What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Team members from five funeral homes in Leeds are walking one million steps to raise hundreds of pounds to support people with life-limiting illnesses. The funeral teams from Wm. Dodgson & Son Funeral Services, which has branches in Middleton, Harehills, Halton, Moortown and Kippax will collectively combine their steps throughout
St Gemma’s Hospice is a Leeds-based charity providing expert care and support for local people with life-limiting illnesses. The Hospice in Moortown has a fantastic opportunity for Day Services Driver Volunteers on Wednesdays or Thursdays. If you want to directly make a difference to patients living with a terminal illness,
In November Rowland Road WMC hosted in charity evening in aid of Teenage Cancer Trust, St Gemma’s Hospice and Macmillan Cancer Support. The entertainment was 11 piece soul band Clandestine Root who have been going since the 1960s but now just get together once a year to raise money for
By the time you are living in a care home you might think it’s time to rest, but Wendy Stephenson can’t stop knitting and has enlisted help from her friends Florence Hustler and Edna Varley. The three, who live at Sunnyview House in Beeston, have recently handed over a blanket
Margaret Gibbon, a lifelong Hunslet Hawks supporter and volunteer passed away on Tuesday (12 May 2015) after a short battle with cancer, she was 72. Hunslet Hawks issued a statement saying: “The club is saddened to hear the passing of Hunslet stalwart Margaret Gibbon who passed away after a short
The White Rose Shopping Centre in Leeds has rounded off its charity partnership with St. Gemma’s Hospice in style with a Mother’s Day pop-up shop, bringing the amount raised for the charity to more than £108,800. Since April 2012, staff at the Centre have supported a range of fundraising activities
Denise Kempton from the Youth Service has been in touch with this report written by young people from Middleton and Belle Isle who took part in the National Citizen Service (NCS) project last year. Fast forward your future! “If you live in England and are or will soon be
The third annual sponsored Fitness Challenge at the Hunslet Club which took place on Saturday 9th of February (highlights of which can be seen in the video above) and the Zumbathon which took place on Saturday 2nd February raised a fantastic total of £3,818 split between the club and St Gemma’s Hospice
The annual Hunslet Club Fitness Challenge in aid of youth club trips and St Gemma’s Hospice took place on Saturday 9th February with almost 50 members of the South Leeds community sweating it out for 2 hours doing box fit, circuits and more. You can see video highlights of how
The Hunslet Club this weekend hosted its’ sponsored Zumbathon in aid of its youth trips and St Gemma’s Hospice. Scores of people took part in a gruelling two hours of zumba and fitness instruction at the club. Says organiser Phillipa Ranger, “Thank you so much to everyone who took part,