South Leeds Life

  The Luncheon club is held every Tuesday for the elderly residents of Belle Isle sheltered housing, and is run by BITMO. We meet from 11:00am until 1:00pm at Sheltered Housing Luncheon Club, 58 Belle Isle Circus, Belle Isle, Leeds, LS10 3HW Come and join us every Tuesday for lunch, which we order (for them [...]

    In April the Cross Ingram Area Residents Association had a meeting with Hilary Benn MP. The main topic of discussion was the delay in starting the housing PFI scheme for Holbeck and Beeston Hill; it was indicated that this delay was due to the current government. It was suggested that the group should [...]

  We are now half way through our current Community Reporters course. Over the last five weeks our students have learned what “hyperlocal blogging” means; they’ve learned to take better photographs to illustrate their posts with trips to Middleton Park and Leeds City Museum. Last week we looked at structuring a news story. This week [...]

Since South Leeds Community Radio moved to its new home on Ashbrooke Park (just off Dewsbury Road), we have tried to make our station look as nice as possible for our staff, volunteers and learners. Jaz, the Station Manager, has finally admitted he is no Laurence Llewelyn Bowen, so we need your help! Do we [...]

  SLATE, the “feelgood furniture store” is recruiting for a casual van driver. SLATE is a charity and part of its operations is a second hand furniture shop. They are looking for a casual driver to collect and deliver furniture across Leeds and surrounding areas, working alongside and supporting people with learning difficulties. You must [...]

Alisia Casper and her show Homolonius II – Lost In General is the latest exhibition at Basement Arts Project, Leeds’ smallest art gallery. Bruce and Debs Davies have turned the cellar of their terraced house into an arts space. Alisia Casper is a prolific artist, so on this occasion the pictures spill into the living room. [...]

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 other branches. The bank, which [...]

  Ralph Walker from Skelton Grange Environment Centre has been in touch: When the volunteers and staff turned up at Skelton Grange yesterday it was the beginning of another lovely day at the centre. The sun was shining and the natural colours across the site seemed to be developing with each passing hour to the [...]

A Trolleybus question and answer session was held at Belle Isle Family Centre yesterday (1st May). I went to this session as the new Trolleybus route (if the plans are passed) will come down my street, Winrose Grove. I was surprised by the lack of local people at the event. Winrose Grove is a very narrow [...]

A car smashed into Beeston Village Community Centre on Tuesday night. The incident has affected the kitchen area of the Centre, which is in the former library building next to Hugh Gaitskell Primary School on St Anthony’s Drive in Beeston. Pat McGeever, CEO at Health For All which manages the building, said that Beeston Village [...]