The popular annual Armley Fun Day has been cancelled due to a shortfall in funding and lack of volunteers.
Free hanging baskets for Armley residents
People from all over Armley can get their hands dirty at a special event and create beautiful hanging baskets to brighten up their community.
Farnley residents call time on social club ‘eyesore’
West Leeds residents are calling for a vandalised social club building to be demolished.
Residents say that the derelict Farnley Sports and Social Club building, off Butt Lane, has become ‘a dangerous eyesore’ in the community.
Armley residents discuss local issues – and Mike’s Carpets – at Armley Forum
The next Armley Forum will be held tonight – Tuesday, May 19 – at 7pm in Armley Library.
Pudsey Carnival 2015 in Tweets
Thousands of people came together and lined the streets of Pudsey and enjoyed the fair and activities on Queens Park for Pudsey Carnival 2015.
Real Junk Food video: ‘You can’t change the world unless you change your home town first’
Did you know 22,000 Leeds people – including children – were officially diagnosed with malnutrition in 2012? And yet half the food we grow globally (1 billion tons per year) never reaches our tables, but is instead wasted.
Adam Smith – in collaboration with a whole load of other great people – is trying to change that, starting here in Leeds. He is the founder and co-director of the Real Junk Food Project, a community interest company which started up in Armley, which aims to abolish waste food through a ‘Pay-As You-Feel’ concept, empowering communities and inspiring individuals.
Get set for Pudsey Carnival tomorrow!
Thousands of people are set to line the streets and flock to Queens Park for the annual Pudsey Carnival tomorrow (Saturday).
Council chiefs stick to 70,000 homes target
Council chiefs have today rejected government population predictions and will stick with their original figures for increasing housing in Leeds over the next 15 years.
Kirkstall councillor Lucinda Yeadon is new Leeds council deputy
Kirkstall Labour councillor Lucinda Yeadon has become deputy leader of Leeds City Council.
Comment: Will someone help me clean up Farnley?
I’m going to start with an unusual plea: Will someone help me to clean up my community?
I live in Farnley and recently took my dog for a walk – I was angry to see how much dumped/dropped rubbish there was as I walked up Gamble Lane which, if you don’t know, is a lovely mainly country lane off Tong Road/Water Lane.
Yer a wizard ‘Arry! Join goblins and Harry Potter at Kirkstall Abbey
Harry Potter’s coming to Kirkstall Abbey!
Fans of teenage wizard are in for a real treat on Friday 15 May and Saturday 16 May, as a number of films featuring the young wizard will be shown outdoors at the Abbey.
Help us tell the stories of West Leeds!
Are you interested in telling and sharing the stories of West Leeds?
We’re in the throes of setting up a blog and newspaper to share news of life in West Leeds.
If you are interested in contributing and get involved to help tell the story of your patch of West Leeds then please join us at our first informal meeting on Tuesday, 30 June, where we’ll outline our plans and hear how you think we can bring to life the news and views of the good, bad and random of our wonderful (and sometimes weird) part of Leeds.
Who are we looking for?
People with a passion for where they live, who have a little time to invest and interest in helping shine a light on community stories, people, news, history, the interesting stuff.
You may already run a blog in West Leeds, or have an active twitter account, or are brilliant with a camera, a fiend for finding facts. We’re really interested to develop a network of community reporters, story tellers and instigators across West Leeds.
Don’t worry if you don’t have any of these skills, we can offer training and support to help you.
What’s expected of you?
At the meeting we aim to ascertain your area of interest, ideas and how much time you might be able to commit to volunteering to the project.
Who are we?
Currently there are just the two of us… but we’re really open to this being a collaborative venture.
John Baron, editor. John has been a journalist for more than 21 years, writing for a number of local publications, as well as the Guardian. He’s currently a lecturer in journalism and digital media, working in Hull.
But more importantly he was Pudsey born and bred and now lives in Farnley and wants to see west Leeds have more of a voice.
Emma Bearman, instigator: Emma has a rich history of creating what are called hyperlocal blogs, starting with the now infamous Armley Tourist Board and then moving on to the multi author blog The Culture Vulture. She’s set up the little twitter account @ArmleyGoodStuff in a desire to showcase some of the brighter stuff that happens in Armley. She’s social media’d up to the hilt with about 456 Twitter accounts and a few less Facebook pages
Currently the project is unfunded but we will be seeking funds to create a part time post for John to manage the site and paper.
To confirm your attendance, and for confirmation of our venue, check out our Eventbrite page to register.