What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Just had a free lunch at Tennants’ Hall, Middleton during the first session of the Community Correspondents course. I’m here to learn about how I can write articles about what’s going on in my community – I live in Cross Flatts Park and am involved with Beeston Festival, Holbeck Gala,
A new course for would be journalists on your doorstep. A brand new course started today in South Leeds. It is being run by local journalist John Baron, and seeks to increase the numbers of people equipped to report on communty issues in South Leeds. The course is open to
Hello, I’m Martyn White. I’ve started the Community Journalism course today and it seems interesting. I retired last year and was trying to decide what to do with my spare time. For a while I’ve been learning how to operate a computer.Quite a bit of my time is spent reading
Pictured above are some of the local residents who are about to become community correspondents for South Leeds Life! This afternoon we’ve been holding the first session of our 10-week community correspondents course at Tenants Hall Enterprise Centre. Course participants got a preview about what the course will offer, including
So we had a bit of a road trip from South Leeds Towers this week. Dave, John and I trekked over to Manchester in search of glory (or at least a certificate). As I reported yesterday we came back empty handed from the Blog North Awards, but it was a
Would you like to become a community journalist? South Leeds Life is offering local residents and members of existing groups the opportunity to join a free 10-week training course at Tenants Hall Enterprise Centre, Middleton, starting on noon on Tuesday, October 30. Participants will learn the basics on how to write articles,
The South Leeds Life Group met today to discuss how this website is developing and to plan the next steps. We met in the cafe at Hillside in Beeston and can recommend their teas and bacon sandwiches! We are keen to hear as many local voices as possible, reporting what’s
Ahead of tonight’s launch of the Middleton Life local history project at Tenants Hall in Middleton, local resident Sandra Firth has written about her memories. A version of this post will appear in a special heritage edition of South Leeds Life magazine, which will be published later this month. When I
Your South Leeds Life is making it easier than ever before to contribute to our blog! You may have noticed that more and more South Leeds residents are contributing articles and reports to this blog – which is great, this is YOUR blog and it’s open to all who wish
[slideshow]Above: slideshow of Olympic Torch photographs taken by our voluntary contributors today. Many thanks to everyone for their contributions. UPDATE: Regular South Leeds Life contributor Paul Ibbotson has sent us some photographs of when the torch entered Elland Road. UPDATE: The third video of the day in this Olympic Torch