What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Wonderful weather, great camaraderie, and a good cause brought out the best in people when volunteers got together at Cottingley Crematorium on Saturday (12 March 2022). Thirty people collected twenty-five bags of litter from the site. Everyone was raring to get started and it was lovely to have some very
Meet Dora Szele-Menyhart, a soon to be 11 year old with a birthday wish to help the environment. Dora has organised ten of her friends, that’s eleven 11 year olds, to undertake a sponsored litter pick along the River Aire in Hunslet. They aim to collect 11 bags of rubbish.
A community-led campaign which is taking positive action to tackle the scourge of littering in Leeds is aiming to turn Leeds into a sea of purple this Saturday (3 July 2021). This follows the success of the Litter Free Leeds movement, which working closely in partnership with Leeds City Council,
Asda and The Canal and River Trust have taken to the waters of the Leeds & Liverpool canal today to kick start a week-long litter pick which will involve hundreds of colleagues from Asda. The ‘Asda Big Canal Clean-up’ is one of the country’s largest ever, as volunteers aim to
After my recent election campaign, I have been sat reflecting and realising that many of the issues in our community can be fixed by simply trying to motivate our community to come together and make the changes needed to make our area better. What better way of doing this than
Beeston and Holbeck Kidz Klub are holding a community litter-pick on Tuesday 21 May 2019 – and would love others to come and help! Attendees should come to Beeston Hill United Free Church on Malvern Road for a briefing at 4:45pm, before going out at 5pm – then returning to
As the Friends of Hunslet Moor, we love this large patch of green space in the middle of our community. It provides somewhere for children to play, people to walk their dogs, and for others, somewhere to simply enjoy green space. Sadly, a mixture of people not caring about litter,
Beeston residents descended on Cross Flatts Park on Sunday (13 May 2018) to give it a bit of TLC with a community litter pick, followed by some relaxing fun in the sun. The event was organised by Aspiring Communities in partnership with Into University and Beeston In Bloom, it was
Did you know that 62% of people living in England drop litter, according to research? Although only 28% of people admit to it. This figure is sadly becoming clear when you drive and walk around some parts of Leeds, as is the case country-wide – after all, the council can