What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
People from south and east Leeds have a chance to find out more the plans of their local clinical commissioning group over a cup of tea on Thursday 6th June at John Charles Centre for Sport. NHS Leeds South and East Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) is inviting people for
A report is due to go to the council’s executive board in June recommending that Aire Valley Homes be wound up and that council housing returns to being managed directly by the council. As previously reported on South Leeds Life, the Council has been consulting tenants and others about changes
A Trolleybus question and answer session was held at Belle Isle Family Centre yesterday (1st May). I went to this session as the new Trolleybus route (if the plans are passed) will come down my street, Winrose Grove. I was surprised by the lack of local people at the event. Winrose
Drop-in sessions for people in south Leeds wanting to find out more about the planned NGT trolleybus network take place on Wednesday 1st and Thursday 2nd May. People can come along to discuss the project with the NGT team between 5:30pm and 7:30pm at St John & St Barnabas Church’s
A public consultation exercise over creating the city’s first major park and ride scheme at Elland Road could begin next month. Senior councillors in Leeds will debate the proposal to introduce the scheme at the executive board meeting to be held at Civic Hall next Wednesday. Should they give approval,
As the school holiday starts, parents, carers, pupils and school staff are all being asked for their views on when the school Easter break should be. Since 2011 Leeds has had a fixed school Easter break in the first two weeks of April, regardless of when the Easter weekend falls.
Stephen Williamson reflects on the Council’s approach to consultation. Over the years one of the complaints I have frequently heard is that the Council consults residents about this, that and the other but never tells them what the result of the consultation was. Maybe, that’s changing… The report on the
The Council is consulting its tenants about how council housing in Leeds will be managed in the future. Leaflets have been dropping through letterboxes across the city explaining the proposed changes and asking for comments. There are two organisations managing council housing in our part of the city: Aire Valley
Residents in Hunslet and across South Leeds will be able to attend two consultation events about ambitious plans for the new Leeds trolleybus scheme. Costing £250m, the New Generation Transport (NGT) network will link park and ride sites at the north and south edge of Leeds with the city centre.
Paul Henry from the NHS has been in touch: At NHS Leeds South and East Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) we’re committed to ensuring that we involve local people in our decision making. We have some exciting opportunities over the next month or so for local people to have their say