What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
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
At the end of June, The Shine Nail Bar is shutting its doors for good. The Shine Nail Bar is a project that St Luke’s CARES began back in 2015, a social enterprise nail bar to provide opportunities for young people in the local area to gain skills, support and
White Rose Shopping Centre is encouraging visitors to donate a gift for deserving children this Christmas as the Giving Tree returned on Monday (19 November 2018). The annual charitable drive, in association with Heart Yorkshire, asks shoppers to donate gifts of all shapes and sizes or monetary contributions to benefit
The Inner South Community Committee met yesterday (5 September 2018) at the Leeds Urban Bike Park in Middleton. The committee is made up of our nine local ward councillors and oversees a range of work in the local area as well as managing a wellbeing grants budget. 1. Leeds doesn’t
St Luke’s CARES charity shop and warehouse was packed this afternoon (24 May 2018) as their 2018 Community Award winners were unveiled. The whole community turned out to celebrate the breadth and diversity of organisations working across South Leeds, with food, music and ice cream. One of the shortlisted finalists,
The St Luke’s CARES Community Awards reaches its crescendo next Thursday (24 May 2018) and everyone’s invited to the party! Back in January we helped St Luke’s CARES launch the scheme which saw 23 wonderful community projects in South Leeds tell their story and ask for a grant. An independent
St Luke’s CARES and South Leeds Life were delighted with the 23 applications (and a late entry, but too late unfortunately!) hoping to win a Community Award of up to £1,000. The entries demonstrated the wealth of brilliant projects doing some really valuable work in South Leeds. There is a