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In last week's newsletter we shared the details of their Robin Hood panto in January . The team at St Chads have shared their latest newsletter with us, you can read it by clicking the link below: It includes their carol and Christmas services, also shown in the image below. It's a wonderful church doing a lot of good in the community. We always attend the Remembrance service and feel lucky to have it here.

As you may know, we recently worked with local archaeology experts to organise an Archaeology Walk in Clayton / Silk Mill woods. We were very surprised to discover that there are actually very clear Iron Age walls and building outlines there to be walked over whenever you like. Very cool! As one resident said, "On top of learning about two thousand years of history beneath our feet we enjoyed just being in the lovely woods with good company." A few of us would like to explore

Come to Meanwood at 5.30pm (til 7.30) on Friday for the Christmas Lights Switch On! If you go along and see us, do say hi! We go every year, it's always worth it. And as Councillors we've been very happy to help fund it along with the Moortown Councillors. This all happens because of brilliant Meanwood Valley Partnership volunteers, and the support of local businesses like Meanwood Hardware who helped organise the Christmas tree and lights.

We're out regularly doing street surgeries. Maybe the most common issue raised is speeding. We lobby about this A LOT! Both the police and Highways. One of the tools available to us is mobile speed cameras. We've just had confirmation through of the latest placements we've secured: Tinshill Lane Wynford Avenue Spennithorne Drive We've previously had them on other roads. The way they work is that a speed camera is placed on the road for a temporary period, and then brought bac

The last round of  brown   bin garden waste collections for this year will start on Monday 17 th   November, with the last scheduled collection day being Saturday 29 th  November. The collections will resume in Spring 2026. Please let us know if there is a problem with your collection. And remember: very unusually Leeds council has 8 household waste and recycling centres FREE to take garden waste to. They’re open through the winter only being closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day

We're really looking forward to this! Book your tickets here . All proceeds go to their 'Rain Drops Appeal' raising money to fix the church roof: "By The Play... Theatre Productions proudly present 'Robin Hood' - The Tale of the Golden Arrow. Join Leeds based By The Play for one of 2 performances of their 25/26 season Pantomime, Robin Hood, at St Chads Parish Centre in Headingley, Leeds on Saturday 3rd January 2026. This wonderful family friendly pantomime written by Sarah Bi

One of the slightly odd habits you pick up as a councillor is checking grit bins as you walk around... It's that time of year when we need to make sure everyone's grit bins are ready for the winter. If you have one near you, can you try and check it for us and let us know if it needs refilling? You can just reply to this email. Thank you!

Here's the latest update. It's great the contracts are openly sharing any challenges. If these lead to any slip or change to the timetable we'll be sure to let you know, but so far that isn't the case! "Last week we continued work on the manhole installations in the roundabout centre. Manhole 6 is installed up to the concrete lid, with brickwork to be installed. Further oversized pipework excavations are taking place, along with installation of foundations. Ducting excavation

It's not every day you get approached about a charity fundraiser that also celebrates our ward in its entirety, but today is the day! Louis is raising money for his local Scout group by running every single street in the ward. Wow! You can check out his fundraiser here We'll be helping partly by providing a map and a list of streets in the ward which we can list from memory by now... Here are Louis' own words: " The Ward is very large and covers parts of Headingley, West Par

We're so lucky to have this great community centre and cafe in our ward at 55 Bedford Drive. We have many surgeries and community meetings there. And we're pleased to share some events they have planned for the public. On the 20th of November first up, 'Inn and Out at the Top with Neil Hanson' which promises to be a hilarious talk about life in Britain's highest inn back in the 1970s and 80s - an appropriate topic to be hosted by former pub the Welcome In! And then on the 26t