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Our Friends of Clayton Woods group now has nearly 300 members on Facebook, local people who are contributing through litter picks and historical research and photography to celebrate this amazing woodland. Take a look So what next? We had a fantastic meeting last week at the Fox and Hounds to make plans for where we take the group. Currently it's on Facebook but Simon, our resident archaeologist and one of the key volunteer organisers, has set up a WhatsApp group. If you don'

A fun video - 10 things we've delivered in 30 seconds The latest Lawnswood weekly update Happy to see some rapid footway and road repair on Silk Mill Way - not job done, but if you report things to us we can get them sorted with a bit of tenacity! How we get new pedestrian crossing s - thank you to our readers for all your location suggestions! Thanks to everyone who has taken the time to chat to us at our street surgeries Notes from the Meanwood, Far Headingley, West Park p

Join Friends of West Park Fields and Izaak for a community walk around the park; join just for the walk and chat - but we'll also point out where improvements like wildflower planting and footpath changes can be made and generally discuss ideas to make the park more accessible and fun and nature friendly! Meet corner of Thornfield and Arncliffe Road, 2pm on Sunday 12 April Join the Event on Facebook

Beckett Park is an absolute gem. The local volunteers who help make it so with their time and imagination are fantastic. One sub-group of those volunteers has been working on an exciting plan to re-build the Beckett Park skate park, which is... not what it should be. We very much support the project and have secured substantial funding to make it possible. It'll go nicely with the refurbished tennis courts! Their vision for it is exciting, it could become a really significant

Well done to everyone who took the time to comment on the Taylor's sports bar planning app - the final tally was 151 objections, 104 supporting Latest Lawnswood roundabout weekly update We'll be holding a public meeting with MPs on dealing with illegal e-bikes - ( book here ) We had a fantastic time planting one of the trees we funded with Friends of Beckett Park - thank you gang! Finally, over 200 people responded to our councillor's feedback survey. Wow!! We'll be replyin

There was a car crash into St Chad's Primary last week . Luckily no one was hurt. We're now working with parents, teachers, local residents to ensure this doesn't happen again - and actually to look more generally at road safety around West Park. If you're in that area please do fill in our quick survey . And a big thank you to everyone who has done so already.

Quick fire local news we've shared on Facebook, with links to the full story, because there's only so much you can put in an email newsletter: Brown bin collections starting again from next week . We are campaigning to add a couple more estates to our free garden waste collection service. We have funding to improve Silk Mill Playground, what play equipment is best? Please share with parents ! Where should we plant more trees locally ? Join Izaak's walkabout in Clayton Wood w

For the third year in a row, we've arranged funding for free football classes with Leeds United coaches and Leeds Youth Service. Every Thursday 4-6pm, starting tomorrow 19th March. Ages 9-13: 4-5pm Ages 14-17: 5-6pm Tinshill top We've had great feedback about the impact this has on young people locally, so we're very happy to keep supporting it. Please do share with local parents.

Do you live near Clayton Wood? It's the wood between Silk Mill Way and the Ring Road. It's beautiful. Well used by dog walkers, there are fascinating ancient remains there, and generally a lovely place to get out and enjoy nature. We've been doing some surveying with archaeologists and we're working with locals to organise litter picks and other ways to celebrate this hidden treasure. Interested? To start with, we've set up a new Facebook group - join it here .

With their HQ right here in Weetwood, there's a new group in town... we're supporting them and hope to join at least one or two of their upcoming dates - they have one at Golden Acre Park on Saturday 21st February (see Eventbrite below): Leeds Lapwings: Community Birdwatching in Leeds Leeds Lapwings is a community birdwatching group based in Leeds, set up to make nature and wildlife more accessible to people who might not otherwise feel that birdwatching is for them. They run

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

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