What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
I arrived about a half hour after party had begun. The concert room at Belle Isle club was already heaving. I was trying to guess how many people attending. I put it at between 250 and 350 people. DJ later later put it at around 300. Were given 2
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. Lets start this week in Hawkshire where the Hunslet Hawks have unveiled their new shirt for the new season. They are also selling cups produced by young people from Middleton Park Youth
Day 2 of the community reporters course and we are looking at photography, featuring a trip to somewhere I’ve never been before, Middleton Park. After an introduction on the techniques on how to take a good picture we headed off, armed with my new found knowledge and my camera
Children from Belle Isle and Middleton were on hand to help plant up on Belle Isle Circus. The schoolchildren from Sharp Lane, Broomfield and Windmill Primary Schools identified flower beds as being an important feature in their local environment and wanted more of them to brighten up Belle Isle. Councillor
BITMO’s GATE – the new community resource centre in the old Belle Isle library building – was formally opened on Friday (25 October 2013) by Hilary Benn MP. Photos by Kenneth Ingram Speaking before he cut the ribbon, Hilary Benn praised BITMO for its vision in creating the centre
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
Ex-pupils of Windmill Primary School were the guests of honour as a new “Welcome to Belle Isle” stone was unveiled yesterday (16 October 2013). The children designed the stone as a project in their final year at Windmill. It features clasped hands and the message “Welcome to our community”.
From 25th October, Belle Isle’s old library will be known as BITMO’s GATE. The tenant-led organisation, which manages almost 2,000 council houses in Belle Isle, chose the name at a recent Board meeting. The old library will now be known as BITMO’s GATE “a resource centre for Belle Isle”.
Keen readers will have noticed yesterday’s article in which we said we were looking for people to volunteer for certain positions in South Leeds Life. Perhaps you’re interested or you know someone who might be but don’t feel you know enough about what South Leeds Life (SLL) does; perhaps
BITMO (Belle Isle Tenant Management Organisation) has recently taken the old Belle Isle library and turned it into a community facility. Last Thursday, 26 September, was its first booking as it hosted the organisation’s Annual General Meeting. The guest speaker was Pat McGeever, Chief Executive at local charity Health