What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Do you live in Holbeck? Do you think a lot has happened in recent years? Or a lot has been talked about? Here’s an opportunity to speak directly to the elected politicians about your views! Hilary Benn, MP for Leeds Central, together with Beeston & Holbeck councillors has organised
This year’s Beeston Festival Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held at the Beeston Village Community Centre on Saturday 6 October. Top of the agenda was cake! Now, I have been to many AGM’s and I can honestly say they mainly comprise of a lot of talking generally, with the
A new “dementia café” has been launched in Holbeck by the Ciaran Bingham Foundation Trust. Thirty people turned up to St Matthew’s community centre for a full English breakfast, a cup of tea and most importantly the chance to chat. The idea of dementia cafes is to break down
I recently had the opportunity through South Leeds Life’s Community Reporter course to sit down with Councillor Adam Ogilvie to discuss local issues. As my only knowledge of Adam was a name on the newly placed dustbins of Cottingley, it was a good opportunity to find out more about
Councillor Adam Ogilvie wrote this piece over on the Better Lives for People in Leeds blog: “One in four people will suffer a mental health problem at some point in their life” – something that caught my eye on Twitter the other day. Having recently visited the Leeds mental
About 30 people attended Saturday’s Holbeck Neighbourhood Forum at St Matthew’s Community Centre. Some of the members of the Forum had spent the morning on a visit to Chapeltown and the first part of the meeting saw a discussion on lessons to learn from that area. A common view
The Festival takes place a week today on Saturday and we’re all hoping for a warm, sunny day… Have you ever thought of what goes on behind the scene to make the Festival happens? For over six months a number of people have been beavering away behind the scenes
[slideshow_deploy id=’16236′] The weather wasn’t great, but the organisers brought the event indoors and the people of Cottingley flocked in for a great event.
A programme of enforcement patrols by Leeds City Council is taking place in South Leeds. Councillors David Congreve, Adam Ogilvie and Angela Gabriel (Labour, Beeston & Holbeck) have been keen to secure the patrols following numerous complaints about littering and dog fouling from local residents. The patrols, carried out by