What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Kenneth Ingram Nominated by Carla Yeomans for a Halifax Giving Extra Award. Yorkshire & North Midlands Carla’s words given to Halifax Ken volunteers every day in some form of another…he’s a community reporter, photographer, walker, dementia friend, runner and inspiration! Ken is known to many people living and working in
Made my way up to Middleton Park Run from doing the Cross Flats Parkrun. Took it easy at Cross Flatts, time was 48.5 minutes, as knew would be walking route at Middleton Park to put Markers up for the runners and walkers. The Charity Run is to raise funds
Mini HUGO – a minibus equipped with computers has hit the road in South Leeds to get people get online and flood communities with free wi-fi. This week you can find Mini HUGO on the following streets: Tuesday 18 Feb: Penny Lane Way & Jack Lane, Hunslet (morning only)
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”.
BITMO, the Belle Isle Tenant Management Organisation is breathing new life into the old Belle Isle library, reinventing it as a community resource centre. I went to meet Carla Yeomans who is running the project. The building, at Aberfield Gate, is being refurbished and now has a kitchen and
Carla Yeomans from Aire Valley Homes has been in touch to tell us about the work she does in the area: Do you know you can get help, support and funding from Aire Valley Homes? Aire Valley Homes, recognises that more and more groups in our communities are working really