What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Lychee Red, the community group for older Chinese people celebrated the Dragon Boat Festival at Beeston Village Community Centre last month. The Lychee Red group, run by Health For All, marked the festival with dinner and Chinese Lantern decorations. The ancient festival originated in China, and celebrates the life &
Thanks to a National Lottery grant, Health for All will be launching a new project to support Chinese and other isolated elders in Leeds to cope through the Covid-19 pandemic. The new build Beeston Village Community centre will be the Hub from which staff and volunteers with appropriate language skills
Hua Liu who works for Health For All on their Lychhe Red Chinese elders project has been selected by the Prime Minister’s Office at 10 Downing Street to be today’s Point of Light (22 January 2020). This isn’t the first time Hua has been recognised for her outstanding work. As
This week the Independent published it’s 11th ‘Happy List‘ which features Hua Liu from Beeston. The Happy List celebrates “50 of the most inspirational people whose kindness, ingenuity and bravery have made Britain a better place to live.” Hua has featured many times in South Leeds Life as we have
Two Health For All projects have teamed up to bring a taste of China to Cross Flatts Park in Beeston on Tuesday (29 May 2018). Lychee Red invite you to experience the ancient martial art of Tai Chi. A professional master will show you how to use this gentle, but
South Leeds Live At Home held their belated Chinese New Year celebrations with a lunch at the St Andrew’s Community Centre in Beeston on Wednesday (21 March 2018). The original event had to be postponed by three weeks due the dreaded Beast from the East. [slideshow_deploy id=’74465′] We worked with
The Lychee Red Chinese seniors project welcomed guests from the Friendship Group and the Women’s Wellbeing group to their Chinese New Year celebrations at Belle Isle Family Centre. [slideshow_deploy id=’73006′] After a traditional lion dance made its way around the room, with everyone encouraged to touch the lion for good
Chinese community group Lychee Red held a spectacular Christmas celebration at Maxi’s restaurant on Monday (18 December 2017). [slideshow_deploy id=’71130′] Photos: Mat Dale The group for Chinese elders, which recently featured on BBC’s The One Show, meets at Belle Isle Family Centre and is supported by Health For All. The
It’s a long way from Belle Isle Family Centre to the BBC in London, but it’s a journey members of the Lychee Red Chinese seniors group are making on Friday (27 October 2017) to appear on The One Show. Presenter Andy Kershaw has been visiting the group for a couple