What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
South Leeds Life started off in November 2010 with six people sat in room working out how WordPress works, choosing a name and a page format. 700 posts and 60,000 page views later, eight people were back in the same room to form a community group that can build on
I was on my way to incredibly impressive Cockburn School in Beeston the other day, and passed Hunslet Nelson Cricket Club. Which seemed to be right at the bottom of the Middleton Park area. Next to a Beeston school. And it got me thinking – exactly where do the boundaries of
I was recently talking to my cousin, George Peacock, about his recollections of old Holbeck. George emigrated to the USA around 50 years ago and now lives in Florida. He was born in Chelsea Street, Holbeck, in the area where the multi-storey flats were built in the 1960s and which
The Hunslet Club is bringing the latest keep fit craze storming the nation to South Leeds & launching BOKWA sessions for adults aged 16+ Tuesday evenings 7 till 8pm for just £3.50 per session. What is BOKWA? An intense cardiovascular workout combined with South African war dance, Capoeira, Kickboxing and Steps.
Happy New Year and Welcome Back to Friday Night Project! We had our first night back on Friday 6th January and despite the cold, young people from South Leeds braved the weather and came in high spirits, giving us a busy start to the new year with 85 young people attending. We
A GROUP fighting to reopen a Leeds sports centre lobbied councillors as they discussed proposals for it to be replaced by a school in south Leeds. Leeds City Council’s executive board was yesterday considering moving forward with the plan for a primary school on the site of the former South
We have some exciting new activities on for the last few weeks of 2011 with clay-mation workshops; create your own crazy characters and put together a short movie, learn some dance moves for the Christmas party season with D.A.Z.L dance, get creative for Christmas and come and enjoy some fun
Around 50 people turned out in the rain on Saturday to support the SPLASH (Save our PooL And Sports Hall) campaign to get South Leeds Sports Centre reopened, one year on since it was closed by the council. Since it was bonfire night, people were invited to wear ‘V’ for
The first of regular weekly tea and coffee mornings will be held at the Ingram Gardens Community Centre in Holbeck on Monday 7 November between 10.30am and 11.30am. Tea will be 50p and coffee 60p. Biscuits will also be available and a raffle will be held. On this first occasion