What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
White Rose Shopping Centre will mark Purple Tuesday on 4 November 2025, raising awareness of the challenges that disabled shoppers can face as well as engaging with guests to explore ways to make the centres more accessible. Purple Tuesday is an annual initiative which looks to improve the customer experience
Mythbusting Leeds rock and pop band Sky Fallers celebrate their 10th anniversary with a special concert on Tuesday (17 June 2025) at Headrow House, as part of Leeds Learning Disability Week. Sky Fallers feature highly talented learning disabled singers and musicians. Playing classic songs, they achieve great performance standards, break
This article has taken me a while to write as I haven’t felt such an emotional reaction to disability issues since the DNR (do not resuscitate) of disabled people through the pandemic. I have also never, in my whole disabled existence, felt that my children or I are a minority
Not everything in life is certain, but one thing is. We will all get old, and our thoughts will then turn to where are we going to live out our days. Well, I saw a wonderful answer recently when I attended the formal opening of Hunslet Moor House. Built on
White Rose Shopping Centre is celebrating Purple Tuesday tomorrow (7 November 2023) with events and guest feedback sessions to raise awareness of sensory and accessibility issues. Purple Tuesday is an annual initiative which looks to improve the customer experience for disabled people and their families year-round. Participating organisations must
One thing the New Year brings is contemplating things we would like to change, and health and fitness is on most peoples list. Can you get fit and be disabled though? Well yes you absolutely can! Having RA (Rheumatoid arthritis), Fibromyalgia, Asthma, Endometriosis, Osteo Arthritis and Osteopina myself I kept
If you are an active social media user and are members of any South Leeds groups, you will have seen discussions about how irritating road works can be and the inconvenience is infuriating. Browsing down my timeline I then spotted a post about how a path was resurfaced in another
Disability Awareness has had a surge due to the pandemic and feeling that disabled people got an exceptionally rough ride while simultaneously watching their able counterparts enjoy adaptations. Offices became unsafe environments for everybody, so working from home became the norm. Many companies supplied staff with the tech to make
A special loan for business startups is helping two Yorkshire social entrepreneurs share the joy of sport with people who would usually miss out because of disability. Sports development expert Richard Szostak, and champion wheelchair racer Louis Speight, have delivered hundreds of specialist coaching sessions across West Yorkshire, including regular
Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities (Tuesday 3 December 2019). This is a day to help everyone become more compassionate and understanding of the challenges faced by people with disabilities. I asked some South Leeds residents about their own experiences and those of their children, as well as