What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Community groups in South Leeds looking for help to run their projects need look no further than the South Leeds Community Network’s Funding Fair on Wednesday 27 August 2014. The Funding Fair will form part of the Network’s Annual General Meeting and will feature stalls and information about a
‘Like my limit’ launches this week, aiming to tackle an increasing trend of drinking at home. The campaign will launch on Facebook and other online platforms, using a series of e-cards and infographics to prompt people to think more carefully about their alcohol consumption, and encourage them to make
BITMOs GATE Each month we have a range of activities, events and courses available for FREE at BITMOs GATE, which is the new resource centre next to Belle Isle TMO’s housing office on Belle Isle Road. HERE ARE SOME OF THE THINGS HAPPENING IN SEPTEMBER Ballot for
Beeston Library will host a display about the history of Beeston put together by the Local History Society from Sunday 17 August 2014. The Beeston Local History Society was formed in 1983. Initially we came into being as a small group interested in preserving a record of the past
If you happened to be walking through Middleton Park at the weekend (2 & 3 August 2014) you may have seen a bunch of tents neatly congregated within some orange mesh fencing and a portaloo. If you did then that was the Middleton Community Camp. The organisers of this fantastic idea were Ed
The ARISE initiative, which provides funding for grassroots groups and organisations in south Leeds, has reached a major milestone. The initiative which is supported by Land Securities, Evans Property Group and Munroe K, was launched in September 2005 – and the independent awards selection committee has now considered the
Supermarket giant Tesco has put up for sale land originally intended for a new supermarket in Beeston. Tesco was locked in a lengthy and unsuccessful battle with Asda to build a new supermarket in the Old Lane area last year, with city planners opting for Asda’s plans to build a new
Middleton Park is known by many as the ‘green jewel of South Leeds’ – in fact local residents have been saying for years how great it is! And now it’s been revealed that the historic park has just scooped a prestigious national Green Flag award. Middleton joins a select band
The family of a Hunslet man, now living in Sarlat, France is carrying on the fight against cancer whilst commemorating a father lost to prostate cancer last year. The late Roy Bowen, educated at Leeds Grammar School, is buried in Sarlat, the town he loved best after Leeds. After school
Leeds City City Council could cut the opening hours of all 36 libraries in Leeds – including Middleton, Dewsbury Road, Hunslet and Beeston. According to a detailed report on the Leeds Citizen, a public consultation has been launched into the cuts, which could save the cash-strapped council £100,000 a year