What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Between April and September this year, the Trussell Trust – the UK’s largest emergency food provider – gave 658,048 food parcels to people in crisis. If someone had suggested, say, 40 years ago that so many of our fellow citizens would need to go up to a complete stranger and
Two groups fighting food poverty in Leeds have opened a new shared warehouse in Beeston thanks to a grant from Asda’s “Fight Hunger, Create Change” programme. The warehouse, on the Parkside industrial estate, comes complete with two huge inflatable chiller rooms for fresh food and a fork lift truck to
I notice that the new Tesco Chief Executive Dave Lewis took some of his top managers to a country cottage. This wasn’t supposed to be a jaunt. I’m not sure if ‘team building’ was involved but he made them responsible for the food. They had to go to local supermarkets,
The growth of food banks has been really noticeable in the last few years. In our city there are now five open or about to start work, including one operating in South Leeds. Across Yorkshire and Humberside the number of people – adults and children – needing help from
Next Saturday, 1st June, the Trussell Trust is providing training for anyone who wants to volunteer at the Leeds South Food Bank. It takes place at Middleton Methodist Church, Hopewell View, LS10 3TE and runs from 10.00am to 2.00pm. Attendees should bring a packed lunch with them. There are
Cash-strapped families in South Leeds will be able to get some help this summer as living costs rise and welfare reforms begin to bite. Churches in south Leeds are hoping a food bank will be up and running in June. A food bank is a non-profit, charitable organisation that distributes
Hannah Smith, a curate at Leeds Minster who lives in Beeston, will be running the London Marathon next Sunday. “This is my first marathon and it’s both exciting and very scary! “I’ve decided to raise money for a local charity that I’m involved in. Mon ey you give will go