What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Cllr Mohammed Iqbal and Cllr Paul Wray (Labour, Hunslet & Riverside) have announced their plans to launch litter picking kit micro-grants of £300 for schools, faith groups, community groups and residents’ associations from January as part of their new “The Big Clean Up” campaign – a wider campaign which will
The Hunslet Litter Picking Library launched officially on 11 May. Open every Wednesday, 12-4pm, groups or individuals can hire sticks, bags and hoops to carry out their own litter picks. The Library is run by Stewart Walton and operates out of a rented garage off Hemmingway Close in Hunslet. One
Do you get annoyed at the untidiness of South Leeds? Are you interested in joining like-minded people? Are you interested in litter picking within the South Leeds area? New to Hunslet is a litter picking library established to help you create a group of your own, or perhaps you want
On Saturday 20th November faith groups, community organisations and local residents are coming together to brighten up our community through litter picking and we’d love you to join us… Litter is an ongoing problem throughout south Leeds but we can all play our part in tidying up and making our
Opening in Autumn 2021, local residents will be able to borrow litter picking kits from one of the five Litter Picking Libraries being hosted in community venues across Belle Isle and Middleton. In 2017 the Litter Free Leeds campaign was launched by a group of volunteers who wanted to bring
Hunslet and Riverside Ward Councillors have thanked volunteers from Masjid Ibraheem on Woodview Road, Beeston Hill for their volunteering efforts to litter pick the Woodviews neighbourhood around their mosque. Cllr Paul Wray said: “Thank you to the mosque community for ‘adopting’ these local streets. It is a great example to
If you are old enough, you may remember the BBC children’s programme The Wombles – a group of furry animals who lived in Wimbledon. Their moto was “Make good use of bad rubbish.” Well there’s a modern day equivalent in many neighbourhoods, including Beeston. They may not be able to
Hunslet and Riverside Ward Councillors have welcomed the restart of community action mornings on the large Housing Leeds estate off of Church Street in Hunslet – led by Hunslet Tenants and Residents Association (Hunslet TARA). Following the easing of restrictions, a combination of litter picking and community gardening on the
With the Rio Olympics in full swing, local volunteers will be working together to tidy and smarten up the Multi-Use Games Area (MUGA) in Beeston’s Cross Flatts Park this Saturday (13th August) – and are inviting others to join in! Members of groups including Leeds Green Party and Cross Flatts
One Piece of Rubbish is an international grassroots campaign started by Leeds-born Ed Platt. It starts from the idea that rather than just complain about the amount of litter on our streets and the people dropping it, we can actually do something about it ourselves. Ed decided to pick up