What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Our local Community Hubs & Libraries have a host of family friendly activities lined up for the Easter school holidays. Lego Club: Building a Love of Books, Brick by Brick St George’s Centre Community Hub & Library, Tuesday 2 April, 3:45-4:45pm Join the monthly Lego Club and construct Lego creations
A novel addition to libraries in Leeds is giving parents and families support from local midwives and healthcare professionals in the same place they browse for their favourite books. New ‘wellbeing pods’ have officially launched in eight of the city’s libraries and community hubs, the first of their kind to
Young book lovers in Leeds are being challenged to make some fascinating scientific discoveries at their local library this summer. Leeds Libraries’ free Summer Reading Challenge is calling on youngsters to find out more about the world around them by reading six or more from a collection of science-themed story
The Leeds Libraries service is encouraging residents to become heritage detectives and help solve picture puzzles from the past. The Local History team is appealing for public help to identify thousands of unknown faces and locations in the city’s online photographic archive. Heritage images include the 1959 Burley Road Primary
Leeds Libraries, in partnership with the Reading Agency, is encouraging more families than ever to get involved with reading over the summer holidays through the Summer Reading Challenge. Now in its 22nd year, the Summer Reading Challenge inspires children to read for pleasure over the summer and tackle the dip
Baby Week is back for the fourth time this November (2-9 November 2019) with the theme ‘Making Connections: Bonding healthy brains and wellbeing for all’ A full breakdown of the activities and fantastic calendar of events in the city you can find here. There’s lot of activities happening around south
Leeds Libraries are the places to go to learn digital skills during Get Online Week 2019, a national initiative encouraging people to take part in the digital world. With public access computers available at South Leeds’ four libraries and a skilled staff team, the library service is well placed to
Leeds Libraries is abolishing all fines and ID requirements, making it even easier for local residents to access their services and enjoy everything from free resources to inspiring activities. From 7 October, as National Libraries Week kicks off, all members returning overdue books will benefit from a ‘fines amnesty’, with
Edward Woffenden, Private 15/1003, 15th Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment Leeds 11 was, and still is, essentially Holbeck and Beeston. It had been a prosperous area during the 19th Century, with a lot of manufacturing, including John Marshall’s Mill and Matthew Murray’s Foundry, but by the beginning of the 20th Century
The Hunslet Remembered group (facilitated by Leeds Libraries and in partnership with South Leeds Live at Home) took a trip down memory lane last month and visited areas of Hunslet that brought back memories of their childhood. Using augmented reality on iPads they could see images from www.leodis.net of what