What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Cottingley in Bloom mobilised residents and partners to give the estate a tidy up this week. As the end of the summer approaches, beds were looking overgrown and hedges needed cutting back. So Cottingley in Bloom organised two work days. Over thirty residents turned out and were supported by
BITMO (Belle Isle Tenant Management Organisation) sheltered residents along with young people from the South Leeds Youth Hub spent an enjoyable afternoon planting up hanging baskets and pots for the residents to enjoy through the summer. Youth services have obtained Well Being funding to undertake an inter-generational project which
Children from Belle Isle and Middleton were on hand to help plant up on Belle Isle Circus. The schoolchildren from Sharp Lane, Broomfield and Windmill Primary Schools identified flower beds as being an important feature in their local environment and wanted more of them to brighten up Belle Isle. Councillor
Ian Pickup from Holbeck In Bloom has been in touch to share photographs from yesterdays work party. Holbeck In Bloom teamed up with staff from Leeds Federated Housing Association to brighten up Cleveleys Court with some spring planting.
A Facebook group is running for anyone interested in making Sharp Lane Plantation in the Belle Isle/Middleton a better place for local residents, local schools and families to visit and enjoy a potentially wonderful piece of green land in the Middleton area. Future projects will include community clean ups, tree and