What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The ‘Save Money, Save The Planet’ campaign being run by St Luke’s CARES is holding an ‘Upcycling’ competition and there are cash prizes up for grabs. Upcycling repurposes unwanted materials and turns them into something great. The competition is for people to craft something from items that would otherwise go
When Thomas Watson was born in 1869 in a tiny white painted cottage on the south side of Beeston Town Street his childhood would have been traditional and as secure as it could have been at this period of time. There were five woollen mills in the district, two dye
Food, arts & crafts, clothes, fruit & veg and more will be on offer at a family-friendly ‘Farmers’ Market’ in Cross Flatts Park on Saturday (17 July 2021). The free event, which has been organised by Hamara with support from Slung Low, Involve and Leeds City Council, will take place
Four Food Pantries are supporting people across South Leeds who are struggling put food on the table. Middleton-based charity Health For All set up the pantry scheme which is now operating at Cranmore & Raylands Community Centre in Belle Isle, Middleton Family Centre on Sissons Road, the Watsonian Pavilion in
Beeston In Bloom held a plant sale at the Watsonian Pavilion in Cross Flatts Park on Saturday (24 April 2021). Aspiring and experienced gardeners perused the prennials and assessed the annuals in a Covid-safe way, snapping up plants at bargain prices. Beeston In Bloom took a record amount on the
South Leeds families are invited to participate in a new ‘Love to Play’ festival this month – with free giant den-building kits and more available locally, to help them do so. The festival – run by acclaimed Leeds-based ‘Playful Anywhere’, between 10-17 April – is aiming to inspire people across
A new mural inspired by the Slung Low LS11 Art Gallery, which saw local residents artworks displayed on lampposts around Beeston and Holbeck, has been unveiled on the Watsonian Pavilion in Cross Flatts Park, Beeston. The mural, commissioned by Beeston Festival, has been created by artist George Addy who took
It might seem too good to be true, but on Monday (20 July 2020) Beeston is hosting a temporary ‘Free Shop’ where you can pick up a range of second hand goods … without paying a penny! The ‘shop’ is part of the Leave Leeds Tidy scheme – this year
The first Thyme Together Craft & Homemade Food Market was run on Saturday 29 February 2020at the Watsonian Pavilion in Cross Flatts Park, Beeston The event was a partnership between Better Action for Families ABCD project, Leeds City Council and Health for All’s The Bridge Cafe. Over 70 people attended
Cross Flatts Park is now home to an automated external defibrillator (AED) that is accessible to all after local Councillors funded an external cabinet to house it. For just over three years the AED, bought by the Cross Flatts parkrun, has lived inside the kitchen at the Watsonian Pavilion in