What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
A free event to highlight a campaign to encourage plain packaging for cigarettes is being held in Holbeck and supported by Hilary Benn MP. The Plain Packs Protect campaign says every year 340,000 children and young people are tempted to try smoking. Two thirds of smokers start before the age
As more people report their south Leeds dog fouling problems in our Scoop It Up campaign, today we’re focussing on our interactive dog fouling map, which has so far had more than 500 views in just over a week. The map, which you can see below, allows readers to chart
South Leeds Life reader Louise Drury used to work at Middleton-based charity Health for All managing its children’s project and has since worked with disadvantaged kids in Namibia and is looking to live in South Africa. In a special guest post, she writes about the differences in culture and issues regarding, children, education and poverty…
A new healthy cooking course has started to help people improve their cooking skills. It runs every Monday at Cross Flatts Primary School. See the poster below for more:
Think of the White Rose Shopping Centre and perhapos the last thing you’d think of is keeping fit. However, that’s what the bosses at the centre are encouraging us to do – walk around the mall and get fit in a warm and safe environment. Here’s a poster for the
“Leeds is a two-tier city – and south Leeds is being left behind.” That was an off-the-cuff comment from one south Leeds resident as local councillors last night discussed a report which highlighted health issues in the area. The report showed that in most parts of Beeston Hill, Holbeck, Cottingley, Hunslet, Middleton
A GROUP fighting to reopen a Leeds sports centre lobbied councillors as they discussed proposals for it to be replaced by a school in south Leeds. Leeds City Council’s executive board was yesterday considering moving forward with the plan for a primary school on the site of the former South
Enjoy some gentle exercise each week in Cross Flatts Park with a friendly group of local residents! See the aboce poster for more details.
You can start 2012 the was you mean to go on with this healthy cooking course which aims to help you improve your cooking. It starts in Hunslet on Monday.
Nine intrepid Health for all staff and supporters climbed the three highest peaks in Yorkshire in a 24-mile walk in less than 12 hours, earning themselves membership of the exclusive “Three Peaks of Yorkshire” club, writes Dave Florence. They did this to promote healthy activities and to raise funds for