What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The campaign group Hands Off Our Homes have called a public meeting in Middleton to galvinise opposition to the Bedroom Tax. The Bedroom Tax, officially called the “Under-occupation Penalty”, is a reduction to Housing Benefit for people deemed to have more bedrooms than they need. It is part of a
As previously reported on South Leeds Life, BBC Radio 4 has made a documentary about the controversial poem “V”. V was written by Leeds-born poet Tony Harrison in response to a visit to his parents’ grave in Holbeck Cemetery in 1984. He found gravestones spray painted with four-letter words. The
Children and young people in south Leeds will benefit from a range of new and exciting initiatives as part of £100,000 that has been invested by the area committee. The Inner South Area Committee has invested over £100,000 of its wellbeing fund in a range of activities including cooking classes,
Whether it’s the housing PFI scheme, booking a holiday, or Beeston Festival, life increasingly seems to be about spinning plates. The Council are getting a lot of flack for the Beeston Hill & Holbeck PFI-funded housing scheme. It seems to have been dragging on forever. Everything has taken a lot
The Council is consulting its tenants about how council housing in Leeds will be managed in the future. Leaflets have been dropping through letterboxes across the city explaining the proposed changes and asking for comments. There are two organisations managing council housing in our part of the city: Aire Valley
Leeds City Council has announced further delays to the PFI-funded scheme to bring new housing to Holbeck and Beeston Hill. The latest delay has apparently been caused by the government requiring the Council and the contractors to find different funding to that which they had in place. The Council has
Trolleybuses could be running from a Park & Ride facility in Stourton, through Hunslet to the city centre and beyond in five year’s time. Two consultation events were held in Hunslet last week by project organisers West Yorkshire Metro. Residents had the opportunity find out more about the scheme, details
On Friday the Council’s Executive Board meets to consider the Council’s budget for the coming year. Buried in the detail are clues about what will happen to allotment charges and the future of golf courses and bowling greens. The budget report includes comments from the Council’s Scrutiny Boards that in
South Leeds Life is launching its second Community Reporters Course for residents in Belle Isle and Middleton. During the ten week course you will learn everything you need to know to start reporting for South Leeds Life, including: Writing a news story Writing headlines Taking better photos Using video and audio
I spent the morning walking around Beeston asking shops and community buildings to put up a poster advertising the South Leeds Life meeting about Stank Hall Barn. I got a fantastic response, with most people agreeing to display the poster. “That’s the oldest building in Beeston, mate” said a customer