What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Leeds City Council Housing Leeds is celebrating success. Branching out into the community, the Support Hub @Holbeck is now open! Council services, such as housing, street cleansing, customer services and employment support can now be found Tuesday to Thursday at 5 Recreation View in the heart of Holbeck. The Police
A group of local residents shared their stories and food from all over the world at an event in Holbeck this week. Twenty migrants who have moved to Holbeck and Beeston in the last few years held a Human Library event at Ingram Gardens Community Centre. The event was part
Touchstone is third Yorkshire employer to gain coveted Investors in People Platinum Investors in People (IIP), the organisation benchmarking excellence in people management, has awarded its highest platinum accolade to Touchstone, a Beeston-based mental health and wellbeing charity. Touchstone is only the third employer in the region to be accredited
A project to bring communities together and help people connect with their neighbours has been launched in South Leeds. Local people will be put at the heart of the project, Migrant Access Project Plus (MAP+), which has started in Holbeck before being rolled out to other parts of Leeds next
A new service to enable pregnant women together with parents and carers of babies aged 0-2 to support each other is being launched in South Leeds. The three year project will develop a training programme to help ‘Peer Supporters’ – parents who can support other parents. Working alongside parents and
The WY-FI (West Yorkshire Finding Independence) project – which aims to help people with multiple and complex needs to access services and support they need to overcome issues associated with mental ill health, re-offending behaviour, homelessness and problematic substance misuse – has announced that it is seeking applications/Expressions of Interest
While growing up in Czechoslovakia during the 1920s and 30s, Iby Knill was not aware that she and her fully-assimilated family were Jews, and did not even know what it meant to be Jewish. But its significance became all too apparent when Nazi racial laws were imposed, leading to inconveniences,
BITMO GATE held a Balloon Race in recognition of World Mental Health Day. On Friday 9th October. Thanks to Alison Lowe, from Touchstone, who donations were made to. Alison made a short speech, before the balloons were released. When any balloons are returned to The GATE, see who’s balloon went the longest
Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook and Twitter. We start this week reminiscing about Beeston. If you live or grew up in Beeston, you need to join the Memories of Beeston, Leeds Facebook Group. From there we reproduce a
Nafisa Miraf from Beeston-based mental health charity Touchstone is one of five finalists in the Volunteer Manager of the Year category of the prestigious Third Sector Awards 2014. Nafisa has been shortlisted for making an outstanding contribution to volunteering at Touchstone which includes massively boosting the numbers of volunteers