What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
A flower festival will kick off a weekend of celebrations to mark the 140th anniversary of Leeds West Hunslet Salvation Army. The landmark birthday will be celebrated on Saturday 23 and Sunday 24 November 2024 at the church in Hunslet Hall Road with a Flower Festival followed by a Leeds
White Rose Shopping Centre has joined forces with The Salvation Army to install clothing donation banks for guests to donate used textiles and unwanted clothing. The initiative aims to provide a safe and efficient place for guests to donate gently-used items to be will be re-sold, with funds used to
The mental health group based in Hunslet happens every Tuesday at 3:45-6pm, within the Salvation Army, on Hunslet Hall Road. Hunslet. We will be marking mental health day on the 10th of October. Generally we have a topic of the day. The participants of the group have chosen the topic
A popular grassroots community project in Beeston is appealing to the wider public for their unwanted … anything! (Nearly.) The volunteer-led project – which runs out of the Salvation Army centre on Hunslet Hall Road – is in need of a wide range of items, to enable them to continue
Customers at Asda’s sustainability store in Middleton recycle over 220 tonnes of clothing, linen, shoes, books and other bric-a-brac Generous Asda customers have donated 221 tonnes – over 4,000 bags – of clothing, textiles and other bric–a–brac, equating to over a tonne a week in its biggest weeks. Through its
John was born in December 1930, in Bridgwater, Somerset. His family were boat builders and salmon fishermen. Sadly, his mother died not long after he was born and his father turned to drinking. It wasn’t long before the family had lost everything and lived in extreme poverty. John said at
Walking into a Salvation Army building you will probably expect a warm welcome, this is exactly how I was met this morning when I visited the Salvation Army on Hunslet Hall Road. Jeremy Morton visited a number of years ago and I re-traced his steps to see how things are
Yesterday (25 March 2018) saw a traditional parade through the streets of Beeston Hill complete with donkeys and the Salvation Army band to mark Palm Sunday. The congregations of the Salvation Army and St Luke’s Church joined together to parade from Hunslet Hall Road, up Lady Pit Lane and along
The popular annual Cross Flatts Park Lantern Festival returns to Beeston this Christmas – on Friday evening (8 December 2017). The free, family-friendly event will once again feature carol singing (led by the local Salvation Army brass band), live animals to meet and pet, refreshments (this year including roast chestnuts),
The Cross Flatts Lantern Festival returned for the 4th time on Friday 9 December 2016. Approximately 400 people came out on an unseasonably mild December evening to enjoy seeing the park beautifully lit up with lanterns and fairy lights. Photos by Mark Day The crowds were treated to performances by