What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
Two communities in South Leeds will benefit from a share of a £1.5m government fund to create more urban ‘pocket parks’. The Sandon Mount Pocket Park will be a brand new park for the Woodhouse Hill community in Hunslet Carr. This community is made up of dense housing in close
A row of Himalayan Birches has been planted on Cardinal Square today (Wednesday 3 February 2016) as the start of an initiative to green the estate. White Rose Residents Association won a competition against ten other bids from around West Yorkshire to secure a £10,000 grant for the trees. The
Thanks to being a community reporter for South Leeds Life, I had the fantastic opportunity to experience my first Hamara Community Awards in Bradford on Thursday night (4 December 2014). Everyone who had been involved with Hamara in the last year and before came to celebrate the event in the Aagrah
What do you get when you mix good food, a sprinkling of entrepreneurship and a large dollop of old fashioned community spirit? Cafe Me ‘n’ U – that’s what! The new cafe on Beeston’s Cardinal estate is the brainchild of resident Yvonne Crowther and is the result of the £17,000
Here’s your weekly round-up of what’s been making south Leeds tick on other websites and blogs. It’s a bit quieter this week – schools are preparing to break up and people’s minds are straying towards their holidays… The YEP reports a Beeston man who had a history of depression died after plunging
In case you missed it, south Leeds was on telly last night! Channel Four’s The Secret Millionaire programme visited the area, spending time with Yvonne Crowther on the Cardinal Estate and the Dazl Dance group in Middleton. If you missed it, you can watch it again here.As usual, it was
Remember how yesterday South Leeds Life revealed how two new social enterprises on the Cardinal estate in Beeston had received some cash courtesy Channel 4’s Secret Millionaire programme? Well Middleton-based dance group DAZL (Dance Action Zone Leeds) are also featuring on the same programme, which is due to be aired
Ambitious plans to open a new community cafe and a hairdressers on the Cardinal Estate have been boosted by an unexpected source – Channel 4’s The Secret Millionaire TV programme. Community campaigner Yvonne Crowther, who helps run the White Rose Residents Association, is looking to luanch two new social enterprises
The Cardinal Estate in Beeston is preparing for a clear out and a spring clean on Friday and Saturday this week. According to the White Rose Residents Association’s Facebook page, skips will be on the Cardinals on Friday, 30th March, from 4.30pm, until Sat 31st March at 12 noon for people
Good morning, South Leeds. Here’s your weekly round-up of what’s been making south Leeds tick on other news sites and blogs. The YEP reports on the queen of the Cardinal estate in Beeston, Yvonne Crowther, and her bid to turn a hair salon on the estate into a community cafe