What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Hundreds of local residents came to Cross Flatts Park on Saturday (11 May 2024) to meet groups offering activities locally. People queued up in the sunshine to have a go at activities ranging from athletics to cycling, football to orienteering. Children could win a prize for trying five different sports
A Yorkshire charity has launched a free resource to encourage people of all abilities to walk and cycle around Leeds’ green spaces. Open Country, which has bases in Harrogate and Wakefield, has produced new ‘Breakfree’ packs to inspire and inform people of the many accessible routes across the Leeds city
It is great to see activities restarting and new things developing as we slowly emerge out of Covid-19. Whether you’re ready to re-join a group, try something new, or want to think about ways you can be active on your own at home or outdoors then please keep feeding back
Our next Get Set Leeds Local virtual event is tomorrow afternoon (21 April 2021). This time we’ll be talking all things walking, running, cycling and dance. These feel important, as we work through the Covid-19 roadmap, looking at how we re-activate, and how we can re-engage the community into accessible
Over the last 12 months people from Holbeck and Beeston Hill have shared with us the many ways they have incorporated being active into their daily life. Whether that is getting out for a family treasure hunt walk, learning to rollerskate, or looking to the new online world of fitness
Get Set Leeds Local (GSLL) is a 3 year Sport England funded project within Beeston Hill and Holbeck (along with New Wortley and Seacroft) providing insight back to Sport England about how a place based approach can support change. We’re going to start a monthly update within South Leeds Life
A host of cycling activities and information will be available in Cross Flatts Park, Beeston this Friday (28 August 2020). Get Set Leeds has teamed up BeCycling, South Leeds Lakers, HSBC and British Cycling to lay on activities for all ages and abilities. Call in between 12:30-3pm to chat with
Whilst everyone has been spending more time at home, people have been thinking of new ways to keep entertained. Peter Thompson from PingPong4U, who is well known across the city for his passion for the game of Ping Pong, quickly set about making up some home packs. These are ideal
As we reported in the summer, Leeds City Council and its partners are encouraging residents to get more active under the banner Get Set Leeds. I spoke to Dean Smith about how running with South Leeds Lakers has made a difference in his life. South Leeds Lakers is a friendly,