What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
At Tuesday night’s “Save our Beeston” residents meeting which was also attended by Angela Gabriel and Adam Ogilvie, Bill Birch read out the latest letter submitted to the Planning Department to bring everyone in attendance up to speed on where we are with our objections. Angela and Adam then confirmed
The Inner South Community Committee is holding two public workshops over the coming weeks to discuss environmental issues and mental health. At the first event you are invited to ‘Have your say on environmental issues in your area’. The session will discuss the current environmental offer; what the current priorities
St. Matthew’s community centre hosted the first landlord forum yesterday evening (4 March 2015) in Holbeck. The hall was encouragingly filled with local landlords from the community to hear words from ward councilors and different services of Housing sector and West Yorkshire Police. Cllr Peter Gruen introduced forum as the
The range of independent shops in Beeston has been boosted today (10 February 2015) by the opening the Brew Coffee Shop on Beeston Road. Lord Mayor and local councillor, David Congreve cut the ribbon to officially open the café, which has created five new jobs including an apprenticeship. Commenting on
Councillors and residents will be discussing to we can help over 50s reconnect to the labour market at the next Inner South Community Committee which takes place on Wednesday 11 February at 5.30pm, in the East and West Room of Leeds Civic Hall. This will be the third Community Committee
Only on a few occasions does someone breeze into a meeting on a winter’s morning and bring a fresh look to the issues we’ve been discussing for years. This is exactly what happened at the Holbeck Neighbourhood Forum on Saturday (24 January 2015). Lauren, a new resident to the area,
It was five years ago when I watched the old Brown Lane East ‘back to backs’ being bulldozed to the ground. Rubble, dust and memories from the past formulated and hung the air. After a short space of time the empty land was filled with beautiful wild flowers planted by
We’ve heard from the worried parent, the responsible dog owner and the Police. What about other park users? We spoke to the Friends of Cross Flatts Park and the Friends of Middleton Park. Friends of Cross Flatts Park has been campaigning to improve the park for fifteen years. They successfully
The foyer of Beeston library was busy on Friday afternoon (28 November 2014) as members of the public grabbed their free copy of the South Leeds Life community newspaper. The timing of the launch coincided with the MP and ward councillor’s monthly advice surgery at the library. Angela Gabriel and
South Leeds residents are invited to attend the Inner South Community Committee’s second community workshop at Leeds Civic Hall next Wednesday (26 November 2014). Having considered domestic violence and its impact in our area at the first workshop, this second workshop will focus on the theme of Children and Young