What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The children and families of Lane End Primary School would like to say a HUGE thank you to the staff of Swinton Insurance who donated two giant chocolate Easter eggs that were raffled to help raise funds. Ayaan Shabbir’s family was one of the lucky winners that got to take
Leeds Baton Rouge Majorettes Troupe are actively fundraising to ensure their members can take part in upcoming competitions. They have been bag packing at B&M in Hunslet and at the beginning of June one of their supporters, Amy Wright, is undertaking a sponsored 15,000 foot skydive. The group reuse old
A care assistant at Bupa’s Copper Hill Care Home in Hunslet has raised over £1,000 for Macmillan Cancer Support by having her long hair shaved off at a fundraising event held at the home. Donna Smith signed up to the charity’s ‘Brave the Shave’ campaign in memory of her dad
Sue Ryder Wheatfields Hospice would like to invite community members in South Leeds to set up their own local support group to help raise funds for the hospice. Last year the community nurse specialists at Wheatfields Hospice provided over 4,000 home visits; almost 500 people attended the day therapy unit
South Leeds teacher Clara Bradford is using an innovative new website to help her raise funds to support children in India. Clara, who teaches Year 4 at Middleton Primary School is planning to spend four weeks of her summer holiday in India as a volunteer with the Limited Resource Teacher
Margaret Bingham and Andrea Edwards arrive early to the offices. We hear them first chatting and laughing away. “Oh, we’re a bit early but we can wait, you just get on with what your doing.” We are researching the Ciaran Bingham Foundation Trust for our community reporters course, and
Hunslet Hawks have helped raise money for four students Sophie Rowe, Hannah Jenkins, Megan Dunworth and Naomi Priest from Abbey Grange Academy who have volunteered to go to India for 3 weeks in July and work for ‘Year Out India’. The girls will work with the rest of the staff
A community fundraising event is being held at St Matthew’s Community Centre in Holbeck later this month. A World’s Biggest Coffee Morning event in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support will feature live entertainment, raffles and prizes and refreshments. It’s been organised by PCSO Claire Leech of the Holbeck Neighbourhood Policing
Very few of us have not lost a family member or a friend to cancer and so many of us have reasons to be grateful to Macmillan Nurses for their care and support, writes Andrew Gill of Middleton Railway Trust. In special memory of Kay, the daughter of one of our