What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The annual South Leeds Community Camp returns to Middleton Park this month, overnight on Saturday 20th – Sunday 21st August (2016). This free family event – now in its third year – simply aims to give local people the chance to meet, have a laugh, learn stuff, and get inspired
Would you know what to do in an emergency? Free first aid training sessions are being made available at local children’s centres by the NHS Leeds South & East CCG. Parents and carers are encouraged to learn vital practical skills and knowledge. Topics covered will include: child and baby CPR,
Holbeck’s own theatre company, Slung Low, are asking people to support their Christmas Fayre tomorrow (Sunday 6 December 2015) to support their children’s play ‘Emergency Story Penguin’. The play is an adventure for young audiences. Groups of kids are introduced to the world of the Emergency Story Unit – a
The next Inner South Community Committee and Workshop will be held on Wednesday 9 December 2015. The workshop theme is Health and Well-being and will address the topic of Helping Children and Families have the Best Start. Cllr Angela Gabriel, Chair of the committee said: “We know that children born
Thousands of primary school pupils in South Leeds will be eligible for the flu vaccine this winter, as the national flu vaccination programme for children is extended to children in school years one and two for the first time. For the first time, children aged two to six years-old will
If your baby had a medical emergency would you know what to do? The NHS are running a three week course for parents and carers at the St George’s Centre in Middleton.Topics will cover child and baby CPR, choking treatment, bumps and bruises, burns, poisons, rashes, meningitis and more. The
School pupils in South Leeds are being given the skills and confidence to cycle in their home city, as work gets underway to improve cycling facilities across the region. Schools across the south and east of the city have signed up to a free pilot scheme –The Cycle Skills Library,
Do adults really know what’s best? With new technologies, changing attitudes and a fantastic set of skills among the younger generation, White Rose Shopping Centre has announced it’s launching a search to draft in a selection of young experts, aged six to eleven, to give their opinions on everything from
Went along to the Easter Egg hunt for the children at BITMOs GATE which coincided with the South Leeds Life News Café. It was packed with families and excited children. Always wonderful to see. The Easter Eggs and treats where donated by Radio Aire’s Charity Cash 4 Kids. Well
Apparently it was Whitney Houston who said “I believe the children are our future”. Actually she probably sang it and although it’s a bit trite, it’s something to bear in mind. It seems too often that we don’t believe in our children, but prefer to blame them or to fear