What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
“I see a number of children who are desperate to eat.” “Lots of children on a normal school day have little or no breakfast.” “You can tell how much more the children eat on a Monday.” These are all quotes from staff working in primary schools in Leeds. They were
On the Wednesday 13 February 2019 we held the annual Valentine`s Day Event at The Gate in Belle Isle. We raffled a cake which was made by myself. The cake raffle raised an amazing £50 which was decided by the attendees to be donated to the Food Bank. I used
“It’s a Christmas miracle” says Katie, young Gypsy Traveller, Leeds, aged 12 A new craze is spreading quickly amongst West Yorkshires Gypsy and Traveller communities: #FoodbankNomination, a phoneme where, once you have filled a shopping trolley full of food and donated it to your local foodbank or homeless charity you
December is the busiest month of the year for foodbanks across Leeds Universal Credit recipients won’t get payments until after Christmas Families in Leeds are having to choose between heating and eating Leeds United fans have donated over 1800 meals since the drive launched in October This Saturday (8 December
Two groups fighting food poverty in Leeds have opened a new shared warehouse in Beeston thanks to a grant from Asda’s “Fight Hunger, Create Change” programme. The warehouse, on the Parkside industrial estate, comes complete with two huge inflatable chiller rooms for fresh food and a fork lift truck to
Leeds United Supporters’ Trust have announced that they have been working with two local food banks which covers the whole of Leeds, in setting up a new food collection point for ongoing home games in conjunction with Leeds United. The food drive will start outside the East Stand, next to
Charity there “to help those in crisis” is “in crisis.” Since 2013 the Leeds South and East Foodbank has been a charity helping people in crisis. It has provided food to help people in the short term and signposted them to organisations who can help them solve the long term
Our latest entry for the St Luke’s CARES Community Awards has been submitted by the Leeds South & East Foodbank, the volunteer community group fighting hunger and poverty. For details of how YOUR community group can enter please click here. The deadline for entries is Wednesday 28 February 2018. Leeds
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start this week at The South Leeds Academy where officers from Inner South Neighbourhood Policing Team were talking to motorsists today (24 May) after numerous reports of speeding cars and
Volunteers in South Leeds were joined by local Councillor Judith Blake this week as she went to see how the South and East Foodbank operates. The Foodbank is run by around 280 volunteers who have come together to help people who are facing some form of crisis and have been