What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
After 19 months Leeds Dads Meetups are back at The Holbeck Club. The events for dads and kids were suspended due to Covid, but have now recommenced. The award-winning Dad meetups are a great opportunity to meet new Dad friends or bring along another Dad you know with pre-school kids for
This September sees the first monthly Leeds Dads meet-up event in the group’s new home, The Holbeck. Leeds Dads creates opportunities for dads of pre-school children in Leeds to spend time with their kids. The group has been running a popular monthly meet-up for dads and their children at The
Come and join the biggest free Father’s Day party in England! Dadstastic Day is a day of free family fun organised by Leeds Dads in partnership with Leeds City Museum and Child Friendly Leeds. The day is for babies, toddlers and children up to 11 years old and offers a
Eight out of ten dads want to see more groups and activities for fathers and their children in Leeds. In a survey by support group Leeds Dads, 79% of dads also said they’d be interested in joining a dads’ group. And 40% of dads under 40 said they didn’t spend
The St Luke’s CARES Community Awards reaches its crescendo next Thursday (24 May 2018) and everyone’s invited to the party! Back in January we helped St Luke’s CARES launch the scheme which saw 23 wonderful community projects in South Leeds tell their story and ask for a grant. An independent
Voting has started today (5 April 2018) to decide which of the five shortlisted projects will receive grants of as part of the St Luke’s CARES Community Awards. Since January we have been publicising the work of 23 great local projects helping South Leeds people in so many ways. An
An independent panel met this week to come up with a shortlist of just five projects out of the 23 that applied for the St Luke’s CARES Community Awards. In no particular order, the shortlisted projects are: Leeds Dads Walk & Talk Group Reetwirlers Majorettes Streetwise-Love Leeds Beeston in Bloom
On the closing day for applications here’s another entry for the St Luke’s CARES Community Awards, submitted by Leeds Dads. For details of how YOUR community group can enter please click here. The deadline for entries is 5pm today (28 February 2018). Leeds Dads’ founder and Child Friendly Leeds award
South Leeds may not have swept the board at this year’s Child Friendly Leeds Awards, but we have footage of Errol Murray from Leeds Dads winning the Adult Making a Difference for Young People award; and a terrific performance from the Broomfield Band. Errol is the founder of Leeds Dads,
South Leeds is once again well represented amongst the shortlisted nominees for the 5th annual Child Friendly Leeds Awards. The winners will be announced at a prestigious awards ceremony, which takes place on Thursday 1 February 2018. The Shine Project has been nominated in the Communities and Schools Working Together