What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The Labour Party has lost two of the three seats in South Leeds as Ed Carlisle won the Hunslet & Riverside seat for the Green Party and Wayne Dixon won in Middleton Park for the SDP. Both candidates have campaigned for a number of years and came close to winning
LS-TEN skatepark in Hunslet hosted national Green Party leader Carla Denyer last month – and took the opportunity to announce their ambitious plans to become as planet-friendly as possible in the coming years. The acclaimed LS-TEN (formerly The Works) is one of the biggest indoor skateparks in the UK. They
A new local scheme is taking off to give all school pupils in south Leeds dedicated classes on political awareness during their educational career. In July the Year 5 students at Park View Primary Academy in Beeston Hill participated in a pilot session – with several other schools looking to
Leeds Cycling Campaign has revealed its much-anticipated cycling awards for 2021 and South Leeds Life contributor and board member Ed Carlisle is amongst the winners. The awards highlight and celebrate actions that are making a significant contribution to promoting cycling in Leeds. They help to foster an environment in which
It might seem too good to be true, but on Monday (20 July 2020) Beeston is hosting a temporary ‘Free Shop’ where you can pick up a range of second hand goods … without paying a penny! The ‘shop’ is part of the Leave Leeds Tidy scheme – this year
Dozens of volunteers from across south Leeds and beyond pitched in throughout June to collect scores of unwanted bicycles, fix them up, and donate them back into the local community. With lots of people taking the opportunity to ‘declutter’ during lockdown, and lots of others taking the chance to get
Last Friday (10 May 2019) Beeston residents joined forces with staff from First Direct bank in Stourton, rolled up their sleeves, and got stuck into some community gardening together. The ten-strong group tidied up the community garden outside the unused Holy Spirit church on Tempest Road, and planted new fruit
Yesterday (27 March 2019) Leeds City Council declared a ‘Climate Emergency’ and called for a city wide ‘conversation’. This recognition of the grave threat of climate change comes against the backdrop of international school strikes (see below) and reports of species extinctions. Cllr Judith Blake (Middleton councillor and leader of
Residents of Hunslet have – together with Ed Carlisle from the local Green Party – have launched a campaign for a ‘Welcome to Hunslet’ on Church Street. Ed commented: “Hunslet has a long proud history, and this is a great idea – from local people – to build community pride.
Against the backdrop of the shock announcement that central government are set to give Leeds a third less funding than anticipated for the new Clean Air Zone, south Leeds residents have now publicly launched a campaign for their communities to be included back into the plan – and insist that