What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
South Leeds charity, St Luke’s CARES has launched it’s brand new website. The website has been developed in partnership with Leeds based creative communications agency Magpie. The new website captures all the different services St Luke’s CARES provides in this community from the youth projects The Shine Project and RISE,
Over the past few months Our Future Beeston (OFB) has been busy within different community areas identifying and supporting climate action based work within Beeston. Here is a roundup of what has been going on in your area. Trentham Park Hanging Basket Event OFB supported St Luke’s and St Luke’s
Brickfield Bootcamp has started again and will run every Monday evening 6:30-7:30pm throughout the summer. It is a free outdoor activity session for anyone over 16 to attend in Brickfield Park, off Lady Pit Lane in Beeston. Rob Docherty, a fitness instructor, who led the sessions last year will again
Friday 3 November 2023 saw the finale of the local ‘Upcycling Competition’, which invited residents from across South Leeds to transform unwanted household items into something new. Organised by St Luke’s CARES and Our Future Beeston, as part of the larger ‘Save Money Save the Planet’ campaign, the competition saw
Come and join us for the launch of the first South Leeds Green Film Festival on Saturday 23 September 2023 at 6:30pm. The evening will take place at St Luke’s CARES Community Cinema on Dewsbury Road (upstairs at the charity shop) and will feature the film Together We Grow –
This month saw the installation of a new mosaic, on the outside of the St Luke’s Cares shop on Dewsbury Road in Beeston. It reads ‘The climate’s changing – are we?’, and was created by members of the local community, in partnership with Seagulls Paint – a Leeds social enterprise
Following on from the Save Money, Save the Planet event held in October 2022 at St Luke’s CARES charity shop, there are plans to hold a South Leeds Waste Film Festival later in the year. The aim is to show a wide range of films about rubbish, reuse, recycling, consumer
Do you want to make money hiring out your household items to other local people, or save money by renting items off others? Local campaigners are encouraging south Leeds people to sign up to a website that enables regular people to rent out items to others in their community –
Born in Beeston a year ago this week Shine Babies is a young mums group, run by Shine and Better Together (Health for All). Shine Babies runs every Wednesday morning at the Beeston Hill United Free church. They provide creative sessions for our beautiful babies so Mums can have a
As the days are getting lighter and flowers are starting to pop up we wanted to take the chance to give a bit of an update on some of the exciting things happening at St Luke’s CARES at the moment. Down at the St Luke’s CARE Reuse Shop & Furniture/Electrical