What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The next meeting of Beeston Hill Community Association will be held on Monday (27 November 2023) from 6:30pm at the Hamara Centre on Tempest Road. The new group has started well with three community meetings since its launch in May 2023. This community-led group aims to give residents of Beeston
Going to your local community group meeting is a great way of finding out what’s happening locally; speaking directly with housing organisations; meeting your local Councillors; and hearing from the Police and other public services. If you live in the Brooms and Nesfields areas of Belle Isle, your next community
The slow-burning plan to reopen the iconic Holbeck rail viaduct to the public continues, with an open meeting on Tuesday (6 February 2018) for people to find out more, and perhaps get involved. The viaduct is a Victorian masterpiece that runs from just outside the station, through Holbeck, and past
Problems associated with street prostitution in Holbeck continue, but agencies including the Police and Cleansing have increased their activity and there is improved dialogue between residents and agencies. Since we reported on the public meeting on 3 October, a Reference Group has been established to enable dialogue between Holbeck residents
Twenty parents and community members attended a meeting at Cockburn School to discuss the school governors’ intentions to convert the school to Academy status last night (19 October 2015). The meeting heard a presentation from Headteacher David Gurney explaining the school’s reasons for considering conversion. He stressed that the change
Are you passionate about local history in Middleton? The Middleton Life local history group is meeting next week and would welcome new members! The group, which recently held a successful Middleton History Week at the St George’s Centre will meet at Tenants Hall, Acre Close, on Wednesday, August 6, 10am-noon.
Producing a newspaper version of South Leeds Life will be on the agenda this week when the South Leeds Life Group meets on Wednesday evening. Plans for a newspaper, unveiled in Friday’s South of the River column, envisage a free monthly tabloid paid for by advertising. The first edition
Residents living on the Cottingley Hall estate in south Leeds recently debated a wide range of issues at a public meeting. Members of the Cottingley TRAC group heard updates on how Cottingley Primary Academy was progressing, plans for a new neighbourhood watch scheme, bin collections on the estate and work
Are you interested in local history? Middleton has an incredibly rich heritage, from mining and railways in Middleton Park to boundary disputes with Beeston and, in the 1920s, the building of one of the Leeds’s first council estates. And now the Middleton Life local history group has launched its very
The South Leeds Life Group is meeting again this Thursday (5 September 2013). We will be discussing a range of issues including readership, stories, finance and support for our volunteers. Despite it being the holiday season lots has been going on behind the scenes at South Leeds Life so