What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. There’s always so much going on at the Hunslet Club. Their Facebook page is a great place to keep up to date with everything from Zumba to Boxing to Latin Fusion. We
People who go the extra mile to support their community, or who have shown great courage, were recognised in an awards ceremony at White Rose Shopping Centre. A total of 20 people were recipients of the White Rose Community Awards presented by centre director James Bailey and centre manager
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. Leeds City Council are consulting on their flood risk strategy. Whilst much of South Leeds is securely on hills we do have waterways running through the area. The press release is illustrated
The council is warning litter louts that a range of council officers can and will enforce the law if caught dropping rubbish. The advice comes as a man from Middleton was prosecuted having failed to pay a fixed penalty notice for littering issued by a council dog warden. Having
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. Beeston food blogger Ewan Mitchell has been busy. On his Everything But The Oink blog he reports that his pig, “Breakfast”, is a bit of a bad boy who has taken 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
SLATE, the “feelgood furniture store” is recruiting for a casual van driver. SLATE is a charity and part of its operations is a second hand furniture shop. They are looking for a casual driver to collect and deliver furniture across Leeds and surrounding areas, working alongside and supporting people
You won’t need a mountain bike for this workshop which promises to teach you the “Shabby Chic” basics. SLATE, the charity behind the Feel Good Furniture Shop in Hunslet and the Feel Good Cafe at Hillside in Beeston, have teamed up with the No Stripping Studio to lay on this
Clocks going back this weekend marks the start of changed opening hours for Leeds’ household waste sorting sites. The city’s hubs for recycling, including Holmewell Road in Middleton, will close at 4pm from Monday 29 October. All nine sites will continue to open at 8am, seven days a week. A
The South Leeds Life Group met this afternoon to discuss how the blog is developing. The biggest news was the report back from the Blog North Awards which were handed out in Manchester on Wednesday night. South Leeds Life was shortlisted in the City or Neighbourhood category, but unfortunately lost