What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
A Youth Club that provides activities for hundreds of youngsters in Leeds has been able to expand its gymnastics classes with help from Leeds Federated Housing Association. The Hunslet Club was awarded £2,000 to employ an extra gymnastics instructor from Leeds Fed’s Resident Amenity Fund (RAF), which supports local
Friends of Middleton Park organised SMJ Falconry to give a display of various Birds of Prey, in Middleton Park on Sunday afternoon (11th August 2013). [slideshow_deploy id=’18612′] The public were allowed to photograph the Birds, (no flash) and later there was a flying display. I arrived at 2pm,
The Ciaran Bingham Foundation Trust (CBFT) is holding a 5k Family Fun Run in Middleton Park on Sunday 8th September at 9:00am. CBFT already run a number of services for older people in south Leeds. These include monthly Sunday lunch clubs, social interactive meetings (such as the D Day
I was delighted to discover this week that blocks of flats will be overlooking Holbeck Moor once more when the new housing is completed in a year or two. I poked my nose into the open day event that sc4L held last Monday at St Matthew’s Community Centre. It’s
Schoolchildren in Middleton are learning about growing their own food in an exciting new project supported by local Councillors. Middleton Park Councillors Kim Groves, Judith Blake and Paul Truswell have worked with pupils at Sharp Lane Primary School and Middleton Primary School to plant vegetable gardens. The children
Northern Ballet’s hotly-anticipated new ballet for children Three Little Pigs will première in Leeds this October and it’s set to blow the house down. The second production in Northern Ballet’s series of Short Ballets for Small People, Three Little Pigs has been created to introduce families and young children
Work is getting underway at last on the PFI-funded housing regeneration scheme for Beeston Hill and Holbeck. Following the government’s green light last month, the consortium sc4L is swinging into action to start delivering the programme of 275 new homes and 383 refurbished homes in Holbeck and Beeston Hill.
Beeston Community Forum met on Thursday (1st August 2013) and discussed the White Rose Centre’s expansion plans and progress on a new Beeston Neighbourhood Plan. Tim Flanagan and Dean Stratton from Land Securities the firm that owns and manages the White Rose Centre were present to explain their expansion
As part of Love Parks Week, Groundwork Leeds came to Cross Flatts Park on Thursday. They brought their entire staff for their annual Activity Day. Staff tended the edible beds, painted bins and generally tidied up around the park. They also organised a free family picnic with giant games
The National Health Service is being privatised before our eyes. The latest idea is that we should pay to visit our GP. The free-at-the-point-of-delivery principle of the NHS has been compromised for decades – prescriptions charges, opticians and dental charges, but encouraging patients not to see their GP sounds