Tag: Cllr Kim Groves

Middleton traders join forces to improve shopping experience

  A helping hand for Middleton and Belle Isle trading areas has arrived thanks to a new alliance of traders and local stakeholders. Middleton Park Councillors have worked with local businesses and stakeholders to form the Middleton Town Team. Big and small businesses, the general public, property owners and the

Middleton schoolchildren are growing their own food

  Schoolchildren in Middleton are learning about growing their own food in an exciting new project supported by local Councillors.   Middleton Park Councillors Kim Groves, Judith Blake and Paul Truswell have worked with pupils at Sharp Lane Primary School and Middleton Primary School to plant vegetable gardens. The children

Refurbished Middleton Leisure Centre re-opens

  Middleton Leisure Centre has undergone a major refurbishment and is now open for business again. [slideshow_deploy id=’17555′]   The centre’s swimming pool was closed in September 2011 as part of the Council’s review of sports facilities around the city. Funding was found from moneys paid by developers as part

A short, but big moment with Concillor Kim Groves

  Councillor Kim Groves represents the people of Belle Isle and Middleton, where she lives with her family.  As a Councillor, she works with the following external bodies within South Leeds: Hunslet Hawks RLFC ALMO (Aire Valley Homes) Touchstone Beeston, Cottingley and Middleton Schools Cluster Community Links Middleton Elderly Aid

Councillor Kim Groves gets the Jeremy Paxman grilling and lives to tell the tale

  Last week the Community Reporters group interviewed Councillor Kim Groves, the Labour member for Middleton Park Ward.   This was the sixth week of the Community Reports course, the session was about learning how to conduct an interview and to help us get up to speed we watched an

Middleton Park Golf Course – “Use it or lose it!”

  The subject of Middleton Park Golf Course, which is currently under a 12 month reprieve from closure, came up at this week’s Area Committee. In response to a question from a local resident at the meeting on Wednesday, Cllr Paul Truswell said: “It’s important that a business plan is