What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Hundreds of local residents came to Cross Flatts Park on Saturday (11 May 2024) to meet groups offering activities locally. People queued up in the sunshine to have a go at activities ranging from athletics to cycling, football to orienteering. Children could win a prize for trying five different sports
“Do you think we could …?” is something I love to hear when chatting to residents within my role. The nuggets of an idea that can have the opportunity to develop into new local opportunities for people to be active. Active Leeds (part of Leeds City Council) continues to share
Get Set Leeds Local is a Sport England funded project, facilitated by Active Leeds (part of Leeds City Council) exploring collectively with residents and local partners how we can enable more people from Beeston and Holbeck, and Hunslet and Riverside to move more or be active in some way. We’re
On 15 June 2023 we joined many others for the Great Get Together which took place in Cross Flatts Park. Get Set Leeds Local came along with some mini tennis, which was popular with toddlers, children and a few adults who were picking up a tennis racket for the first
Being active takes so many forms and means assorted things to different people. South Leeds is full of ways that all ages can move, have fun and find something that feels good for them. This month Get Set Leeds Local takes a deeper dive into cricket, and the ways that
Since Get Set Leeds Local (GSLL) began, we have loved meeting the huge number of people across the South Leeds communities taking part, volunteering and leading a huge variety of activities each week which get themselves or others moving in some way. We feel these people are all ‘heroes’ and
On Saturday 13 May 2023, the very first Let’s Move: South Leeds event created a great vibe in Cross Flatts Park. Many thanks to all the partners who supported to develop the concept, and those who put on some great free activities, and to residents who attended. Along with activities
Being active takes so many forms and means assorted things to different people. South Leeds is full of ways that all ages can move, have fun and find something that feels good for them. Every month Get Set Leeds Local is taking a deeper dive into a different activity, and
Get Set Leeds Local (GSLL) is part of LCC’s Active Leeds, funded by Sport England. It’s a community led, insight driven approach to exploring how we (collectively) can support more people to move more through understanding what matters to communities, what things get in the way or what may enable
Get Set Leeds Local is a Sport England funded project delivered by Active Leeds, to work in a co-productive way to support more people to move more within Holbeck, Beeston Hill, New Wortley and Seacroft. We have community chest funding (up to £300) available to help seed fund an idea,