Councillor’s sponsored run for Beeston Play Patch
Councillor Ed Carlisle (Green, Hunslet and Riverside) is running the Leeds half marathon this weekend to raise funds for the new Rowland Road Play Patch project in Beeston Hill. The Play Patch – an alternative outdoor play zone at the back of the Rowland Road Social Club – has been
Kurdish House Leeds take on litter challenge
The Kurdish House community association, based in south Leeds, are taking on a very big new challenge for 2025 – and want everyone to get onboard! The group – co-led by prolific local volunteer Rebwar Sharazure – have been litterpicking across Leeds and beyond for many years, and have picked
Calling time on ‘neoliberalism’
Our lives are shaping by unseen forces. That might seem very dramatic and sinister, but it’s just basic fact. There are countless social, cultural, political and economic codes that determine how we live our lives, what we believe to be true (or not), how we and others make decisions, what
LS11 Yard Sale a success as community comes together
Residents across Beeston, Beeston Hill, and Holbeck took part in the very first LS11 Yard Sale on Sunday 22 September. Many households across the community participated in the event transforming their driveways and front doors into pop up stalls, selling a variety of bargains to their neighbours. The event saw
Join the community LS11 Yard Sale
On Sunday 15 September the first LS11 Yard Sale will be held in South Leeds. Yard sales are like car-boot or table-top sales, but spread around a community: anyone can hold a stall outside their home, during the event. It’s an opportunity for local people to sell unwanted items, and
Westminster, we have a problem
The dust is settling from the General Election. For the vast majority of people, elections are a sideshow. But for many of those involved, it’s a pressure-cooker experience: non-stop and intense. It’s a relief to get through it, and get back to ‘normal’ life. Many thanks to all who participated
New sports hub will be a champion asset for Holbeck
A former school site in Leeds is set to be transformed into a state-of-the-art community sports hub. Proposals for the new development – on land in Holbeck once occupied by Matthew Murray High School – were approved yesterday (6 June 2024) at a meeting of Leeds City Council’s south and
Parents fight to stop Hunslet nursery closures
Parents, carers and children held a small but lively demonstration in Hunslet on Saturday (4 May 2024) protesting about the threatened closure of two council-run Little Owls nurseries. The group marched from Hunslet Rylestone nursery of Whitfield Avenue to Hunslet St Mary’s nursery located at Hunslet St Mary’s Primary School
Green campaigners raise concerns over tree felling
Local campaigners are appealing for help to count the number of trees recently cut down along the local M621 motorway, to hold National Highways to account for their heavy-handed operations. The past couple of years (since summer 2022) have seen National Highways – the body who oversee the motorway network