What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Children at playgrounds around Leeds are being encouraged to learn sign language as new fun educational boards are installed. Funded by the National Deaf Children’s Society, two boards have been put up at 10 playgrounds, including in Cross Flatts Park, Beeston, showcasing the British Sign Language (BSL) fingerspelling alphabet and
Residents across Leeds are being invited to stop the traffic on Wednesday 11 June 2025 and host a play street in their neighbourhoods to help mark International Day of Play. Applications are open until Friday 16 May for communities to register to close their roads and host family fun on
Please join us on Wednesday (16 April 2025) for a fun outdoor event for young families to play, get creative and try new things. The event takes place from 10:45am-12pm and is delivered by Hunslet & Belle Isle Community Project and is kindly funded by Get Set Leeds Local as
Local residents are being invited to transform their neighbourhoods into vibrant, playful spaces with the help of Playful Anywhere’s new Playcart initiative—a mobile play station packed with creative resources designed to spark fun and connection in communities. Playful Anywhere, a Leeds-based organisation dedicated to fostering playfulness in public spaces, has
The Lord Mayor of Leeds Charity Appeal ‘Just One Day’ has been hailed a ‘great success’, after returning last Thursday (27 February 2025) with the theme of ‘one day to play’. The event runs all year, but features a day where schools, universities, businesses and the public can spend the
This year’s production at Cockburn Laurence Calvert Academy was the musical Grease. The show was seen by a total audience of 1,000 people at three evening performances and one matinee for local primary schools. The cast and crew have been working extremely hard since September to make Grease the best it
On Tuesday 29 October 2024 the new look Hunslet ‘town square’ hosted another successful family play event giving young families a chance to play, get creative and try new things. Over 80 children and adults enjoyed a range of fun activities in the (suprising!) autumn sunshine including arts & crafts,
This weekend there is another chance in south Leeds to celebrate Yorkshire’s anti-fascist past. At The Holbeck on Saturday 5 October Leeds TUC are hosting Breakout Arts for a performance of ‘The Lions of Rotherham’ following last weekend, when the Leeds Civic Trust with Leeds Stand Up To Racism unveiled
On Wednesday (14 August 2024) the new look Hunslet Town Square hosted a successful Family Play Event giving young families a chance to play, get creative and try new things! Over 50 children and adults enjoyed a range of fun activities in the sun including various water activities, puppet making,
Splat Mat is a new free art and play group for under 5s running at the Hamara Centre in Beeston, providing a positive, relaxed session each week for families with young children to play together. Discover artist Bea Lee Knowles’ colourful splat mats: squeeze, stack, pull, grab, touch, scratch, mash