What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
We are now half way through our current Community Reporters course. Over the last five weeks our students have learned what “hyperlocal blogging” means; they’ve learned to take better photographs to illustrate their posts with trips to Middleton Park and Leeds City Museum. Last week we looked at structuring
Our second Community Reporters course started today. It was a day of introductions. Five new students introduced themselves. As tutor, I introduced the idea of “hyperlocal blogging” and we looked at half a dozen sites from around the country and talked about how South Leeds Life has been developed over
South Leeds Life is running another of its free Community Reporters courses – and there are places still available. A course that will equip people from Belle Isle and Middleton to write news stories for South Leeds Life, or for their own community group, will start on Wednesday 17th April. The
The latest Community Reporters course which was due to start on Wednesday has been postponed until after Easter. Priority for places on the course is given people who live or work in Belle Isle and Middleton. Unfortunately we didn’t have quite enough people registered to make the course viable. The
I’ve felt very lucky to have been able to participate in the Community Correspondents course at Middleton Tenants Hall. Beginning a new post as a trainee community organiser hosted from that building, meant the course location was very convenient to commit to. I’d been pleasantly surprised that course tutor John
We’re pleased to announce that South Leeds Life has been shortlisted in the Blog North Awards, which celebrate independent online publishing in Northern England. We’re really honoured to have been shortlisted in the ‘best city or neighbourhood blog’ category. There are some fabulous local blogs alongside us in this category and please
The future of South Leeds Life is going to be discussed at an important meeting next week. The blog is run and owned by the community and as such we’re looking at the possibility of becoming a formal community group as a first step to some more ambitious plans. This
Hundreds of local bloggers – including South Leeds Life – descended on Birmingham yesterday to discuss all things hyperlocal at the Talk About Local 2012 Unconference. What’s hyperlocal and what’s Talk About Local I hear both our readers cry! Well, firstly hyperlocal is an online news or content service pertaining
South Leeds Life will be up bright and early tomorrow and heading for Birmingham for the annual Talk About Local Unconference. Talk About Local helps communities up and down the country to set up their own blogs and find their own powerful voice online. This will be the fourth unconference for
Everyone here at South Leeds Life would like to wish you all the very best for 2012. We’ve got some exciting plans for the New Year, so keep your eyes peeled! We’ll be keeping our eye on the big issues such as the new supermarkets planned for Beeston and Middleton,