What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Hunslet-based LVF Packaging has called on the Government to incentivise manufacturers and other high energy users to switch to renewable forms of energy. The thermoformed packaging specialist, which already produces most of the electricity it requires to operate on a 24/7 basis through a solar power installation and a low
Hundreds more households will enjoy cheaper energy bills thanks to green upgrades after Leeds City Council secured £16.8 million to progress its plans to deliver climate-friendly housing across the city. The funding will enable the council to kick start the delivery of its new Net Zero Homes Plan, which sets
A pioneering grants fund with £150,000 to give to local Leeds-based organisations and groups opens today (15 March 2023). In partnership with the National Lottery Climate Action Fund, Climate Action Leeds, Leeds Community Foundation and Together for Peace, the fund will award grants of up to £5,000 to local organisations,
The fourth and final round of the Governments Energy Company Obligation (ECO) funding is being rolled out, with the funding available until March 2027. Previous versions of the grant have needed the strict eligibility to be met and although ECO4 isn’t open to every household, these criteria have been relaxed
Our Future Beeston worked alongside members of St Luke’s Church in Beeston Hill to put on an excellent harvest festival event on Sunday 9 October. It was a very different sort of service, focusing on our impact on the environment and thinking about the future of food security in a
Leeds City Council is encouraging residents and businesses to have their say on its draft Local Plan Update, which sets out the authority’s approach to planning policy and new development across the district over the next decade and beyond. The Local Plan Update, titled ‘Your Neighbourhood, Your City, Your Planet’
Yorkshire Water has announced that it will introduce a hosepipe ban from Friday 26 August 2022. Yorkshire Water’s director of water, Neil Dewis, said: “Parts of Yorkshire have seen the lowest rainfall since our records began more than 130 years ago. The hot, dry, weather means that Yorkshire’s rivers are
The Eco Committee at Clapgate Primary School have been working hard to make their school environment a greener space. We visited the school to have a chat with the children who are from year groups five and six. The children were eager to share with us what they had been
South Leeds Life is proud to be co-launching a new local campaign for 2022, for south Leeds people to pledge to take action on climate change. Run in association with the ‘Our Future Beeston’ group (but open to anyone in LS10 or LS11), the campaign – called the ‘South Leeds
Leeds City Council has published its ‘Don’t Pave it, Save it’ guidance, which encourages residents to consider the environment and their impact on flood risk when renovating their front garden or driveway. The hard surfacing of front gardens for parking and reduced maintenance is increasingly popular, with over a quarter