What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Toby from the Skelton Grange Environment Centre has been in touch with a request for help surveying amphibians …. Winter has been clinging on with the current icy blast, but it can’t put off the arrival of Spring forever. This is the time of year for lots of frog activity
Mark Hodgkinson from Leeds SPACE network has let us know about the following event this Wednesday (27th March): At Space this half term a number of Young People from South Leeds have have been meeting at the Mariners Centre to create 7 large pieces of art work representing 7 of
The Ciaran Bingham Foundation Trust has organised an Easter Sunday Family Funday event at St Peter’s Church in Belle Isle. The event kicks off at 12:30pm and includes an Easter Egg Hunt for children under 12, followed by an Easter bonnet parade. There will be a cake stall, hook-a-duck,
Local Councillors in South Leeds have agreed to fund projects that will be key in the fight against grime crime. With flytipping costing the council and private land owners hundreds of thousands of pounds a year to clean up, members of the Inner South Area Committee have agreed to purchase
Leeds City Council is consulting on a draft Neighbourhood Framework for Middleton and Belle Isle, which will capture the community’s vision and help shape the future of Middleton and Belle Isle. The Framework, which has been worked on by the Council and residents, will govern how the area is developed
Never mind the Budget this week, it’s the massive cuts already coming our way in the Welfare Reforms that will hurt South Leeds. I went to the Inner South Area Committee meeting on Wednesday night. I haven’t written up a proper report because it was mostly rather dull. However, the
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites and blogs. We all need “a bit of bright in the grey” at the moment as Spring doesn’t quite get sprung. “Ragwort” writing on Beeston in Bloom’s blog reports that the nearest Dewsbury Road trough to her
Leeds city Museum hosts a science fair this Saturday boasting stargazers, dragonflies, mad scientists and much more. South Leeds Life doesn’t normally cover city centre events, but following the success of South Leeds Community Radio’s “Come Dine With Science”, we thought we should mark your card for this event. There
Hunslet Hawks will be supporting the inaugural Parkrun to be held in Cross Flatts Park, Beeston on Saturday 23rd March at 9:00am. As previously reported on South Leeds Life, Parkrun’s free, weekly, 5km timed runs are coming to Beeston. They are open to everyone, free, and are safe and easy
Ahead of tomorrow’s St Patrick’s Day parade, I spoke to Chris O’Malley, the Director of the Irish Arts Foundation about South Leeds’ Irish community. March is Irish History Month. I asked why we need an Irish History Month, Chris explained: “It was inspired by Black History Month. Like black history,