What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Over 3,000 pieces of sports kit have been donated to community groups and schools to tackle inequality and improve access to sport. The event at John Charles Centre for Sport was organised by the Kit Equipment Exchange Partnership (KEEP) to distribute sports kit and equipment to people across the city who
Cottingley Primary Academy turned one Christmas tradition on its head this year by organising a reverse advent calendar. Throughout December the school asked children and staff across school to bring in an item each day to donate to the foodbank if they were able to, rather than receiving something. And
This weekend will see the launch of the first phase of a network of foodbank collection points across Hunslet and Riverside Ward, as part of a project launched by Cllr Paul Wray and Mohammed Iqbal (Labour, Hunslet and Riverside Ward) to help support the area’s largest foodbank, South and East
Pets at Home is launching new community food donation points in stores across the UK to help support pets and owners as the cost of living continues to rise. Pets at Home’s store at Leeds Crown Point in Hunslet is one of the first stores to feature the community collection
Ocean Fisheries on Tempest Road in Beeston continued their free meals all the way through Christmas, giving out dozens of dinners to the homeless and those in need. The takeaway has quietly given out over 5,000 free meals, year-round, each year for more than 10 years. Local business co-owner Omar
Food insecurity is something that could impact any of us at any stage of our lives. Not knowing how we will put food on the table or feed our children can be a scary prospect but thankfully there are services who can help. Nathanya from the Leeds South and East
The community of businesses based at Marshall’s Mill and The Round Foundry, along with neighbours at the Round Foundry Media Centre, have collected and donated 186 Christmas gifts to Leeds Women’s Aid. The collection drive has been a regular initiative on the estate for five years. The gifts will be
A dozen young cyclists from Beeston are this weekend (Saturday 22 September 2018) pedalling 50 miles to and from Ilkley, to raise funds to help send an ambulance to war-torn Syria. Via this event and others, the group are looking to raise £6,000 to buy and transport a decommissioned ambulance
Staff at Barnardo’s shops in Leeds are asking people to have a pre-Christmas sort-out and donate their pre-loved winter woollies to their local store. Stocks of winter clothes – such as jumpers and coats – are flying off the rails at the Barnardo’s shops including the Hunslet store, as the
White Rose Shopping Centre customers have donated in excess of 5,000 gifts to local charities thanks to the centre’s Giving Tree hosted in December. So generous are White Rose shoppers that the centre begun distributing gifts to the two chosen charities earlier than planned – an incredible feat benefitting two