What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Helen Wright, who run’s the Feel Good Cafe at Hillside in Beeston, has organised a special fundraising day help a little girl called Annie. Annie has been fighting cancer for the last 13 months. Unfortunately she has had to have a leg amputated and as well as the leg has lost
Mark Wilson, the Beeston man who is using comedy to battle Parkinson’s disease, has raised a further £2,000 at his last show. As previously reported on South Leeds Life here and here, Mark has organised five comedy shows over the last two years. Mark suffers from Parkinson’s Disease and Charcot
The Hunslet Club has got behind a charity appeal for local girl Coopa Ellis-Adams whose parents are trying to raise £34,000 to fund an operation to allow her to walk unaided. Coopa was born prematurely and suffers from Cerebral Palsy. It mainly affects her legs and she has to use
In family homes across our communities, the same line can be heard: “I’m bored, there’s nothing to do.” Yet two Beeston primary school girls last week turned their holidays to great use, organising a street-side refreshments and table top stall to raise money for charity. Jadine Thornton and Keira Coop,
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