What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Children living in Hunslet, Beeston and Holbeck have the chance to ride a bike for free following the launch of a new Yorkshire Bank Bike Library. The new library has opened at the Dewsbury Road One Stop Centre and will offer free bike loans for children and families. It follows the
There’s been a lot of gardening going on in Beeston in the last week – taking inspiration from Chelsea maybe? For the second year running Beeston was chosen to take part in Business in the Community’s National ‘Give and Gain Day’. So on Friday (15 May 2015) a team of
Holbeck Food Bank launched in April 2013 and in our first year we were able to deliver food parcels to over 500 households in Holbeck and Beeston, writes Hannah Pearson. It is run entirely by just six volunteers from Holbeck Christian Fellowship and Mosaic Church but this is made
Opposition is growing to plans to close Middleton’s last remaining bank. As revealed on South Leeds Life a fortnight ago, Yorkshire Bank’s plans to close its Middleton Circus branch have already drawn a petition with more than 250 signatures from concerned local residents who say they’re unable to get to
Tomorrow, May the fourth, is Star Wars day. I was going to write about it, but I notice that rather like the planet Alderaan, our banks are disappearing. Any similarity between Darth Vader and bank bosses is purely coincidental. South Leeds Life carried the story last week that Yorkshire Bank
A petition with more than 250 signatures from local people angry about the planned closure of the Middleton branch of Yorkshire Bank is to be sent to bank chiefs. Yorkshire Bank is proposing to rationalise its services and close its Middleton Park Circus branch on June 20, with local residents
The Westwood Community Association have organised a welfare benefits surgery to help residents facing changes in the benefit system. The event is being held on Wednesday 14th March at Westwood Primary School on Bodmin Garth, Middleton. You can drop in at any time between 5:30 and 8:30pm. Staff will be