What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Campaigners fighting to get South Leeds Sports Centre reopened are set to ‘welcome’ the Olympic Torch as it passes within half a mile of the closed facility in less than a fortnight. The torch is due through Hunslet and Beeston on the morning of Monday, June 25. The SPLASH campaigners
The folks at Beeston Parish Centre in Town Street, Beeston, will be offering up a special breakfast when the Olympic Torch passes through the area later this month. The centre will be open for tea/coffee and toast as the Olympic Flame passes through Town Street and Wesley Street at about 8.45am on
Here’s what’s been making South Leeds tick in our regular Wednesday round-up of the best of the area’s blogs and websites: Cottingley’s Vikki Blake (pictured left) is busy blogging away as she trains before carrying the Olympic Torch through Leeds next month: Here, she writes: “I have been jogging at
Hamara, the largest ethnic minority organisation in the voluntary and community sector in Leeds, will be holding a street party at its Tempest Road centre to mark the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The event will take place on June 4 between 11am-2pm with fun events, activities, food and more. For more
Ambitious plans to open a new community cafe and a hairdressers on the Cardinal Estate have been boosted by an unexpected source – Channel 4’s The Secret Millionaire TV programme. Community campaigner Yvonne Crowther, who helps run the White Rose Residents Association, is looking to luanch two new social enterprises
Deacon Al Henry from Middleton Methodist Church has sent us the following details about an initiative when the Olympic Torch comes through Hunslet and Beeston: “When the Torch relay comes through South Leeds on Monday 25th June, it is going right past two of our Methodist churches early in the morning
The SPLASH campaign to reopen South Leeds Sports Centre held a mock ‘Olympic torch’ event on Sunday. Here, Sally Cieslik thanks people for their support and details the campaign’s next steps. A big thank you to all 20 or so people who turned up and did the run – the
My name is Vikki Blake and I live in Cottingley Hall. On June the 24th I will be carrying the Olympic Torch. I’ve started my own blog: ‘Vicky – Olympic Torchbearer’ to highlight my training. Here is my story … I moved on to the Cottingley Hall estate in June 2001. I
A group of campaigners fighting to reopen South Leeds Sports Centre in Beeston have today held a mock Olympic torch run – and they claim a lack of sports facilities in the area will prevent local youngsters becoming Olympians of the future. The protest group, made up mainly of parents and
Sally Cieslik from the SPLASH campaign fighting to reopen South Leeds Sports Centre guest posts on a mock South Leeds Olympic Torch event on Sunday, April 1 at noon to highlight what they claim is a lack of sports facilities in the area. The real Olympic Torch is due to come