What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The recent fire at the Blue residential block by Granary Wharf was a chilling reminder of the risk of fire in high rise buildings. This block has some cladding problems, although it seems they were not involved in the fire. Thankfully the West Yorkshire Fire Service arrived extremely quickly, put
Over seventy people came together on Zoom to take part in Health for All’s AGM on Friday (25 June 2021) celebrating the Middleton-based charity’s thirtieth year. Representatives from thirty two member groups joined Baroness Judith Blake and Hilary Benn MP, local councillors, funders and Health for All trustees and staff
Four Food Pantries are supporting people across South Leeds who are struggling put food on the table. Middleton-based charity Health For All set up the pantry scheme which is now operating at Cranmore & Raylands Community Centre in Belle Isle, Middleton Family Centre on Sissons Road, the Watsonian Pavilion in
The Bridge Café, based in the Watsonian Pavilion in Beeston’s Cross Flatts Park is becoming quite a community hub. The café itself is open again serving hot and cold food and drinks, outside, Monday to Friday 9am-3pm. The café is an offshoot of Health For All’s Bridge Project which supports
The Raising Aspirations Project is aimed at unemployed individuals and families living in South Leeds. Particularly those furthest away from the job market, or who may have recently lost employment due to the impact of Covid-19. During the pandemic Raising Aspirations have directly helped over 40 people get into education,
During lockdown Cranmore & Raylands Community Centre has been lucky enough to make use of Zoom technology to keep most of our growing community in South Leeds together and entertained. For those who just haven’t fancied the switch online and feel quite isolated we have our Soils, Seeds and Senses
Our dear colleague Sarbjit Rayat sadly passed away on Christmas Day night peacefully in her sleep, Sarb was a wonderful and longstanding member of staff known as ‘Sarb’ to all of us. Sarb worked for the Health For All Healthy Communities team as a community health development worker on the
Middleton based charity Health for All, which aims to help the poorest and most vulnerable communities in the city overcome the challenges of health inequality, poverty and isolation, has received a share of £9.5million of National Lottery funding to help recover from the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. The £100,000
Health For All Community Transport along with Holbeck Together and supported by Leeds Older Peoples Forum are introducing Covid-safe ‘Essential’ Shopping trips for the elderly in South Leeds. We are transporting over 55s in groups of 6 persons maximum to local supermarkets from their homes, twice a day Monday to
The Raising Aspirations team at Health For All are running a number of small face to face groups starting next week. The team’s aim is to help people living in South Leeds get into education, training and employment Confidence Building & Overcoming Barriers Mondays 9 November until 14 December, 10am-12pm