South Leeds Life

  The South Leeds Community Network has been set up to support, help and encourage the hard work of the volunteers, groups and charities working across south and south east Leeds that make a difference to so many people’s lives… Come along on Monday 20th May from 2:00pm at Tenants Hall Enterprise Centre, Acre Road, [...]

Carla Yeomans from Aire Valley Homes has been in touch to tell us about the work she does in the area: Do you know you can get help, support and funding from Aire Valley Homes? Aire Valley Homes,  recognises that more and more groups in our communities are working really hard to make our neighbourhoods [...]

Groups and organisations in South Leeds have until 15th March to apply for a share of a £7,000 community funding pot. Leeds Federated Housing Association’s Resident Amenity Fund still has £7,000 to award from its 2012/2013 pot, and community groups or individuals can apply for a portion of up to £2,000 to support their projects. [...]

Don’t forget this event is happening TONIGHT (Mon Oct 8th) Come along and find out if your project idea could be support by a Community First grant.

The Council’s Sports & Active Lifestyle Service have been in touch about a seminar they are running in November for voluntary sports clubs: The evening will consist of presentations from: •    Green Leeds Limited •    Grantscape – Caird Bardon •    West Yorkshire Sport •    PWC – Club Leaders There will be information about the Sport [...]

Leeds City Council’s Inner South Area Committee has decided to find a rage of organisations to deliver and support activities for young people in the area. The committee, which covers Beeston and Holbeck, City and Hunslet and Middleton park Wards. South Leeds Life received the letter below explaning the processes. If you run a group, [...]

A persistently delayed housing project in Beeston Hill and Holbeck has moved another step closer to completion after the council was given the go ahead to provide funding for the scheme. The latest decision from HM Treasury will enable the council to provide funding for the Little London, Beeston Hill, Holbeck and Little London PFI project and [...]

Last year Aire Valley Homes supported more than 30 local initiatives and projects in South Leeds through the Inner South Area Panel, writes Carla Yoemans. Events such as Holbeck Gala and Hunslet Festival received funding, as well as the new ‘Welcome to Middleton sign’ and the coffee mornings at Cross Ingrams Community Centre in Holbeck. [...]

One of the vital sources of income for charities, community groups and individuals in need in Leeds in austere times are charitable trusts. Normally set up by an individual or organisation with the aim of distributing money to benefit certain sectors of society, or society as a whole. Some trusts give money for general charitable [...]