Hunslet based dance radio station wins Ofcom grant
Leeds Dance Community Radio, a specialist station playing underground dance music, is amongst 14 community radio stations to be awarded by Ofcom in the second round of Community Radio Fund 2023/24 awards. The Community Radio Fund is allocated by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and managed by
Bike charity gets new workshop thanks to enfinium funding
The Big Bike Fix in Leeds – a charity which gives used bikes a new lease of life before gifting them to those who need them most – has renovated its workshop, thanks to a grant from enfinium. The funding was awarded to the charity by enfinium’s nearby Skelton Grange
Middleton Railway to receive further Culture Recovery grant
Middleton Railway is set to receive £36,300 from the seciond round of the Government’s Culture Recovery Fund. This award will help them to reopen following the lockdown and also to continue our work in preserving the World’s Oldest Railway. Nearly £400 million has been awarded to thousands of cultural organisations
Middleton Railway receives lifeline grant from recovery fund
The Middleton Railway Trust is one of 445 heritage organisations across the country set to receive a lifesaving financial boost from the government thanks to the £1.57 billion Culture Recovery Fund to help them through the coronavirus pandemic. 445 organisations will share £103 million, including The Middleton Railway Trust to
St Luke’s Church celebrates lottery win
Thanks to an award of over £500,000 from the National Lottery, St Luke’s, Holbeck is to set up a community project which aims to transform lives in Holbeck, Beeston and Hunslet Moor. Along with funding for a community coordinator, the historic Grade II listed Victorian church building will be extended, enabling it
Holbeck’s sign of the times
Holbeck in Bloom’s mission is to improve the local environment and help build community pride. Their latest achievement is a new sign on the Moor. The sign incorporates positive images of the area including its historic buildings and the work of Holbeck in Bloom. Community stalwarts Ian Pickup and Dennis