South Leeds Life

A summer of community fetes, festivals, fairs and galas across South Leeds  kicks off this week in Cottingley. Cottingley Summer Fair takes place on Saturday 18th May at Cottingley Primary Academy. The event, which runs from 11:00am to 3:00pm, is being organised by local residents and workers from community organisations. It is funded by MICE [...]

South Leeds dancers will be featured in the hit TV series “The Syndicate”. The Five-part drama follows five hospital workers whose lives are turned upside down when they jointly win the lottery. Actress Nichola Burley (of Street Dance fame) worked with local dance group DAZL to create a street dance scene to be used in [...]

DAZL are seeking applications by Easter for a Youth Dance Leaders training course. The course is aimed at young people aged 16 and over who have been regularly attending a dance class for 2-3 years. The Level 2 course, which is accredited by Dance Leaders UK, will run from May to December. Training will include [...]

There was a barnstorming Christmas Party at Belle Isle Working Men’s Club. Belle Isle Tenant Management Organisation (BITMO)  held their 9th annual community Christmas party which attracted 200 people. Among those attending were families and friends from the local community, BITMO board members and staff and the three ward councillors. Guests were treated to a visit from [...]

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 a tear jerker as millionaire theatrical producer [...]

Here’s your weekly round-up of what’s making South Leeds tick on the area’s blogs, websites and news outlets. Our friends at the Voice of Holbeck blog  say tickets for their jubilee event next month are going quickly – and they also preview their next community meeting. The Friends of Middleton Park Group have posted the [...]

[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-Pon4q18aM&w=560&h=315] Middleton-based DAZL dance group have been going all hip hop as the as this video of their group filmed at Tenants Hall Enterprise Centre shows. If you’re a young person aged 3 – 25 years living in Leeds and fancy trying out the latest dance styles, why not check out a DAZL dance session? DAZL [...]

Here’s our weekly roundup of what’s making south Leeds tick from other blogs and websites: Holbeck in Bloom blog about a very welcome donation from Santander and some of the latest work in the area. The show goes on – that’s the defiant message from the folks at Middleton Railway, who have thanked local people [...]

Ian Rodley of Middleton-based DAZL (Dance Action Zone Leeds) guest blogs on the organisation’s work with youngsters in south Leeds and beyond. If you’re a young person aged three to 25 years and fancy trying out the latest dance styles, why not check out a DAZL dance session? It offers fun, energetic and affordable dance sessions and is [...]

It’s time to dance! Ian Rodley, of Dance Action Zone Leeds (DAZL), has asked us to publicise some community dance sessions being held in Middleton, Belle Isle, Beeston, Morley and Rothwell. Ian writes: “We’re running dance activity for young people age three -19 years and there are also some adult dance sessions amongst the programme. “We have [...]