Need advice on welfare changes and finding work?
Belle Isle TMO Get it in your diary and come along- Tuesday 27 October from 1pm… help, advice and support for people accessing benefits and looking for work…
Council funding threat to HIV service
Leeds Skyline Service – the service which provides support to those living with HIV, their friends, family and carers, as well as providing educational services – has been served with a closure notice by Leeds City Council. The council says a reduction in this year’s Public Health budget and lack
Updated: Cockburn set to become an academy
Cockburn School is consulting on whether to convert to become an Academy. Academies are state schools, centrally funded by the government and outside the control of the local authority. The school has received an Academy Order from the Department of Education which means the school can convert if the governing
Help through the benefit changes
A series of events to support people facing changes in benefits or finding work are taking place across South Leeds starting next Friday (23 October 2015) in Cottingley. The events are being staged by the Inner South Community Committee and will bring together agencies that can offer advice on benefits,
Middleton woman fined for roaming dog
A woman from Middleton has been collared having let her dog roam free. Nicola Willmore, of Throstle Lane, failed to pay the £75 fixed penalty notice issued after dog wardens found her dog wandering the streets in April this year. Willmore was fined £40.00, now must pay a £20 victim
All Roads lead to White Rose for Stephanie
All roads and modes of transport lead to White Rose Shopping Centre for Stephanie Hunter. Stephanie has joined the team at the centre as Travel Planning Co-ordinator and her newly created post will prove vital as White Rose prepares for expansion. Centre Manager Dean Stratton says: “The extension of the
South of the River – Cities
Earlier this week I started writing an article about Leeds City Council’s current Site Allocations consultation ‘Your city, Your plan’. You won’t have seen it yet, as I haven’t managed to finish it. I read the Council press release and it looked pretty dry and full of jargon. I though
Work starts to remove Knostrop Cut
A £45million project to improve flood defences in Leeds city centre is progressing well with work now starting to remove a length of the Knostrop Cut. As well as protecting city centre properties and jobs, the flood defence scheme will also protect 300 acres of development land and open up
Community Committee workshop to discuss activities for young people
The Inner South Community Committee will be holding a workshop for residents to come together and discuss things for young people to do and how do we better engage with them. As well as the workshop and formal committee meeting there will be taster sessions where you can try out
Claim your share of the bulb bonanza
Groundwork, the environmental charity, is giving away 80,000 daffodil bulbs to brighten schools, verges and community centres across Leeds. Community groups with an idea for a piece of land they would like to plant up are invited to apply, but you need to hurry, the closing date is Friday 4