What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
I’ve reached the grand old age of 38 and spent since the age of 16 working full time. I’d now started resenting being stuck in an office, the artificial light and looking at balance sheets and worrying about turnover and profitability, time for a change? YES, but what to
Our friends at Skelton Grange Environment Centre have been in touch about some the great events they’ve got coming up this autumn … We have some fantastic events coming up at Skelton Grange Environment Centre during October which we would love you to come along too with friends and
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. Attention art lovers, there is an exhibition at Temple Works in Holbeck this weekend. “Journeys in Asia” by Toby Latham is previewed on The Culture Vulture blog by Emily Hughes: “For me
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. As we are entering autumn, the “season of mists and mellow fruitfulness”, I thought we should start in Stourton. Volunteers at Skelton Grange Environment Centre have been harvesting fruit and veg over
Looking for something fresh and new? A career change? Experience of teaching environmental education? Knowledge of practical conservation and tool use? Do you want to work in the environmental sector, but lack the experience to land your first job? Look no further… The Conservation Volunteers at Skelton Grange Environment
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. Let’s start with a sign of how much cleaner the River Aire is these days. Down at Skelton Grange Environment Centre they have been watching salmon (or are they trout?) jumping the
As the schools break up for the long summer holiday, we look at some of the many activities available to keep your children occupied and entertained. The Hamara Healthy Living Centre in Beeston is running a full summer programme of activities for 6-12 year olds through to 29th August.
The Conservation Volunteers at Skelton Grange Environment Centre in Leeds have piecing together the final stages of an exciting new artwork at the centre. Over 20 different volunteers have helped to put together the three metre wide mosaic which shows a beech tree changing with the passage of the
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. We start this week down at Skelton Grange Environment Centre which has planted a Red Bed – a whole vegetable bed that is dedicated to growing red fruit and vegetables. They’ve kept
Skelton Grange Environment Centre in Stourton is to host a number of new and exciting ways for kids to get out and about over the summer. Each new session is aimed at getting children off the sofa and into the fresh air – to explore nature, to play games, to