What's happening in Beeston, Belle Isle, Cottingley, Holbeck, Hunslet, Middleton and Stourton
The most deprived areas of Leeds are home to 18 times more outdoor advertising than the city’s least deprived areas, according to new national research. The research, from campaign group Adfree Cities, finds that of 1,597 roadside outdoor advertisements in Leeds, 550 (34%) are in the most deprived decile (10th)
Inner South Leeds is one of the priority areas for a new fund aimed at projects that help to reduce the numbers of suicides amongst men in Leeds. Grants of up to £25,000 are available to projects which provide social activities to reduce social isolation for men at risk of
Young aspiring dancers of Yorkshire are set to dazzle audiences, in a number of performances across the region. These performances will be the product of an exciting new project, Yorkshire Connection: a collaboration between Dance Action Zone Leeds (DAZL), Rees Dance and Wayne Sables Project funded by Arts Council England’s
Leeds Skyline Service – the service which provides support to those living with HIV, their friends, family and carers, as well as providing educational services throughout Leeds – has announced that it has been saved from closure for a year. As reported in South Leeds Life in October, the service
Hi, we are a group of young people who attend The Cupboard, a youth project in South Leeds. We have been taking part in a yearlong teenage health project (funded by Young Roots Heritage Lottery Fund) exploring teenage health issues from the 1800s to now and called our project the
Plans to pilot new arrangements at St George’s Centre in Middleton are on the agenda for the Inner South Area Committee meeting on Wednesday (19 March 2014). St Georges Centre already features a one stop centre for Council services, a library, a jobclub, credit union counter as well as
On Wednesday the Council’s Executive Board is considering recommendations, which will provide two hour a day free use at the John Charles Centre for Sport and Middleton Leisure Centre. The timeslots that have been allocated to the leisure centre free offer are mainly during the daytime and are all
The National Health Service is being privatised before our eyes. The latest idea is that we should pay to visit our GP. The free-at-the-point-of-delivery principle of the NHS has been compromised for decades – prescriptions charges, opticians and dental charges, but encouraging patients not to see their GP sounds