What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
On Thursday (14 June 2018) Leeds residents will assemble at 5pm in Victoria Gardens (in front of the art gallery on the Headrow) to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the terrible fire at Grenfell Tower in West London. We will remember the dead and express our solidarity with the survivors
Hundreds of households in South Leeds face having their benefits slashed from 7 November as the Government’s ‘benefits cap’ is extended. About 250 households in Leeds are capped under the current limit of £26,000 per year, but next month the cap will be lowered to £20,000. These households face losing
Decent, secure, affordable housing for all – meeting in Middleton Thursday 12 May This Thursday (12 May 2016) the Leeds housing campaign group Hands Off Our Homes is holding a public meeting to discuss what the Housing and Planning Bill means for ourselves and our communities. Please join us at
Stop the Housing Bill, Stop the Sell-Off of Social Housing, Stop Unfair Housing Benefit Cuts – public meeting at 7pm, Thursday 12th May, at Middleton Cross church hall, Middleton Park Avenue, LS10 4HX Do you care about having a decent, secure, affordable housing for yourself, your children and your grandchildren?
The Leeds-based housing campaign group Hands Off Our Homes is inviting all residents of Leeds and surrounding areas to a Regional Housing Summit on Saturday 12 March 2016. Many of you will know Hands Off Our Homes for its campaigning against the bedroom tax, and for supporting tenants who were
Anti-bedroom tax campaigners in Leeds are set to take to the streets of the city centre again on Saturday (April 5 2014) to protest against the policy a year after its introduction. A demonstration marking the introduction of the bedroom tax last year attracted over 1,000 people. The demonstration
Over 1,000 people marched against the Bedroom Tax in Leeds on Saturday. The march was organised by Hands Off Our Homes who have been holding meetings in heavily affected areas throughout Leeds and is building mass Bedroom Tax resistance. The protest attracted a diverse range of participants from the elderly
Campaigners opposed to the Bedroom Tax will march in Leeds this Saturday. The group Hands Off Our Homes have organised the demonstration and expect 1,000 people to join them. The so-called “Bedroom Tax” is a reduction in Housing Benefit for households who are deemed to have “too many” bedrooms. It
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. Beeston In Bloom took advantage of the weekend sunshine to spruce up the “cardinal Triangle” on Dewsbury Road. There’s a report on their blog Blooming Beeston. Beeston food blogger Ewan Mitchell has set himself
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites and blogs. Trains started running again on the Middleton Railway this last weekend – did you hear the whistle? Full timetable details are on their website. Friends Of New Forest Village/Heritage Village are asking on their Facebook