What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
South Leeds Life is written by a group of people who live and work in South Leeds. We meet as a group every month to discuss how to develop the blog. Under discussion this month will be: Advertising on South Leeds Life Which news stories we should be covering Marketing
Just a reminder that the next meeting of the South Leeds Life Group is being held this Thursday, 21st February. We’ll be discussing what’s happened on the blog over the last month, future ideas for articles and how South Leeds life can be developed – all are genuinely welcome. We’ll
The South Leeds Life Group met yesterday and covered a whole host of issues: Community reporters The first training course has been completed and feedback, from students and tutors, was excellent. A second course, for residents of Belle Isle and Middleton will start soon. Further courses for Beeston Hill and
Here’s your weekly round-up of what’s making South Leeds tick on the area’s best websites, blogs and on Facebook. Just a reminder that the monthly South Leeds Life group meeting will be held tomorrow at St Luke’s Church, Malvern Road at 2pm. All welcome to attend to discuss the blog,
Would you like to have your say on how this blog is run? Would you like to contribute and be part of the South Leeds Life Group? The next South Leeds Life Group meeting is today 2pm at St Luke’s Church on Malvern Road, Beeston. Come and have your say on
In week two of our South Leeds Life Community Correspondents course we learned how to take photos to accompany articles and then went to Leeds City Museum to put what we had learned into practice. There are a lot of interesting exhibits about the history of Leeds and I was particularly interested in the
Last Tuesday, we had a visit to the museum in the centre of Leeds. The building started as The Mechanics Institute, then it was known as The Civic Theatre. When it opened as the City Museum, I went to see what it was like, and enjoyed it. The trip with
Yesterday saw the intrepid band of South Leeds Life community reporters learn about photography and how to take photos for their stories – and they also undertook their first assignment. The group took two cars from Tenants Hall in Middleton down to the Leeds Museum, opposite Millennium Square in the
Pictured above are some of the local residents who are about to become community correspondents for South Leeds Life! This afternoon we’ve been holding the first session of our 10-week community correspondents course at Tenants Hall Enterprise Centre. Course participants got a preview about what the course will offer, including
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