What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
A local volunteer-led project is calling for residents to help plant the seeds of a greener, more connected Belle Isle. Incredible Edible Belle Isle has recently set up a project as part of the Edible Leeds network, an organisation dedicated to growing free food for local communities. The project is
More people are invited to sign up for green space volunteering opportunities this summer, to mark National Volunteers’ Week (2-8 June 2025). Earlier this year, Leeds City Council, in partnership with Voluntary Action Leeds, launched their new scheme Volunteer Team Leeds, with the aim of bringing together and inviting new
St Luke’s CARES is working with Our Future Beeston to set up a Repair Cafe for Beeston. Repair Cafés are community spaces where people can bring broken items to be fixed, enjoy a cuppa, and connect with neighbours. It’s all done free of charge, but the project needs local people
Re:establish, the charity that works with young people in Beeston and Holbeck, has found its own home in Holbeck and is in the process of getting it ready to open next month. The Loft is located next to Slung Low’s Warehouse in Holbeck and Jamyang Buddhist Centre on Crosby Road.
For many people in South Leeds Beeston Festival is the highlight of the social calendar an event not to be missed. Every year Cross Flatts Park is filled with music, food, children’s activities for a day of fun and community joy. Many people are surprised to discover that the whole
A group of Leeds College of Building students brushed up on their skills after volunteering to redecorate facilities at Herd Farm Residential and Activity Centre. Painting & Decorating and Multi-Skills students from the College spent several weeks on site, prepping walls and woodwork before painting two office rooms, a reception
A Yorkshire aphasia charity is calling for volunteers in Leeds to apply for their newly formed support roles, as they launch individual branches across Yorkshire to support people living with complex communication challenges. Aphasia often occurs after a brain injury, like stroke, and impacts a person’s ability to speak and
Steven Scupham is local South Leeds hero from Beeston Hill, battling cancer and volunteering to give something back. His bravery has been recognised in two nominations for this year’s Yorkshire Choice Awards and you can help Steven by voting for him. Steven is nominated in the Volunteer of the Year
Coram Beanstalk, a children’s reading charity supporting local children to find a love of reading, is looking for volunteers to support children in South Leeds. As a Coram Beanstalk volunteer you will receive full training to deliver fun, interactive, reading experiences each week in school. You will provide one to
Beeston Festival held its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 11 January, reflecting on another successful event in 2023 and looking ahead to 2024. The Annual Report, which is now available to read and download on the festival website at beestonfestival.org.uk, details how the organising committee plan their work and reflected