What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Young people across South Leeds are being given a new place to get active, meet new people and try something new, with the launch of two exciting ACE Youth Zones. The new sessions, delivered through Health for All’s ACE (Active Clubs Experience) project, are creating welcoming spaces where young people
A widower has hailed the “life-changing” impact of community groups for helping him emerge from years of loneliness and solitude to find his voice as a singer in one of Leeds’s best-known choirs. Colin Clark, 64, of Middleton, now performs sell-out shows to audiences of several hundred as a member
Beeston’s youth-led climate action group, Green Futures is celebrating recognition at the Global Learning Awards ceremony in Leeds for successfully championing young people’s voices in the fight against climate change. The award honours the group’s advocacy, community engagement, and commitment to ensuring that young people are heard by decision-makers on
At the end of March about fifty members of the Hong Kong community in Leeds celebrated the successful completion of a work and health project at Beeston Village Community Centre. The project, funded by the West Yorkshire Mayor, was a programme to support people to improve their health, confidence and
What a loss to the community and her family! The wonderful Lynn Bailey, who has died after a short illness, has left a lasting legacy to the people of Beeston and in particular the learning disabled community for which she fought for justice for so many years. One legacy is
An exciting new summer event has started at Tenants Hall in Middleton. In collaboration with Sew it Seams and Rags to Riches, Our Future Beeston is putting on an event where people within the community can come and learn some new skills in sewing, upcycling and reusing different fabrics and
A youth group in Beeston is encouraging more you people to join them by holding an open day and cooking workshop on Saturday 24 February 2024. We are Green Futures, a South Leeds-based youth group, funded by a Children in Need youth social action grant and supported by Health for
This month saw the installation of a new mosaic, on the outside of the St Luke’s Cares shop on Dewsbury Road in Beeston. It reads ‘The climate’s changing – are we?’, and was created by members of the local community, in partnership with Seagulls Paint – a Leeds social enterprise
A film showing the work of Middleton-based charity Health For All has been released today (31 May 2023). The film has been made by Locality, a national umbrella group supporting local community organisations to be strong and successful. Each year they make three or four films focussing on the work
