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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: 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 with local volunteers, this Saturday at 2 Two-way traffic signals on Weetwood Lane 'til Saturday, as Yorkshire Water finish repairs to the road Litt

A reminder that there is a Meanwood Beck flooding engagement event tomorrow, 4-6pm (drop in) at The Meanwood Institute. Worth going even if not at risk - lots of interesting information about natural works being done all up the Meanwood Valley Trail to help prevent flooding and improve biodiversity. Here's Izaak's notes from the first drop-in, last week: 🌊 Meanwood Flooding Engagement event, 5th March, Meanwood Institute Over last 2 years council have been studying 20 differ

The Cardigan Community Centre is running Youth sessions in our area, including at West Park United Reformed Church, LS16 5BD  on Wednesdays from 5pm - 6.30pm, for young people aged 11- 17. The session provides a safe and welcoming space for young people to socialise, take part in Activities/Sports, and access support if needed. Please share this with local parents!! Also, why not check out the St Paul's community meal which includes activities for kids? Every Monday from 5pm

We'll be nominating a few people for this! Here are the details. Please get involved: " I’m getting in touch to let you know that for the fifth year running, the BBC Radio Leeds Make a Difference Awards are back!   The awards celebrate and say thank you to people and animals living in West Yorkshire who make where we live a better place.     We’re hoping to find and honour the hidden heroes amongst our community.   Here are some more details about the awards.   Every day we h

There will be two public engagement events about flood risk from the Meanwood Beck. The events will be held at The Meanwood Institute (94 Green Rd, Meanwood, Leeds LS6 4LD) between 4pm-6:15pm: Thursday 5th March Thursday 12th March The events will be in a drop in format with the council team and partners to speak to residents about Property Flood Resilience, Surface Water Flood Risk and Natural Flood Management. We've spoken to the team having lobbied for some time for more s

Otley Run We've helped arrange for additional anti-social behaviour officers every Saturday afternoon for the next few months to tackle unacceptable behaviour such as public urination. More news on our work to tackle the Otley Run coming soon. Ireland Wood, Cookridge, Lawnswood As you probably know, we hold regular meetings with our neighbourhood police team and residents. Last night was the meeting for north of the ring road in Weetwood ward. Tonight is the meeting for south

Run for All have shared with us a briefing about the marathon and half this year, to take place on the 10th of May. As they say, “The Leeds Marathon and Leeds Half Marathon over the past 3 years has seen the city come together collectively to support a number of truly great causes. Opening the doors to mass participation, the marathon demonstrates the power of friendship and what is possible when running with friends. The city has come out in force for the past 3 years lining

Come along to the St Chad's Cheese and Wine fundraising night to celebrate St Valentine's Day. Proceeds go to their Raindrops Appeal which is to fix their leaky roof. We volunteered at their homeless shelter on Friday night, which involved moving some of the toys for kids because they were being dripped on... so it's both the romantic and the community spirited thing to do! Note that there will be non-alcoholic choices of drinks too. Tickets in advance but not available on th

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

Every Monday from 5 there's a community meal at St Paul's Church, Ireland Wood. We often go along to chat with attendees and help with the washing up (see also our local MP Alex serving!) We provided a bit of funding and support for it to get started back in 2022 and since then it has become a real institution. It's not just a 'warm space' anymore, but a really nice place to meet neighbours and make friends - and is especially great for parents with kids who all play together

Come along to the St Chad's Cheese and Wine fundraising night to celebrate St Valentine's Day. Proceeds go to their Raindrops Appeal which is to fix their leaky roof, as mentioned at the amazing Carol Service for those who went. Book your tickets here

Please share with your friends and family. We hope it's useful. And if you want to add any, let us know: Church Together in Headingley put together the Christmas services of churches in Headingley. We've done some research ourselves and added in more from our ward, from Tinshill down to Meanwood. If you want a carol, family, or Christmas-themed service to go to this year...take your pick! In the meantime, here's a picture of us all dressed as Father Christmas at a St Paul's c

A nice local lead in to Christmas! From 1st December right up to Christmas Eve, windows decorated with a Christmas theme will be lit up for visitors to enjoy – a new one added each evening. Here’s the list of where you can see them (lighting up time 5pm)……

Take a look at our previous post for the details , but as a reminder it's the Santa Dash THIS Sunday - tying into the Kevin Sinfield 7 in 7 challenge. It starts at 2 and our previous post had the road closure timings. It's a 3k dash and the three of us along with MP Alex Sobel will be dressing as Father Christmas to do it. Do say hi if you go! Here's a pic of us with the REAL Father Christmas the Meanwood Lights Switch On.

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.

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 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

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

For the first time the Santa Dash is coming to Headingley. The 3k run ties into the Kevin Sinfield 7 in 7 challenge. It starts at Leeds Beckett University and finishes at the stadium. Thankfully this means it's a downhill route, which Izaak is grateful for as he has just signed up. The dash starts at 2 on Sunday 7 December. There will be road closures as follows: Road closures around the start at Church Wood Avenue will be implemented from 13:15 on the afternoon of the event