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Calls for knitters to keep vulnerable people warm

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

River C’Aire lend a helping hand to flood hit Leeds riverside

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

M&S volunteers Spark Something Good

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. A large group of backroom staff from across the region came to Lady Pit Lane allotments in Beeston

South Leeds Roundup: Awards, archives and all-terrain trikes

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