What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Yorkshire community charity, Groundwork Leeds, is calling for knitters across the region to put their skills to the test to help keep vulnerable people warm this winter. As part of the charity’s Knitting Communities Together campaign, Groundwork Leeds aims to highlight the rise in fuel poverty across Yorkshire and provide
Volunteers from Stourton-based One Subsea made a real difference when they turned out to help clear part of the riverside path and cycleway recently. [slideshow_deploy id=’54762′] On Friday 7 October they cleared the dried silt, left by the Boxing Day floods, off the targeted areas of the cycleway and path
Residents from the H2010 riverside development in Hunslet put their efforts into helping the clean up following the Boxing Day floods in Leeds. [slideshow_deploy id=’53235′] Storm Eva led to record river levels and a huge amount of debris was taken downstream by the fast flowing River Aire. Much of that
Community charity Groundwork Leeds have been busy with corporate volunteers from Direct Line Group, ARUP, Skill Mill and Yorkshire Water as they have joined Canal and River Trust Staff, Leeds City Council Environmental Services Locality Team and Thwaite Mills Museum, to clear up the litter and debris that has collected
Finding the best ways to help people save money and stay warm – Jake’s experiences as a Green Doctor apprentice The Green Doctor Energy service provides home visits to residents in South Leeds to help them save money on energy bills and keep warm in winter and cool in summer.
These were not just volunteers, these were Marks & Spencer’s volunteers! Four community groups in South Leeds welcomed volunteers from Marks & Spencer as part of the company’s Spark Something Good programme. [slideshow_deploy id=’47720′] A large group of backroom staff from across the region came to Lady Pit Lane allotments
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start this week at the Child Friendly Leeds Awards, where Beeston’s Hamara Centre’s Supplementary School won in the supporting schools category. “Since having a daughter it has hit home that
Fuel poverty has had numerous definitions some better than others but none can sum up the condition that occupants of over 10% of England’s households find themselves in. Food or fuel shouldn’t be a choice anyone has to make but for many it is. As a Green Doctor Adviser visiting
Winter Worries: The effect of cold homes on health In England and Wales there are approximately 24,000 excess winter deaths every year. These deaths are mainly caused by the effects of cold on the respiratory and cardiovascular systems, leading to an increase in coughs, colds, chest infections, flu, heart attacks
Love Beeston / Clean Beeston – Rowland Road, a success story Every year as part of our action planning, Beeston in Bloom identifies an area that is overgrown and in need of some TLC. In 2014 we agreed that the traffic calming planter at the junction of Rowland Road and