Tag: Leeds City Council

Volunteers needed for school holiday food and activity programme

Leeds City Council is appealing for volunteers to help run this year’s Healthy Holidays programme. The Healthy Holidays programme has been running since 2018 and provides children living in poverty with nutritious food, fun and engaging activities, and the chance to make friends and develop new skills during the school

Full speed ahead for new South Leeds rail station

Senior councillors have given the green light to plans designed to kickstart construction work on a new railway station in South Leeds this autumn. The White Rose Railway Station has already received planning permission and is regarded as a shovel-ready infrastructure project that will play a crucial part in connecting

Council approves consultation on £700k plan for golf course land

Councillors on the Executive Board have approved a report from the Director of Communities, Housing and Environment to create a new parkland at the site of the former South Leeds Golf Club, off the Ring Road next to Middleton Park. The 48 hectares of parkland is set to incorporate a

Active Travel Neighbourhoods proposed for Beeston and Middleton

A package of measures aimed a promoting cycling and walking across South Leeds is set out in a report published by Leeds City Council. The schemes are part of a £2.7m city-wide programme known as the Active Travel Fund and funded by a government grant. The report authorises the council