South Leeds Life

The Hunslet Club aims to provide activities that develop young people to achieve their full potential. Our work includes a wide ranging evening and weekend programme of youth based activities including football, boxing, gymnastics, performing arts, cheerleading, musical theatre, Irish dance, hip hop, breakdance, ballet and other leisure activities for over 2,000 young people per week aged between two and a half and eighteen years of age. The activities develop the young people, raising their confidence, provide opportunities to socialise with peer groups, learn new skills, live healthier lifestyles and become responsible young citizens. The club also provides fitness activities for adults and is available to hire for parties and functions. For the last eleven years on weekdays the club has delivered courses leading to accredited vocational qualifications in sport, healthy lifestyles, dance, vehicle maintenance, construction, hair and beauty, ICT, key skills, catering and music production for 14 to 16 year olds. The courses are either 1 or 2 years in length and targeted at young people from a range of challenging backgrounds. Over the course of the academic year over 380 pupils referred from almost forty high schools across gain an average of 4 qualification certificates each and referrals onto to higher education, apprenticeships or employment

As the schools close, the Hunslet Club once again flings its doors open for another action packed, low cost Activity Camp for children and young people, Tuesday to Friday. More info and video at www.hunsletclub.org.uk

  The Hunslet Club in Leeds needs volunteers of all ages to help run its many activities for children and young people to reach their full potential. Check out the new video above to see the many ways in which you could help. Could you help run sports sessions including football, boxing, gymnastics or rugby? [...]

As the Hunslet Club finishes the 2012/13 Football Season it’s time to sum up the highlights of it’s achievements this year, which once again have been fantastic. The Football For Tots sessions on Wednesdays & Thursdays have been thriving with our stars of the future enjoying their first taste of the game, well done to them. Newcomers are [...]

The recently launched Hunslet Club & Parkside Rugby Academy now has an expanded programme of training sessions from pre-school through to year 9 at their facilities in South Leeds. These two clubs with long established roots in rugby league, having taught the likes of Jason Robinson (now Honorary Patron of the Academy) and many other professional [...]

Footballers at the Hunslet Club have started to play matches recently with a squad set of kits donated by stars of the Premier League. Through the Players’ Kit Scheme the squads of all of the 20 Barclays Premier League Clubs have provided some of the best youth teams throughout the country with free Nike football [...]

  The Hunslet Club, The FA and Mars, The FA’s Adult Football Partner, have made it as easy as a ‘one-two’ to turn up and start playing the football that best suits you: whether it’s a good old-fashioned kickabout or the more competitive game, like 5 or 11 a side on our outdoor 3G training [...]

Rick Hazelwood from the Hunslet Old Boys Rugby Team and Trevor Brennan from the Hunslet Club Football Team took part in the 50th World Coal Carrying Championships on Easter Monday. This, most Yorkshire of world competitions, took place in Gawthorpe. These lads had to run with a sack of coal, approximately one mile, (1108. 25 [...]

Following the success of last years competition, its back! Come down and vote for who you think deserves the Glitterball at The Hunslet Club Strictly Come Dancing Themed Competition Night! Last years’ competitors were fantastic, see above for video of last years’ winner, this years’competitors have been practicing hard for months and this promises to once again [...]

When Billie Hallard took part in a dance event at the Hunslet Club almost a decade ago she mislaid a precious album containing irreplaceable photographs of herself taking part in competitions across the county. Gone forever so her family sadly thought.  However little did she know that it would turn up in 2013 having sat [...]