What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
A long-standing Leeds volunteer has spent more than a decade supporting local families through her weekly visits to a Leeds food bank, alongside her own journey of living independently. In 2015, determined to gain some independence, 49-year-old, Nicola Butterfield moved out of her family home in and into her own
Yorkshire-based leading distributors of stone and porcelain paving, RF Paving, have reaffirmed their commitment to supporting local communities through a continued partnership with Leeds South & East Foodbank, a charity dedicated to helping individuals and families in crisis across South and East Leeds. Leeds South & East Foodbank is part
Staff from BME housing association Unity Homes and Enterprise have delivered Christmas provisions to the Leeds South and East Foodbank. The consignment was boosted by contributions from Unity staff members, as well as contractors TI Security and Neo. It was dropped off at the foodbank’s warehouse on Millshaw Industrial Estate
A firm of Yorkshire engineers has made an egg-cellent donation to a Leeds food bank, helping to put a big smile on the face of local families. Dozens of Easter eggs from Leeds-based RWO have been donated to the Leeds South and East Foodbank, which distributes donations across the city
Students and staff from across the Cockburn Multi-academy Trust ended a successful Autumn term in December with a number of charitable enterprises. Having seen on the news, the children living through a nightmare in Gaza and the conflict spreading to Lebanon and things getting even worse for children they decided
A team of employees from the Amazon sortation centre in Leeds visited the team at the Leeds South and East foodbank to deliver a donation of food and essential supplies worth £1,000. Leeds South and East Foodbank has been supporting the community since 2013, providing emergency food parcels with three
Cottingley Primary Academy turned one Christmas tradition on its head this year by organising a reverse advent calendar. Throughout December the school asked children and staff across school to bring in an item each day to donate to the foodbank if they were able to, rather than receiving something. And
White Rose Shopping Centre has donated £3,000 to support Leeds South and East Foodbank’s summer holiday breakfast packages, provided free to families during the school break. The programme supplies milk, cereal and cereal bars, fruit, and bread to families struggling during the holidays. White Rose has been supporting Leeds South
White Rose Shopping Centre has this week launched an in-centre Community Collection Bank where visitors can drop off donations to benefit their local community via Leeds South & East Foodbank. The Community Collection Bank, situated at the Customer Services Centre next to New Look and close to Car Park 6,
This weekend will see the launch of the first phase of a network of foodbank collection points across Hunslet and Riverside Ward, as part of a project launched by Cllr Paul Wray and Mohammed Iqbal (Labour, Hunslet and Riverside Ward) to help support the area’s largest foodbank, South and East