What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
An event is taking place next week which will take a different approach to shaping services for drug and alcohol abuse in LS11. Co-producing Leeds have organised the event at the Hamara Centre on Wednesday 11 December 2013. Residents, service users, professionals, students and volunteers are invited to the
Young people who no longer use the name Mohammed in their job applications and don’t refer to Beeston in their address. Women being verbally abused and having their hijabs (headscarves) pulled off in the street. These were the real examples of Islamophobia today in South Leeds that Hanif Malik,
People who go the extra mile to support their community, or who have shown great courage, were recognised in an awards ceremony at White Rose Shopping Centre. A total of 20 people were recipients of the White Rose Community Awards presented by centre director James Bailey and centre manager
The Hamara Healthy Living Centre in Beeston will be hosting a Community Health Fair next Wednesday (6 November 2013). The event will offer free heath checks and advice on: healthy living, nutrition, men’s health, food growing, and being more active. In the afternoon there will talks on: Men and
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. Attention art lovers, there is an exhibition at Temple Works in Holbeck this weekend. “Journeys in Asia” by Toby Latham is previewed on The Culture Vulture blog by Emily Hughes: “For me
We asked Hanif Malik, the Director of the Hamara Centre, to explain what the fasting month of Ramadhan is all about. Ramadhan is actually the name of the ninth month of the Islamic calendar and is the time of fasting for people from the Islamic faith. Each day during
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. We start this week down at Skelton Grange Environment Centre which has planted a Red Bed – a whole vegetable bed that is dedicated to growing red fruit and vegetables. They’ve kept
The Youth Service and most of Beeston multi agencies were out in force to come together and celebrate everything that South Leeds has to offer at Beeston Festival on 8th June. The sun shone as young people flocked to the youth service mobile bus for free Henna tattoos and
This year’s Beeston Festival took place on Saturday 8th June in Cross Flatts Park, the event was officially opened by the Rt Hon Hilary Benn MP. This was followed later on in the afternoon with a visit from the Lord Mayor of Leeds, Councillor Tom Murray. I love coming