on Town Street, have closed today (19 March 2020) in response to Coronavirus. A Leeds City Council spokesperson said: “We continue to follow national guidance around managing the impact of Coronavirus in Leeds, and have taken the decision to close the
It is often said that the best food in Beeston is the food that is cooked at home! Now a project that aims to bring those recipes together is launching with a special event at Beeston Library next Tuesday (21 May 2019) and everyone’s invited. Anyone who calls South Leeds
An exhibition at Beeston Library last month told the story of the campaigners whose efforts led to (some) women winning the vote one hundred years ago. The Vote before the Vote exhibition told the story of the long 19th century march towards the full Parliamentary franchise, and the Leeds women
An exhibition, currently at Beeston Library, tells the story of the campaigners who won votes for (some) women one hundred years ago. The Vote before the Vote exhibition tells the story of the long 19th century march towards full Parliamentary franchise, and the Leeds women who kept pushing and fighting
The Summer Reading Challenge ‘Animal Agents’ has launched across all Leeds Libraries! Can you help the animal agents solve the clues and crack the codes? Visit the library three times and read six books this summer and collect fantastic prizes for reading. Smelly stickers and more! You can borrow up
Today’s regular Stay & Play Storytime (9 May 2017) at Beeston Library took on an extra dimension as children planted sunflowers. The session included planting sunflowers to take home as well as filling the Beeston in Bloom planter outside. There were also sunflower related crafts and songs, plus lots of
This week marks the start of the exam season and is also Mental Health Awareness Week, so Beeston Library has organised an afternoon of activities to help you through this stressful time. Whether it’s discovering mindfulness or meditation techniques or the simpler pleasures of petting a puppy, there’s something for
Library Fest Leeds 2017 starts this week and here are some of the events taking place in our local South Leeds Libraries: Monday 6 February Lego Fun – Gigantic Build at Dewsbury Road Library from 3.30pm Tuesday 7 February Writers group – Modernist Poetry session at Beeston Library 1.00–2.30pm T-shirt