What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The first-ever Hunslet Christmas Festival is underway, with a series of events across the community this month. The festival kicked off with a lights switch-on on Church Street on 19 November 2021, and has since featured carol singing with Low Road Primary School at the Hunslet Community Hub & Library,
The famous Arm in Arm Walking Group which sets off from Middleton Elderly Aid, every Tuesday and Thursday had our first Christmas party at Leeds Urban Bike Park on 30 November 2021. We will now do this every Christmas. Nicola suggests another party at Easter next year, or my thinking:
With over a thousand tonnes of additional black and green bin waste expected to be produced over the festive period, people across Leeds are being encouraged to put recycling at the top of their Christmas to-do lists. The council will be doing all it can over the festive period to
Christmas has truly arrived at White Rose as the centre has launched a brand-new Christmas Selfie Trail, a fun and free family activity running from Friday 26 November until 2 January 2022. The trail includes ten giant selfie spots – from Christmas puddings to nutcrackers. Visitors are invited to pick
It’s the most wonderful time of year at White Rose Shopping Centre, as its much-loved Christmas grotto officially opens tomorrow (Saturday 6 November 2021). Visitors are invited to meet the magical man in red at the centre’s magical grotto, where they’ll enjoy a meeting with Santa and his elves as
Well that’s pretty much it from all of us at South Leeds Life for this year. We will have a roundup of 2020’s top news stories for you next week and report on any important breaking stories and we will return with our normal service on Monday 4 January. We
Please see slide show above On Wednesday (23 December 2020) Santa from Middleton Elderly Aid made an appearance and visited some of our members with a surprise Christmas parcel. These were made up by the pupils at Robin Hood Primary School who kindly donated them. What a lovely gesture
December has always been a jam-packed month of festivities at Holbeck Together and due to the current safety guidelines, we’ve had to be even more creative in developing ways of spreading as much seasonal cheer as possible! Due to the change in guidelines, we had to revise our original plans,
On Christmas Day, Nomadic Beers will be opening the doors to their online virtual taproom for people to come and spend some time and celebrate the festive season with others, on what will likely be an especially difficult day for many. Katie Marriott and Mike Hampshire, part of team Nomadic
The Peggy Tub social club in Hunslet Carr hosted over 240 local children and their families for an acclaimed Santa’s Grotto over the last fortnight. At the start of the month, it had looked like the Coronavirus pandemic was going to stop the event – and weeks of preparation were