What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The ‘Save Money, Save The Planet’ campaign being run by St Luke’s CARES is holding an ‘Upcycling’ competition and there are cash prizes up for grabs. Upcycling repurposes unwanted materials and turns them into something great. The competition is for people to craft something from items that would otherwise go
A record number of Leeds College of Building students have been selected for the national final of SkillBuild 2023 – the largest multi-trade skills competition in the UK for construction trainees and apprentices. Delivered by the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB), SkillBuild showcases some of the brightest talent. Highly skilled learners and apprentices
Greenmount Primary School in Beeston held their annual Easter Egg Art Competition last week (31 March 2023), where all children tried to design an Easter egg based on an artist. From nursery to year 6, well known artists such as Jackson Pollock, Tadeusz Makowski and Frida Kahlo were the inspiration
Leeds City Council has launched its ‘Name the Gritter’ competition, which is soon to be rolled out to all Key Stage 2 pupils across Leeds. School kids across Leeds will then have the opportunity to take part in the exciting competition and win prizes, with judges from Leeds City Council
Over the last few weeks so much has been shared across the media and through conversations with our family, friends and neighbours about the life and reign of the Queen. As you will likely have heard she promised to give her life in service of the country and over the
Spring has started to show itself with snowdrops and crocuses starting to flower and even bluebell shoots appearing. As you are out taking your exercise around South Leeds we encourage you to look for signs of spring and take a photo. We will be awarding prizes for the best shots
When Beeston in Bloom held it’s AGM on 2 March (BC – Before Coronavirus) little did we know what was about to happen. Plans were made and working parties arranged in preparation for our spring judging. A newly formed Wednesday garden club had worked hard in Cross Flatts Park in
Sun shining, Rose and Henry embarked on their daily walk through Middleton Woods. They’d done the same walk since they retired twenty years ago; it had become a tradition. Their footsteps perfectly in sync, they strolled down the long, winding path. Henry’s voice swept through Rose’s hair, and she smiled
Here’s the first of our competition winners from Hazel Mulroy in Middleton: It’s 1953. We live in Acre Crescent, a few doors away from my paternal grandma and not far from my maternal grandma and granddad in Thorpe Place. Things are about to change, but I’m too young to know
We are of course anticipating that we’ll all be in some form of lockdown for many weeks to come – and news (and events, and sport, and a lot of our regular content) will be in short supply. Meanwhile, we’ll all be cooped up at home, looking for things to