What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
An occasional series of articles by someone in south Leeds who took up golf with considerably more enthusiasm than skill… I don’t want to start at the beginning because, contrary to Oscar Hammerstein II, it’s not a very good play to start… Maybe I’ll tell you why I took up
The Hunslet Club was proud winner of the Outstanding Community Sports Award at the Leeds Sports Awards at a glamorous ceremony at Elland Road on March 14th 2013. Sponsored by Leeds Trinity University and presented by Councillor Adam Ogilvie, Chief Executive Officer Dennis Robbins & Sports Development Officer Craig Gilmour
What have hot pants and washing your hands got to do with making the world a better place? I covered the meeting discussing how council housing should be run in the city earlier this week. I was heartened by the emphasis people put on involving tenants in the management of
Last weekend the ASHA Girls Group went on a training weekend away at the Gearstones Lodge in the Yorkshire Dales for their Duke of Edinburgh Silver award. Despite the challenge of walking in the ice cold and snowy weather, the girls have worked really hard to develop their skills, making
Tenants are to be at the heart of the new structures for managing council houses in Leeds. The Council have already decided that the three “ALMOs” – Aire Valley Homes, West North West Homes and East North East Homes – are to be merged into one organisation. A consultation, Your Home
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites and blogs. The Westwood Community Association have a very good Facebook group with lots of lively discussion. This week they posted have some good advice about doorstep crime and how to avoid becoming a victim. There was
Did you know that despite the acute shortage of accommodation in Leeds more than 5,000 homes in the city have been empty for more than six months? A council report indicates that while many of the vacancies are in the traditional student areas of Leeds (Headingley and Hyde Park) and
Councillor Paul Truswell told a meeting in Middleton on Friday that Leeds City Council is looking at re-designating properties to help tenants affected by the Bedroom Tax. From April households who are deemed to have too many bedrooms will face a reduction in their Housing Benefit of 14% – 25%.
Ed and Tania Carlisle live in a back to back in Beeston with a difference: they’ve got ten solar panels on their roof. In Climate Week, I went to speak with Ed to find out more. Ed explains, “We’ve been interested in green living for a while, but it’s an
Dozens of community groups from South Leeds headed to the Civic Hall on Wednesday for an evening of celebration. The event was organised by the Councillors of our three wards: Beeston & Holbeck, City & Hunslet and Middleton Park. Groups that had received funding from the Inner South Area Committee