What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
A poignant one-woman play set against the backdrop of the Troubles in Northern Ireland is brought to South Leeds next month by Red Ladder Local. In ‘Troubled’, a 60-minute one woman show about love, death and division told with tea and biscuits, writer and performer Suzy Crothers reveals the impact
Escape to the Lakeland fells in this fun, poetic and moving exploration of the land around us, and how we inhabit it. Written and performed by Julie Carter and directed by Daniel Bye, The Dreamtime Fellrunner takes the audience through the awe-inspiring landscape of the hills, on a track carved
Swarthmore Education Centre’s Lottery funded project, Creative Communities, is in the second year of delivering free arts activities for adults in South Leeds. Here’s what we have going on alongside our regular blocks of workshops: Creating with the community in Belle Isle Over the next few months, our Community Artist
Red Ladder Local’s autumn season draws to a close in November, with a performance of Nightmares at Belle Isle TMO on Thursday (21 November 2024). Nightmares, a collaboration between The Book of Darkness & Light and LittleMighty, revolves around three classic ghost stories featuring vengeful spirits, murderous revenants and gruesome
Belle Isle TMO are keen to support local people to link up and make a difference in the community. Do you have an idea for an activity, but don’t know where to start? Or perhaps you already link up with others but need a little extra help? This is where
If you live in Belle Isle you will have heard of BITMO – they manage the council housing in the area – but do you know what BITMO stands for? BITMO stands for Belle Isle Tenant Management Organisation. A tenant management organisation (TMO) is an independent legal body that is owned
Children from Windmill Primary School helped to plant fruit trees and bushes on Thursday (23 February 2023) as part of a Belle Isle Tenant Management Organisation (BITMO) project to create a community orchard in Belle Isle. Peter Sutton, BITMO’s Community Development manager explained the background to the project: “There’s a
Belle Isle TMO Our judges have been out and captured some photos of the amazing entries we had this year in our Garden Competition… They are some amazing gardens and gardeners in Belle Isle! All the winners and runners-up will be awarded their prizes and certificates at the Great 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 Middleton Railway where The Night Flyers band was playing today. Live music and steam trains – what’s not to like? The Works Skate Park has revamped
On a very cold day in December the Belle Isle & Middleton in Bloom team met up with Parks and Countryside along with Aidan and Casie, to plant Bulbs in three areas in Winrose Avenue. I must say although cold, not as cold as two weeks before when we planted