What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
As part of the Leeds 400 celebrations to mark the 400th anniversary of the city receiving its royal charter in 1626, the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society held a creative writing competition for school children in the city. The theme of the competition was ‘400 words to celebrate Leeds 400’
We are of course anticipating that we’ll all be in some form of lockdown for many weeks to come – and news (and events, and sport, and a lot of our regular content) will be in short supply. Meanwhile, we’ll all be cooped up at home, looking for things to
South Leeds Life has partnered with St Luke’s CARES to support their new Community Awards grant scheme. Three groups will win a cash grant, but every group that enters will get some free publicity. We wanted to simplify the application process and make sure everyone is a winner. So all
It all began for me about four years ago, when I noticed I was struggling with climbing the stairs, and getting in and out of the bath, due to the pain and stiffness in my legs. This steadily became worse over time, and my partner suggested that I go see
Hallowe’en arrives early in Holbeck on Sunday 2 October as Slung Low join in with the nation’s Fun Palaces by bringing you their 5th How To…Festival : Bride of The Fun Palace of Fear. A day of macabre performances, demonstrations, activities and food with Nunkie Theatre, Harrison Richards, Joe Lidster,
Join us for our regular new News Cafe in Beeston. The News Cafe is a very simple idea: volunteers from South Leeds Life will be in the cafe and happy to talk to you about what’s going on locally. It’s not so much a debating society, more a chance for
Back in November we advertised for someone to become our regular sports reporter cover the Hunslet Hawks this season. In fact we took on two writers Stephen Clark and Tom Leak. Tom has now moved on as he has secured a sports writing job in London. We therefore have a
Have you got a story you want to tell? Do you want to write, but don’t know where to start? Come and join us at our weekly blogging workshop. South Leeds Life has teamed up with South Leeds Community Radio to provide a weekly session for anyone who wants
Yesterday was the first day of the Community Correspondent course (flash term for reporter) so I decided that I’d write a little mini-blog that charts my progress. So after a two week delay in the course starting, I arrived at the South Leeds Community Radio building in Beeston. I
I recently had the opportunity to attend the Community Reporters Course run by South Leeds Life spending ten weeks learning skills in news story writing, opinion pieces and how to write the perfect headline. Held at the new South Leeds Community Radio headquarters we were quickly thrown in the