What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Our latest entry for the St Luke’s CARES Community Awards has been submitted by the Leeds South & East Foodbank, the volunteer community group fighting hunger and poverty. For details of how YOUR community group can enter please click here. The deadline for entries is Wednesday 28 February 2018. Leeds
For most of us Christmas is a time to be merry, a time for presents and the clinking of glasses. But for many people on low incomes Christmas is a lonely and miserable time, made worse by the presumption that everyone is having a great time. So, we are appealing
Volunteers in South Leeds were joined by local Councillor Judith Blake this week as she went to see how the South and East Foodbank operates. The Foodbank is run by around 280 volunteers who have come together to help people who are facing some form of crisis and have been
At a recent supermarket collection (where foodbank volunteers ask members of the public to make a food donation) I was approached by a lady who asked “Why should I donate food for people who are too lazy to work and provide for themselves?” It’s a fair question and it deserves
Foodbank ‘pauses for breath’ and prepares for New Year After a hectic Christmas the volunteers at the Leeds South and East Foodbank are gearing up for what promises to be a busy 2017. In the two weeks prior to Christmas the foodbank donated almost a ton of food to charities