Tag: Belle Isle

Activities galore at Belle Isle Family Centre

Where can you find a fabulous community cafe serving wholesome meals, an autism support group and have fun at a family tea group? Belle Isle Family Centre – recently nominated for a Child Friendly Leeds Award – is nestled underneath St John and St Barnabas Church off Belle Isle Road

Schoolchildren help Belle Isle in Bloom plant up the Circus

  Schoolchildren from Windmill Primary and Broomfield schools were on hand to help plant up on Belle Isle Circus last Friday (18 October 2013).   We all met up on Belle Isle Circus on a drizzly morning for the planting of shrubs and bulbs on behalf of Belle Isle in

‘Kill Your Speed’ in Middleton and Belle Isle

Community campaigners are aiming to tackle speeding traffic throughout Middleton and Belle Isle. Local resident Geoff Byers, who is Chair of the Aberfield and Newhalls Residents Association, schoolchildren, parents and a team of volunteers have expressed concern at the high speeds vehicles are reaching, especially on Newhall Road, New Forest

Middleton traders join forces to improve shopping experience

A helping hand for Middleton and Belle Isle trading areas has arrived thanks to a new alliance of traders and local stakeholders. Councillors Kim Groves, Judith Blake and Paul Truswell (Labour, Middleton Park) have worked with local businesses and stakeholders to form the Middleton Town Team. Big and small businesses,

South of the River – council housing and communities

  My brother tweeted me last night to let me know that Leeds City Council have announced they will build 400 council houses. It was in the trade rag Inside Housing, so it must be true. I had actually seen the press release the story was based on when it