What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
St Matthew’s Community Centre in Holbeck was packed out on Tuesday evening (3 October 2017) with 170+ residents and others gathering for a stormy community forum. The meeting was looking at the controversial local issues of the ‘Managed Area’ (a scheme designed to see on-street sex work tolerated in a
1. At least fifty breaches of managed approach in last two weeks In the Open Forum, where any resident can raise issues, Matthew Sullivan from the Save Our Eyes Facebook Group told the meeting of their work in helping Holbeck residents record and report incidents of prostitutes working outside the
The ‘managed approach’ by Leeds City Council and West Yorkshire Police to dealing with prostitution in Holbeck has been given a cautious thumbs up in a comprehensive survey of residents. It was revealed at the Inner South Community Committee meeting that about a third of residents had rejected the scheme;
Residents in Holbeck are being consulted again on the Police and Council’s ‘managed approach’ to dealing with sex work (prostitution) in the area. Questionnaires from independent researchers Qa Research have been delivered to residents, but the survey can also be completed online here: http://surveys.qaresearch.co.uk/Holbeck.asp A number of drop in sessions
Police have released a dedicated telephone number for residents to report breaches of the Managed Approach to sex work in Holbeck. The number is: 07534 309568. The phone line was promised at a public meeting held at St Matthew’s Community Centre on 27 February, but has been delayed. Residents are