What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The Hunslet Club this Saturday (10 November 2018) plays host to the latest consultation event on ‘HS2’, the proposed new High Speed rail scheme due to better connect Leeds with London, the West Midlands, and Manchester – and there remain a wide range of local views on the scheme. The
The future of a heritage building in Beeston Hill will be decided in the coming months, with the former Holy Spirit church now up for sale – for a modest £125,000. Built in 1903, the listed building is a not-insignificant 900 square metres – but is also understood to be
A Leeds charity is looking for people in Belle Isle and Middleton to interview about their experiences of education and how they made decisions about their options. Together For Peace is undertaking the research on behalf of Go Higher West Yorkshire, a consortium of local colleges and universities, who work
Residents across South Leeds came together for a series of Great Get Together events last weekend (22-25 June 2018). The events are promoted by the Jo Cox Foundation in memory of the Labour MP who was murdered during the 2016 general election campaign. In her maiden speech to Parliament, Jo Cox
Local residents and groups in Beeston Hill have pulled together to create a ‘free library’ and orchard in the garden at Hillside Enterprise Centre – and it’s not cost a penny. Last week (Wednesday 28 March 2018) saw youngsters from the Into University programme working with members of Beeston in
What do you do when you’re off work on a snow day? If you’re Beeston resident Ed Carlisle you gather as many people as you can and build an igloo! With plenty of snow on the ground in Cross Flatts Park, Ed and his team set about making snow bricks
Beeston Hill residents are coordinating a ‘Big Spring Clean‘ clear-up event in their community on Saturday 3 March 2018 – and everyone’s invited! Following the success of similar events in 2016 and 2017, volunteers are invited to come to St Luke’s Church on Malvern Road for 2pm, where they will be briefed
The slow-burning plan to reopen the iconic Holbeck rail viaduct to the public continues, with an open meeting on Tuesday (6 February 2018) for people to find out more, and perhaps get involved. The viaduct is a Victorian masterpiece that runs from just outside the station, through Holbeck, and past
Green Party co-leader Jonathan Bartley was in Leeds today (Friday 26 January 2018), where he visited South Leeds charity SLATE (South Leeds Alternative Trading Enterprise), and heaped praise upon this pioneering local organisation. SLATE work with a wide range of people, particularly those with learning disabilities, to refurbish and resell
We live in a throwaway society, but one group are fighting against the tide and helping people get broken things fixed. The Repair Café has been running in Leeds for the last two years. The idea is very simple: people with broken stuff come along and meet people who can