What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Leeds College of Building (LCB) has been named one of the first ever ‘construction technical excellence colleges’ (CTEC) and will receive a share of £100 million in government funding to tackle construction skills shortages. Only 10 colleges across England have been given the status for the 2025 to 2026 academic
Today we issue a rallying cry to the north: join us to demand what government promised us. As part of our day of action, news titles across the region – including South Leeds Life – are starting a petition calling on ministers to come good on their northern powerhouse pledges
Shop fronts in Holbeck are set to benefit from citywide programme of public realm improvements to ‘local centres’. A first round of 12 projects is set to be approved by Leeds City Council’s Executive Board next Wednesday (21 March 2018). The Holbeck project will see £135,000 spent on improving up
Leeds City Council is set to roll out improvements to bin yards across the city following a successful pilot in the Recreations area of Holbeck. A report to the Council’s Executive Board next week recommends spending £247,500 on improving 45 yards across the city. If these are as successful as
Leeds Federated Housing Association, the social landlord with a thousand properties in South Leeds, has launched a new team to drive forward its investment in communities. The new Social Investment Team, headed up by Karen Hayward, will coordinate projects that provide added value to Leeds Fed’s neighbourhoods. This could
Ed and Tania Carlisle live in a back to back in Beeston with a difference: they’ve got ten solar panels on their roof. In Climate Week, I went to speak with Ed to find out more. Ed explains, “We’ve been interested in green living for a while, but it’s an