What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
John Cummins (Groundwork and City Connect) will be hosting three walks in and around Holbeck over the next two weeks. The heritage walks are open to the public for all to enjoy. The times and dates of the walks are as follows; Saturday 23 May 2015 at 11 am Explore
There’s been a lot of gardening going on in Beeston in the last week – taking inspiration from Chelsea maybe? For the second year running Beeston was chosen to take part in Business in the Community’s National ‘Give and Gain Day’. So on Friday (15 May 2015) a team of
The Matthew Murray memorial railings in Holbeck were given a new lick of paint on Saturday (14 March 2015). John Cummins from Groundwork led the team which included active residents: Lauren Butler, partner Conor Sheader and myself. This restorative project comes from the City Connect initiative Groundwork is involved in,
This week South Leeds has been touched to two terrible stories with the attack in Beeston and the car crash in Morley. These have been covered elsewhere, but here is your regular roundup of the other stories that are making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook
The saying many hands make light work was an understatement yesterday (Sunday 1 February 2015) as 15 volunteers took to a planting and painting task in Holbeck. Before daylight left Leeds, ten fruit trees had been planted on the moor and outside Old Chapel Studios in Holbeck. Flower beds had
Join the fight against Fuel Poverty and support the Green Doctor in making a healthy home. This winter, 6.5 million people in the UK will struggle to afford the costs of keeping their homes warm. Environmental charity, Groundwork, has launched a nation wide initiative, to support people to take control
For over 15 years, environmental charity Groundwork has given away over two million bulbs in its annual Bulb Bonanza activity in a bid to make Leeds a more colourful place in the Springtime. This year, 80,000 bulbs have been distributed among churches, community groups, In Bloom groups, schools and youth
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 in Holbeck where there’s been quite a kerfuffle about the plans for Temple Mill online this week. First the Council put out a press release ahead of
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 in Beeston, where the Asha Neighbourhood Project is preparing to mark their 30th anniversary next year. They’ve been out planting daffodil bulbs in resident’s gardens on Stratford
This month sees work starting on a new community garden in the heart of built-up Beeston Hill. Volunteers from across the neighbourhood will be starting to clear and tidy up the green space outside the (now unused) Church of the Holy Spirit, on Tempest Road, on Tuesday 28 October 2014.