What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Over 500 members of the local community visited The Conservation Volunteers (TCV) Skelton Grange Environment Centre in Stourton to celebrate the charity’s annual Big Green Weekend on Saturday 3 October 2015. Skelton Grange Environment Centre hosted a fun and action packed day for all. Activities included everything from fun workshops
This week is the last week of the school summer holidays and it’s looking like a very busy week at Skelton Grange! Tuesday and Wednesday we have Bushcraft Adventure for 8-12 year olds (places still available): https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bushcraft-adventure-with-skelton-grange-for-8-12-yrs-tickets-17567380508 We also have a special Bat Walk on Wednesday evening: https://www.facebook.com/ events/423225947878700/ Thursday
The Conservation Volunteers at Skelton Grange Environment Centre are celebrating the news that they have seen over 200,000 walk through the doors of the much loved eco centre and wildlife haven in South Leeds. “The Conservation Volunteers are the unsung heroes of the environment …no one will protect what they
The weather is warm, the bees are buzzing and the cherries are ripening. Summer has well and truly arrived at Skelton Grange! Come join us this Friday (24 July 2015) between 10am–3pm for our Summer Festival; a day of fun, activities and crafts. Activities include: Giant Bubbles Wildflower seed collecting:
What does summer taste like? TCV’s Skelton Grange Environment Centre has planned a fantastic programme of events for children and adults to get involved in during the summer, encouraging participants to have loads of fun learning in the natural environment. Set in a beautiful eco-centre and nature reserve just two
Skelton Grange Environment Centre has been in touch with this opportunity: Do you care about the world around you, and want to do something to make a difference? Do you want to work in the environmental sector, but lack the experience to land your first job? Do you want to
Sam Llewellyn writes: Skelton’s personality and the effort put in to make it a natural retreat by those that work there was evident upon arrival – this is probably made all the more prominent by the busy industrial site that surrounds it. When I first arrived I didn’t know what
The Start of a Newt-iful Friendship Autumn is the season of change and for Skelton Grange Environment Centre, the season began with the grand opening of a brand new pond with a large dipping platform which will allow 12 or more children to safely investigate the habitat at the
Skelton Grange Environment Centre and Hollybush Conservation Centre in Leeds are celebrating 55 years of The Conservation Volunteers! The two charity centres are combining their efforts to create a really special event and Skelton Grange will be flinging open its doors to visitors for its open day on Saturday
Wild leaf salad with a fruit vinaigrette dressing, accompanied by home baked nettle seed bread and followed by elderberry and almond tart anybody? This Saturday (20 September 2014) Craig Worrall of Edible Leeds will be leading a Wild Food Walk around Skelton Grange Environment Centre’s beautiful wildlife area. Berries