What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Skelton Grange Environment Centre is recruiting another batch of Volunteer Officers, thanks to funding from the Big Lottery and National Grid. Run by the charity The Conservation Volunteers, access2nature is a five year project working to improve the life prospects and wellbeing of people in Leeds, by providing a range
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start this week in Beeston at Holbeck Cemetery (don’cha just love the geograohy of South Leeds?) where the Friends group, the Wednesday Wanderers and volunteers from O2 have all been
These were not just volunteers, these were Marks & Spencer’s volunteers! Four community groups in South Leeds welcomed volunteers from Marks & Spencer as part of the company’s Spark Something Good programme. A large group of backroom staff from across the region came to Lady Pit Lane allotments in Beeston
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start this week with Yorkshire in Bloom gold medal winning Park Fisheries in Beeston. They like nothing more than to brighten up the street scene. Usually it’s their floral displays,
Four local community groups are to benefit from a company’s staff volunteering a day’s labour. These are not just any volunteers, these are M&S volunteers. Beeston in Bloom, Lady Pit Lane allotments, Skelton Grange Environment Centre and Friends of Stank Hall Barn will all be supported in their work this
Spring has arrived at TCV Skelton Grange and there’s so much to celebrate! Staff and volunteers are celebrating the arrival of spring with a packed schedule of Easter events, workshops, volunteering opportunities, foodie events, partnership working, school visits, award nominations and competitions. There really is SO much to shout about!
South Leeds community project Skelton Grange Environment Centre is one of 34 projects awarded a share of £80,000 grant funding from a regional fund dedicated to supporting local communities throughout Yorkshire and Humber. Competition for funding was tough. Social housing consortium Efficiency North’s EN:Able Community Investment Fund received 686% more
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start this week in Beeston at the Brew Coffee Shop where they’ve installed a new counter to improve their take out offer. Don’t forget we are there every Thursday morning
Community volunteering charity The Conservation Volunteers’ Skelton Grange Environment Centre in Leeds have been working to clean up an area of their land that was lost following the flooding of the river Aire. A team of volunteers have been helping those across the river near Thwaite Mills, an area also
The names of the people, places and organisations shortlisted for the 2016 Child Friendly Leeds awards have been announced and three South Leeds organisations are in the running for an award. The winners will be officially announced at a prestigious awards ceremony, being organised by a team of young people,