What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Community project in South Leeds receives National Lottery Funding St Luke’s Church, based in Holbeck, is set to kick start an exciting community project thanks to funding from the National Lottery through the Big Lottery Fund. The project aims to transform lives for the better in Holbeck, Beeston and Hunslet
Community groups in Beeston are celebrating the award of a million pounds to charity Health for All for the rebuild of their Beeston Village Community Centre on St Anthony’s Drive. The grant is towards capital costs and some revenue costs. The new two storey centre will provide state of the
Members at the Kidz’n’Co Saturday club are celebrating after winning a Big Lottery Fund Awards For All grant of almost £10,000. The group, which meets at Beeston Village Community Centre every Saturday, supports families who have children with special educational needs. There are games and activities and a shared hot
Children in Reception at Park View Primary Academy in Beeston are enjoying the benefits of new play equipment thanks to a grant from The Big Lottery Fund. They play equipment is especially important as most of the school’s pupils live in the surrounding terraced streets with little access to outdoor
We’re really proud to announce an exciting new project covering South Leeds funded by The National Lottery through Big Lottery Fund. Working Together for a Healthy Start started on 1 September and our aim is for over 800 families to be living healthier lives by 2020. As part of the project
St. Luke’s CARES charity shop are due to start running their free neighbourhood retail skills courses from September 2016. This follows on from the previous TRY! Retail training course which ran for 5 weeks and only offered participants a ‘certificate of attendance’. After the success of the previous course, St. Luke’s applied and was awarded the Big
This Saturday (26 March 2016) will see the grand opening of the Level Up Academy new premises in Beeston. If you’ve heard of Parkour, or Freerunning, you probably associate it with young people jumping from building to building, taking risks and not worrying about trespass or damage. Level Up are
Young people in South Leeds step up to create a brighter, greener future Environmental charity Groundwork is delighted to be one of more than 30 organisations who have signed up to inspire the next generation of environmental leaders across Leeds following a £33 million pound investment from the Big Lottery
A new project aimed at helping older people to stay connected through the internet was launched at a digital tea party in Belle Isle on Tuesday (4 August 2015). Digital Angels is being launched by Leeds Federated and builds on their award winning HUGO (Helping yoU Get Online) Project. It
Holbeck Elderly Aid, the charity that supports older people to stay active in their community, has secured almost half a million pounds from the National Lottery. The Better Living Matters programme secured a grant of £475,000 from the Big Lottery Fund and marked the occasion with a celebration event at