What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
ASHA Neighbourhood Project’s CEO Alia Nessa was amongst third sector partners who met recently with Ed Whiting, new Chief Executive of Leeds City Council to discuss issues and concerns impacting South Leeds. The meeting, hosted by Hamara, focused on difficulties that residents, local communities, women, and families are experiencing, including
The first South Leeds Menopause Support drop-in group was held on Tuesday 10 December 2024 and was a great success. Facilitated by Niki Woods, a local menopause and midlife health expert and author, a diverse group of women from across South Leeds met up and discussed a wide range of
Best Midlife CIC (a locally run community interest company) has been awarded funding from our local Councillors of Leeds Inner South Community Committee to deliver a vital menopause and midlife health project for the women of South Leeds. The councillors representing Beeston & Holbeck, Middleton Park, and Hunslet & Riverside
People living in South Leeds are set to benefit from fresh investment into local grassroots sports facilities thanks to a £600k grant from the Football Foundation. This investment will enable Hamara to build a new leisure and wellbeing facility and create a new 3G Multi sports pitch. These improved facilities
Yorkshire Contemporary (YC) are an arts charity based in Leeds, working across Yorkshire and beyond to make contemporary art happen. You may know them from their time as The Tetley (2013–2023), a contemporary art gallery based in Hunslet. Before this, they were known as Project Space Leeds (2006–2012), an artist-led
Youth Futures Foundation have announced a £1.7 million grant to tackle workplace discrimination and support employment opportunities for young people from ethnic minority backgrounds in West Yorkshire. The Beeston-based Hamara Centre has been selected to lead the project targeted at young people with Bangladeshi and Pakistani heritage living in Leeds
The next meeting of Beeston Hill Community Association will be held on Monday (27 November 2023) from 6:30pm at the Hamara Centre on Tempest Road. The new group has started well with three community meetings since its launch in May 2023. This community-led group aims to give residents of Beeston
Hamara Healthy Living Centre has secured a grant of £300,000 from the Department of Levelling up, Housing and Communities – Community Ownership Fund. The grant will allow Hamara to move the development of the Old Cockburn Sports Hall forward towards Construction of The Cockburn Centre early 2024. Hamara’s vision is
The grand reopening of Hamara’s rooftop garden on Wednesday (26 July 2023) was a great success. Over 50 people attended the event hosted by Hamara and Season Well. This was the fruition of six months of hard work from staff, service users and the fantastic team from Season Well. With
Audiences in neighbourhood venues across Leeds will be having a ball this summer when Leeds Playhouse takes Fidget Theatre’s ‘Football Freddie’ on a two-week Community Tour, kicking off on 5 June. Ten community venues, including Jamyang Buddhist Centre in Holbeck, the Hamara Centre in Beeston and Middleton Parochial Hall, will