What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
A fall in theft crime and potential new waste management strategies were some of the salient points to emerge from the Beeston Hill Residents Meeting on Monday (17 June 2019). Neighbourhood Police Inspector Lucy Leadbeater revealed that overall robbery-related offences in the Beeston Hill area decreased by 25 in May.
We are a group of young girls who came together and form the Beeston Young Ladies Cooking Club. The objective of the group is to learn and gain skills in cooking varieties of dishes. We received £500 grant from Touchstone charity (MAP+) to run this project and we are extremely
Residents living in Beeston Hill are invited to meet with their Councillors on Thursday (17 January 2019) at the Hamara Centre on Tempest Road from 6:30pm. It is an opportunity for local residents and businesses to raise issues, discuss and develop projects, have conversations with your ward councillors, police and
Last week (Saturday 15 December 2018) saw a packed-out event at the Hamara Centre in Beeston Hill, to celebrate the conclusion and successes of the local ‘Play the Game’ youth leadership and sports project. The project has run over the course of 2018 – and saw over 100 local young
Becoming a new parent or carer can be very isolating and confusing. But help is at hand from Touchstone’s Best Start Peer Support Project. Our focus is on enabling parents to feel happier and healthier, so that they can meet their children’s needs and raise happy healthy children. By bringing together
Residents across South Leeds came together for a series of Great Get Together events last weekend (22-25 June 2018). The events are promoted by the Jo Cox Foundation in memory of the Labour MP who was murdered during the 2016 general election campaign. In her maiden speech to Parliament, Jo Cox
Feeling the pinch? Is this affecting your waist line just as much as your wallet? OBESITY is on the increase, trebling in the last 30 years. The Hamara Centre is currently exploring methods on how the local community can be empowered to reduce their risk of developing long term illnesses
The Yorkshire Cricket Foundation (YCF) have come together with the Yorkshire Cricket Board (YCB) and Yorkshire County Cricket Club (YCCC) to support HALO, a learning disability service provided in Beeston at the Hamara Centre. HALO has been running at Hamara since 2010, with cricket training taking place every Monday. The
On the closing day for applications here’s an entry for the St Luke’s CARES Community Awards, submitted by the Hamara Centre in Beeston. Entries are now CLOSED. Who? : Beeston community consists of a variety of cultures and faith groups. We attract females from the Asian, Polish and African communities
South Leeds women are fighting to save a free community sports programme that many of them say has changed their lives. The project has been running at Hamara for 5 years, featuring Zumba and dance, yoga, aerobics, basketball, swimming, walking and more throughout the week. Nearly a thousand local women