What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The Stoptober challenge starts today, 1 October. Stoptober is the 28 day national stop smoking challenge – it is returning following its launch last year. Research shows that people who manage to stop smoking for 28 days are five times more likely to stop for good and last year,
Forty Four runners turned up for the third weekly Parkrun in Cross Flatts Park on Saturday morning. Runners of all ages and abilities turned up to run a measured and timed 5 km course around the park. Some runners clearly knew each other and many didn’t, but that didn’t disturb
Potterdale Day Centre on Dewsbury Road are holding a Spring To Life event next Monday. Pop in for health information, free fruit and stew packs, and much more. Potterdale Day Centre is located next to the Dewsbury Road One Stop Centre in Beeston.
Cllr David Congreve today cut the ribbon to mark the relaunch of Beeston Co-op Pharmacy. Pharmacy Manager Sageer Sharif explained that following a £160,000 refurbishment they were able to offer an extended range of services. As well as servicing local nursing homes, they can help patients monitor new medications such
Alan Shaw from the Friends of Middleton Park has been in touch, posting this on our Facebook page: OK, something to look out for next weekend. Something to warm you up and get you moving after all this snow and ice. Yes, why not come down to the park’s Visitor
A wide variety of issues from takeaways and health to domestic violence and the area’s street cleaning services were discussed by local councillors. The meeting of the inner south area committee, held at Tenants Hall Enterprise Centre in Middleton, saw councillors from all three local wards discuss important issues. Councillors
Community reporter Andy Brown has sent us this post on cycling and public transport in South Leeds: I couldn’t help ponder what Morley’s cycle racing legend Beryl Burton would’ve made of new guidance from the National Institute for Health & Clinical Excellence (NICE). Unheralded in her 60s & 70s heyday but
Do you work with or volunteer with people living in the Cottingley area? A free course teaching people about the impact on health of smoking and how to encourage people to stop smoking is being run by the NHS. More details below. [scribd id=101111183 key=key-7cumlcyn1j5nacp4qw7 mode=list]
Here’s part four of the Middleton Life local history project’s oral history film. This part, which sees local residents interview each other on their memories and history of the area, looks at health, doctors and windy Middleton! [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3c-GVprYYk&w=560&h=315]
[slideshow]More than 80 people attended the launch of the Middleton Life history project at Tenants Hall Enterprise Centre. The evening saw the unveiling of local history panels put together by a group of local residents who’ve been attending the Heritage Lottery-funded project. It also saw the premiere of a 25-minute oral