News
How volunteer shoppers are a lifeline to Bramley’s elderly
Older people who are self isolating in Bramley are being handed a lifeline by volunteers who go out and...
9 April 2020
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2020 Kirkstall Festival Cancelled: 40th Kirkstall Festival Happening in 2021
The Kirkstall Festival is the biggest volunteer run event in West Leeds but like so many events this year...
20 March 2020
News
Bramley Menopause Café – “It’s good to have a space where you are taken seriously”
Bramley Councillor Jools Heselwood put setting up a menopause café in her manifesto and the speed this got established...
16 January 2020
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West Leeds: Can you help plant 1,000 trees in a day?
An idea inspired by Tree Planting Week and Horsforth in Bloom has led to a plan to plant over...
25 November 2019
Events
Kirkstall Abbey Park – Medieval Gardening Talk
Do you love rare books, delightful plants or Kirkstall Abbey? The three are combined in an entertaining and interactive...
13 November 2019
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Leeds To Innovation exhibition inspires at Armley Mills
Words: Iola Shaw Images: Mindy Goose Leeds, the city of 1,000 trades, risks exceeding its storage limit according to...
27 October 2019
News
More community reporters graduate from second West Leeds Dispatch community reporters course
Another six budding community reporters have graduated from the second West Leeds Dispatch community reporters’ course. Over six weeks...
12 July 2019
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‘Why would I live anywhere else than Farsley?’
Iola Shaw interviews fellow community reporter Martin Heaton and why he loves living in Farsley so much… Farsley is...
23 June 2019
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Bramley: A diverse community, Ernie Wise and a great swimming pool!
Community reporter Martin Heaton interviews fellow reporter Iola Shaw about life in Bramley – and discovers an active community...
19 June 2019