What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Last month we at Slung Low were shocked to come to work one morning to discover that the HUB, under the viaduct arches on Bath Road had been burgled during the night. Much of our equipment had been stolen or damaged and our HUB home was in a state of
A project to bring communities together and help people connect with their neighbours has been launched in South Leeds. Local people will be put at the heart of the project, Migrant Access Project Plus (MAP+), which has started in Holbeck before being rolled out to other parts of Leeds next
Here we are at the last column of 2016. Which at least 48% of us don’t feel it’s been a great year. I blame myself. This time last year I was warning people: “Do you realise that by the end of 2016 we could be out of the EU and
New Beginnings Fund launched to help local groups support refugees in Leeds and across the UK A new funding programme, supported by Leeds Community Foundation, is now open for applications to support community projects which welcome refugees and asylum seekers into the UK. The New Beginnings Fund was launched in
LASSN launch helpinleeds.com – a website to help asylum seekers and refugees in Leeds Leeds Asylum Seekers Support Network (LASSN) are launching an online directory of services for refugees and asylum seekers in Leeds, as their contribution to Refugee Week, which starts today (Monday 20 June 2016). The website called
I travelled to Calais last week with a group of trade unionists from Wakefield, where I work, to take much needed supplies to the migrant camp at Calais. A few weeks ago the camp around the little school was bulldozed, by order of the Court. Only the wooden buildings of
This month sees the first ever Leeds Palestinian Film Festival, and features a screening this week (Thursday 10th December) at the Hamara Centre in Beeston Hill. The award-winning film – called ‘On the Side of the Road’ (2013) – is a documentary made by Israeli journalist Lia Tarachansky. It argues
Leeds world music band Fusion will be playing a special benefit gig at The Holbeck this Saturday (10 October 2015). Fusion are breaking new ground in world music, mixing jazz, folk and flamenco with influences from Africa and the East. They mix and blend songs and sounds from a variety
South Leeds people are once again taking a lead on a city-wide appeal to gather, sort, and send tons of winter aid out to refugee camps in the Middle East – and they need all the help they can get! Indeed, whilst the media coverage has focused on those refugees
Bruce Davies writes: In the darkness of a British January the thoughts of many are beginning to turn towards spring; lengthening days, clement weather and the notions of hope and well being that accompany this. For Chris and Lydia Mitton reports of the deepening crisis of displaced Iraqis and Syrians