What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
We are now half way through our current Community Reporters course. Over the last five weeks our students have learned what “hyperlocal blogging” means; they’ve learned to take better photographs to illustrate their posts with trips to Middleton Park and Leeds City Museum. Last week we looked at structuring
The South Leeds Community Network has been set up to support, help and encourage the hard work of the volunteers, groups and charities working across south and south east Leeds that make a difference to so many people’s lives… Come along on Monday 20th May from 2:00pm at Tenants
PCSO Kirsty Johnson has been in touch to explain how we can all help dementia sufferers: As a PCSO (Police Community Support Officer) in Beeston, when I arrive at someone’s house I am expected to know exactly what to do, how to deal with a situation and which other agencies
Is English your second language? Are you looking for work? This ESOL course could be just what you need. Learning Partnerships are running the free 12 hour course which will include: Work-related vocabulary Finding work Applying for jobs Writing or improving your CV Job interviews For more information contact Learning
A new housing development in Middleton is offering local people route into working in the construction industry. Sanctuary Group are working with Keepmoat to build 122 new homes in Middleton. Working in partnership with Employment Leeds and Construction and Housing Yorkshire the following opportunities are being made available to local people:
Those good people at Skelton Grange Environment Centre have been in touch to tell us about volunteering opportunities at Stourton: Do you care about the world around you and want to do something to make a difference? Do you want to share your passion for the environment with the next
I have written a number of pieces as a result of my own personal experiences, but have never thought about publishing them, but just to have them as a record or diary of my own personal life. Like the time I ran a marathon. I wrote a diary of the
Our second Community Reporters course started today. It was a day of introductions. Five new students introduced themselves. As tutor, I introduced the idea of “hyperlocal blogging” and we looked at half a dozen sites from around the country and talked about how South Leeds Life has been developed over
The Get IT Together project, a partnership with Citizens Online and BT, supported by Leeds City Council and the Nominet Trust is looking for volunteers with basic computer skills. Following training they will then help run basic IT sessions for people who have would like to get online for the
South Leeds Life is running another of its free Community Reporters courses – and there are places still available. A course that will equip people from Belle Isle and Middleton to write news stories for South Leeds Life, or for their own community group, will start on Wednesday 17th April. The