North Leeds Life Magazine. June 2015 Edition. LS7, LS8, LS17 by North Leeds Life

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Leeds Waterfront Festival 2015

The Big Bookend Maps Leeds

A Gala Premiere at Hyde Park Picture House

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CONNECTING YOU TO THE COMMUNITY SINCE 2005

Leeds Waterfront Festival 2015

The Big Bookend Maps Leeds

A Gala Premiere at Hyde Park Picture House

Photo: Lizzie Coombes

DEAR READERS,

Having just seen Opera North’s lovely production of Carousel, I find myself singing ‘June is busting out all over….’ at the top of my voice! And, of course, it is…June that is… and it’s about to bust out. Fingers are crossed for good weather this month as the Leeds Waterfront Festival has a fantastic line up and they had overcast skies last year. The Leeds Big Bookend – that rock festival for words! – has a packed programme that is well worth checking out. Plus, Roundhay Live invites local organization to showcase their activities at Oakwood Farmers’ Market; you are encouraged to try foraging; and Meanwood Futsal Club is making an impression.

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Leeds Waterfront Festival 2015

Exciting events are scheduled

across over four miles of Leeds Waterfront.

The Big Bookend Maps Leeds The rock festival for words

returns as an A-Z of Leeds’ people and places.

Every month we are surprised by the variety of things people are involved in around the area and the number of interesting events organised around the community. Certainly no one can claim there’s nothing to do in Leeds! As you receive this we will be busily putting our July edition together – so send us your news for the next couple of months as soon as you can. Deadlines are 1st June for news and notices, and 9th June for advertising (1st & 8th July for the August edition). We look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards, Carole, Jack and the team.

21 ‘From Adam to Yves’ – The Jewish Journey on a Catwalk! A spectacular show offering a unique, historic and cultural Jewish costume experience.

50 The First Film | Gala Premiere at Hyde Park Picture House A fascinating documentary about the forgotten inventor of motion pictures.

68 Meanwood Athletic Futsal Club Wins Again

The club is fast becoming one of the best clubs in the city having recently taken their second title in three seasons.

10AM – 5PM FOOD • DRINK • SHOWS • MUSIC • FUN • FARMING EXHIBITIONS • ANIMALS • STALLS • CRAFTS FOOD AND DRINK

Browse an array of stalls showcasing the best in local, seasonal and speciality food and drink.

LIVE MUSIC

A fantastic line-up of local bands – so remember your dancing shoes or sit back with a local beer or chilled glass of wine and enjoy the great live entertainment on offer.

SHEEP SHOW

This charming show tells the story of Nobby the Norfolk Horn. Expect fun facts, sheep shearing and dancing sheep in the ‘Sheep Show Hustle’.

VINTAGE VILLAGE

Browse a variety of beautiful vintage stalls offering timeless styles for all ages including jewellery, clothes and soft furnishings, followed by a delicious afternoon tea in our tea tent. Practice your dance moves with Swing Dance Leeds whilst listening to tunes of the 1930’s and 40’s.

LIGHTWATER KIDS

The festival has children’s entertainment galore with shows, workshops and lots of hands-on farming fun. Listen to magical stories by The Cloud Collector, try out your bush craft skills and join in our fascinating magic shows.

Adults £8 and Children £5 (under 5s are free) includes entry to the Angry Birds Activity Park and Lightwater Falconry Centre. Tickets* can now be purchased in advance at:

lightwatervalley.co.uk/countryfestival North Stainley, Ripon, North Yorkshire HG4 3HT. So easy to find, just off the A6108, North of Ripon. Tel: 01765 635321 *Tickets do not include entry to the theme park.

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Leeds College of Art Printed Textiles student, Hannah Wilkinson, recently won the Designext Award at Surtex, an international student design competition that recognises exceptional surface

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Hannah is studying for a degree in Printed Textiles & Surface Pattern Design. Her designs were presented as a collection for the ‘work’ category, where she created designs for interior office furnishing. As part of her prize, she was given a stand at Surtex in New York to showcase her collection and network with industry professionals. It also included press, promotional materials, conferences seminars, and having her work professionally critiqued.

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JAMES HOLE, 1820-1895

WRITER AND ACTIVIST FOR SOCIAL REFORM Next time you climb the steps to the Leeds City Museum, look up at the proud inscription above: ‘The Leeds Institute’, overlooked by the helmeted head of Athena, goddess of wisdom, crafts (and owls). This imposing building, designed by Cuthbert Brodrick of Town Hall fame, was opened in 1868 as the new, purpose-built headquarters of the Leeds Mechanics’ Institute. One of the distinguished speakers at the opening ceremony was James Hole, who over many years had devoted himself to the cause of workers’ education. He had urged a raft of reforms to improve the lives of working people, and had been a pioneer in the Leeds cooperative movement. A distinguished writer, thinker, and activist, he had won a national reputation as ‘Mr Hole of Leeds’. In fact he came originally from

beginnings in 1847, when workers from Benyon’s Flax Mill set

Manchester, where he was born

up their own flour mill to provide affordable, unadulterated

in 1820, the son of a tailor. All his

flour, grew the mighty Leeds Industrial Cooperative Society

education, he said, was gained through

which 50 years later could claim to be the largest cooperative

the opportunities offered by his local

society in the world, dealing in goods ranging ‘from clog-irons

Mutual Improvement Society and the

and pickles to pianos and clothing’, with over 37,000 members.

Manchester Mechanics’ Institute – no

His contribution was remembered in the Jubilee celebrations.

wonder these institutions were close to his heart.

He numbered among his friends and correspondents many of the radical thinkers of the day. He was often invited

He came to Leeds in his early

to speak on his social principles, but his voice was strongest in

twenties to take up a post as bookkeeper

writing – clear, concise, backed up with statistics, practical and

with a firm of cloth exporters. In 1843

organised. Alongside articles for various journals, he published

he married, and with his young wife

‘Lectures on Social Science and the Organisation of Labour’ in

Elizabeth, the daughter of a Blackburn

1851, setting out his social and economic theories, his belief in

schoolmaster, settled in Alfred Place,

the achievability of progress and justice for the working classes.

Little London. Over the following

It was thought-provoking material.

years they moved house as their family

Other causes engaged him too, particularly working

grew, settling finally with their seven

class education and training – he believed passionately in

One of his lasting legacies was

children in Cliff Road, Woodhouse. He

education as ‘the business of a whole life’. He served for years

the village library scheme, which he

remained steadily employed, leading a

on the Committee of the Leeds Mechanics’ Institute, and, most

proposed in 1852. Boxes of books were

conventional life, but he was inspired

influentially, as Secretary (unpaid) of the Yorkshire Union of

sent out to outlying Yorkshire villages

by the new radical thinking of the time,

Mechanics’ Institutes. In 1853 he published a prize-winning

cut off from library access. The scheme

by ideas of cooperation and socialism

work on adult education which had considerable impact and

won royal support and lasted many years.

which could free the working classes and

resulted in the introduction of new practical examinations. He

In 1867 James Hole left Leeds for

empower them to improve and transform

wrote too on schooling, a political hot potato of the time: his

London, to become Secretary to the

their lives and their communities. And

essay published in 1860, ‘Light, More Light’, included a survey

Association of Chambers of Commerce.

he carried his ideas into action.

of education in Leeds and urged the vital need for a national

There he pursued further causes – the

system to provide for every child – achieved 10 years later.

preservation of common land, and (his

He was a founder member of the Leeds Redemption Society, which

The provision of decent, healthy housing was also close

last book) the nationalisation of the

aimed to set up an ideal self-governing

to his heart. In 1866 he published his prize-winning study of

railways. He died in 1895, remembered

community of workers (and did so, in

working class housing, advocating a range of practical measures

as an unassuming, kind and generous

Wales); and he was a leading light in

for the improvement of the appalling slums in Leeds and

man. While his name is mostly forgotten,

the Leeds cooperative movement. Most

elsewhere (many later put into effect), with details of model

his ideas influenced reform and still

people have heard of the Rochdale

housing schemes like Saltaire. He was himself a director of a

resonate today.

cooperative pioneers, but Leeds had its

model housing association and the Leeds Permanent Building

pioneers too, and he was one. From small

Society.

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the teams was a staggering £8,500, which will go towards supporting children and adults across Leeds affected by learning disabilities. On the presentation evening, all teams were given the opportunity to showcase their activities and fundraising, as well as being awarded certificates in recognition for their efforts.

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the participants”, said Cath Lee, CEO

raised was a

dedication and inspired by their efforts. I

staggering

this project a huge success for a second

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Although the terms ‘up-cycling’, ‘repurposing’ and ‘free-cycling’ may have been more associated with the likes of Tom and Barbara Good of ‘The Good Life’ fame, than your typical North Leeds suburbanites, they have gained in popularity in the last few years. ost people have some notion of what is meant by these terms, even if they have never dabbled in the exciting world of ‘freecycling’, i.e. giving stuff away for nowt! Oh the radicals! The spirit and essence of this movement (and yes it is a movement) is clear: ‘Think hard before you discard anything, because it is very likely to be of further use to you, or to someone else’. Two canny Germans first coined the term ‘up-cycling’ in the mid nineties to distinguish themselves from ‘recycling’ – ‘recycling’ being the reduction of items to lesser value, and ‘up-cycling’ where an item’s intrinsic value is retained and repurposed and not broken down. Now we like a bit of that!

Up-cycling was at its most fashionable during the austerity of the 1930s and 40s when it was simply ‘common sense’. Our parents up-cycled, as did our grandparents. They had no choice but to ‘make do and mend’. Almost everything was repurposed

until it was no longer useful – hessian sacks became dresses, or an old door became the new dining table. Fast forward to 2015 and up-cycling is tres ‘de rigeur’. It is still common sense, but has become even more important given the impact of irresponsible, rampant global consumerism. As our factories are disappearing, we are collecting and preserving things relating to industry. The industrial look is a big part of the repurposing

trend – old factory furniture, massive lighting fixtures, anything relating to industry is being made into funky, household art. Let’s have a peek at some of the unique and inspiring things designers, makers, and craftspeople of all persuasions are producing. The queen of fashion upcycling, Orsola de Castro, has up-cycled pre-consumer textile waste in both the niche and mass markets for over 15 years. Her frocks are on the cutting edge of fashion and look a-ma-zing! Check out www.reclaimtowear.com What can be achieved with old and previously skipworthy defunct industrial machinery is astonishing. An old Singer treadle sewing machine makes a stylish hallway table, an old steamer

Up-cycling was at its most fashionable during the austerity of the 1930s and 40s when it was simply ‘common sense’.

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trunk becomes a coffee table. Paul Williamson, designer at Black Lab, Leeds, has converted an old Avery jockey weighing scale into a jaw-dropping dining table for a horse mad client, and ‘repurposed’ an old fire extinguisher into a cool and edgy lamp base.

All it takes is a little imagination. It feels appropriate here to mention a 1970’s movement that is warmly remembered by many: Remember you’re a Womble! They were decades ahead of the curve, making good use of everything they found.

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With your ninetieth birthday just a couple of years away, what exactly would make you want to up sticks and move from London and a house you’ve lived in for 55 years to start a new life in Leeds? t the end of April, Anna and John Chapman, both 88 and from London, became the first residents of a luxury new scheme of independent living apartments with care and support in Roundhay. The apartments are specially designed to meet the needs of older people who want to retain their independence, but with the reassurance that specialist support is on hand 24 hours a day seven days a week. Their home in London with its internal stairs and large garden was already becoming too much for Anna, when John suffered a small stroke, followed by a fall on the stairs. “It was that that made our minds up”, said Anna. “Our daughter Sue had been trying to get us to move closer to her in Leeds for years, but John had been reluctant to move before the fall.” But John and Anna were adamant they didn’t want to move to a residential or care home. “We might be getting on a bit, but we still like to look after ourselves and get out and about as and when we want to”, said John. Their story is typical of many older people who, despite struggling with the demands of running a large home and acknowledging they need support, still want to live on their own terms. The 23 luxury independent living apartments at Southlands are completely self-contained. Each has an open plan kitchen/living/dining area, separate bedroom and en suite wet room, and the building also has a manned reception, communal lounge and dining room, a laundry and hair

Pictured: Peter Hopkinson, MD Westward Care, Anna and John Chapman - the first apartment owners - with their daughter, Sue Stent from Adel.

We don’t need fulltime care, but it’s reassuring just knowing there’s a qualified nurse on hand if we ever need one

and beauty salon. The standard of finish is beautiful and the setting, in the grounds of a Victorian mansion house with extensive gardens, is stunning. However, the real difference between Southlands and typical retirement or assisted living developments is the on-site provision of around the clock nursing and care, as well as in-house housekeeping and catering services which can be accessed as often or as infrequently as you like. “Southlands provides the perfect balance between independence and support”, says Anna. “We don’t need full-time care, but it’s reassuring just knowing there’s a qualified nurse on hand if we ever need one. Likewise, we don’t want to eat in the dining room every day, but the food is fantastic and it’s great not to have to cook when you don’t feel like it!” “I can honestly say I haven’t missed our old house at all”, said John. “I feel like we’ve left all of our worries behind. All of the stresses and strains have gone and we’re enjoying life again.” Daughter Sue Stent, who

lives ten minutes away says: “It’s wonderful to have Mum and Dad here and equally great to see them enjoying everything the area has to offer. They’re completely spoilt with the shops and cafes of Oakwood, and Roundhay Park just around the corner. “The move itself was quite stressful as they needed to discard so much of their furniture and belongings. However, now they are settled in to their new home, I actually think they are looking younger!” Apartments at Southlands are available now, with prices starting from £185,000. For further information, or to book a viewing, contact Westward Care on 0113 265 5876, or visit www.westwardcare. co.uk This is Westward Care’s third development of independent living apartments with care and support and has been developed on the back of the successful scheme launched at Headingley Hall in 2010. The company has plans to develop similar schemes in the region.

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A new home with built-in peace of mind Discover how good later life can be at Southlands If you believe that later life should be a pleasure, free from the worries of maintaining a home, our new luxury independent living apartments are the perfect choice. With every feature you can imagine at your fingertips, our homes allow you to keep your independence and broaden your horizons in a safe and secure environment. Imagine a life without the worry of bills or housekeeping, where the only timetable is your own. At Southlands, you can follow the lifestyle you choose and make full use of our active social calendar. And, if you should need a helping hand, you can look forward to gold standard accredited care tailored to suit your needs. Welcome to Southlands. Welcome home.

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Every year, Leeds Waterfront Festival brings the city’s waterways to life with a fantastic, eclectic mix of music, performance and art. his year’s festival is on Saturday 27th and Sunday 28th June and is packed with music, creative workshops, fun family activities and boat trips. Exciting events are scheduled across over four miles of Leeds Waterfront - from Thwaite Mills to Leeds Dock, the Royal Armouries, Brewery and Granary Wharfs, and Calls Landing. Enjoy a fabulous view of the waterfront and watch performances and bands from the waterfront’s bars and restaurants, try some of the specialist street foods, browse vintage, handmade and steampunk markets. You can stroll along the canal meeting artists and buskers along the way, take a musical barge trip and catch up with The Mermaids! This year, knitters from Leeds and as far away as France a r e

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working with OWL Industries to create an extraordinary ‘yarn bomb’ on an ice cream van! This entails covering the van entirely with knitting and crochet! On Saturday, come and cheer on your team in the Dragon Boat Races at Leeds Dock – which, with a theme of ‘Folk & Ale’, will be featuring great local ales and folk music all weekend, together with fantastic street food, a market and plenty of family entertainment. At Brewery Wharf, highlights include a Summer of Disco! Karaoke competition on Saturday, hosted by Jo Jo, with a personal appearance by Disco Legend ‘Brutus Gold’. There will be an afternoon of Salsa dancing and music with Salsa Rocks Leeds on Sunday. Join in classes, enjoy the demonstrations, and dance to

the hot beats with Latin DJs all absolutely free! Thwaite Mills will host a heritage weekend of family fun and learning. Plus there’ll be arts & crafts, food & drink, boat rides and a great Steam Punk Market. To keep up to date, check the festival website - www. leedswaterfrontfestival.com - and follow them on Twitter - @LeedsWFFestival hashtag: #LeedsWF2015

Choosing what you want to study, and where, is one of the most important decisions you’ll ever make – so, taking advantage of Open Days is a great idea.

eeds Trinity University is holding a number of Open Days in the coming months, designed to give you a clear picture. Take a guided tour of the campus, meet students and lecturers, find out more about subject choices and get a real feel for the university.

There are five Open Days coming up this year. The first on Wednesday 24th June is the Foundation Degree Open Day, which focuses on the four foundation degree courses on offer: Supporting Children and Families in Social Contexts; Supporting Early Years; Supporting Learning and Additional Needs; Supporting Learning, Sport, Physical Education and Health. This will be followed by general Open Days on 1st July, 12th September, 10th & 24th October. Make sure you book your place by contacting 0113 283 7150, enquiries@ leedstrinity.ac.uk or visit www.leedstrinity. ac.uk

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Arts & Culture

ULITA, the textile archive at the University of Leeds, is currently showcasing its wonderful Indian Collection, one of ULITA’s major and particularly colourful, world collections, until 9th July.

A Christmas Card Competition for Leeds Children’s Charity Avery Walters Solicitors is launching a Christmas Card Design Competition in support of the Leeds Children’s Charity, which has been nominated as their chosen charity this year.

llustrating the variety and quality of workmanship found in Indian embroidery, the exhibition explores the techniques of white-work, quilting, counted stitch, chain stitch, mirror work, metal thread work and appliqué. Also highlighted are a variety of artefacts on which embroidery may be found, from puppets to slippers, hats and tent covers. The text associated with the exhibition draws from the Indian Embroidery publications of Professor Anne Morrell (Consultant at the Calico Museum of Textiles, Ahmedabad and former Professor of Textiles at Manchester Metropolitan University), who is a donor to ULITA and who has used several collections for her research.

Also highlighted are a variety of artefacts with embroidery

The exhibition is open Tuesdays to Thursdays 9.30am – 4.30pm, and Fridays by appointment until 9th July. It will be open by appointment during August and September and will reopen in early October. Free entry. ULITA - an Archive of International Textiles, St. Wilfred’s Chapel, Maurice Keyworth Building, University of Leeds, LS2 9JT. Tel: 0113 343 3919,

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For over 100 years, Leeds Children’s Charity has been taking children who suffer from poverty, neglect, abuse, learning diﬃculties, or are themselves young carers, to the seaside for a lovely break, to make friends and have fun. Every year, over 350 children aged 7 – 11 travel to their holiday centre in Silverdale, on the border of Lancashire and Cumbria. Children are invited to design a Christmas card, featuring whatever they like most about Christmas. Two designs will be chosen and winners will each receive a fabulous prize. The designs will be printed and the cards sold in aid of the charity in the run up to Christmas. Entries to the competition and orders for Christmas Cards should be sent to Avery Walters, 27 Harrogate Road, Chapel Allerton, LS7 3PD. The closing date for entries is 31st July 2015 and the deadline for placing orders for the cards is 20th November 2015. See Ad: pg 53

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This year, the Leeds Big Bookend Festival (a rock festival for words), which runs from 2nd – 10th June, will become a living map of the city – an A-Z of Leeds’ people and places.

Pictured: SJ Bradley

uthor Chris Nickson is set to guide us through the history of the city in short stories; Frances Brody tells of the Leeds Children’s Holiday Camp in Silverdale; and Steve Ward entertains us with tales from the Leeds Circus. And, there are literary rambles. AJ Kirby and Richard Smyth consider the topography of the Leeds writing scene; N.E. David asks if it’s necessary for a protagonist to go on a journey of transformation; Chris Tutton makes pathways between art and poetry; Jennifer Kavanagh describes the sights en route from being an agent to becoming an author; and Zodwa Nyoni speaks about road testing her new play, Boi Boi is Dead and going back on the road with Nine Lives. There are inner journeys to explore; the stories of addicts in recovery in the performance

Drink with a Chimp or the poetry of Mirror Mirror on the Wall. Looking further afield, Sunjeev Sahota discusses his book ‘The Year of the Runaways’, the tale of thirteen young men who flee India to start a new life in Yorkshire; Max Farrar tackles the thorny subject of how we

understand Islamism and terrorism; while Jemimah Steinfeld examines the sexual and cultural revolution taking place in China. Philippa Lester and Diane Saunders bring us back to Leeds to discover the stories of Jewish immigrants in their book From the Leylands to Leeds 17. There will be workshops from SJ Bradley; the Index on Censorship magazine is holding a Big Debate; there are evenings with Fictions of Every Kind and the Liars’ League; and ‘Stories from the Forests of Leeds’, a yearlong project that imagines the city as a forest, creating a treasury of tales from that parallel universe. The Big Bookend children’s programme will take place in November. Keep up to date via www.bigbookend.co.uk, Facebook/BigBookend and Twitter/BigBookend for all the latest information.

Pictured: Chris Nickson

Arts & Culture

Stainbeck Art Club

The meetings are very varied and often led by one of the members, encouraging others to experiment in a variety of styles and media: watercolour, pastels, ink, acrylics.

tainbeck Art Club is a friendly group that shares a love of practical art. It meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month, 2 - 4pm at the Methodist Centre, Town Street, Chapel Allerton LS7 4NB.

There is a regular programme of demonstrations by local artists. In January, Doreen Greenshields did a stunning oil painting of an outdoor cafĂŠ. David Allen,

Pictured:

who showed how to use pastels to create a

Jeremy Taylor. Photo courtesy of The Art Shop Ilkley

coastal scene with boats in February. Other demonstrations were by Jeremy Taylor, who transformed a blank canvas into a wonderful landscape in oils, and Tony Mosley who shared his skills in painting boats and reflections in watercolour. Guest artists to look yo forward include Charles Kelly (watercolour), and David Newbould (mixed media). Catch the clubâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s annual exhibition at the Chapel Allerton Arts Festival on Saturday 5th September. New members of all abilities and visitors are welcome. For more information contact Pam McFetridge 0113 268 4734, www.stainbeckarts.co.uk

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Get ready for an epic catwalk costume show at the Etz Chaim Synagogue, Harrogate Road, LS17, on Sunday 21st June at 3.30pm and 7pm.

‘From Adam to Yves’ is the Jewish journey on a catwalk! This exciting, spectacular show offers one of the most unique, historic and cultural Jewish costume experiences staged to date! The characters range from Adam and Eve, Moses, the Queen of Sheba and the Pharaohs, to Hollywood stars, Anne Frank, Levi Jeans, and Tel-Aviv today. Organised by Makor, the Leeds Jewish cultural organisation, the call went out some time ago for fashion designers, researchers, dressmakers and anyone handy with a needle, together with a search for models of all ages. There has been a tremendous response, with volunteers representing all areas of the North Leeds community and including many well known characters. A massive multimedia screen will set the scene, creating a dramatic backdrop and sound effects for each story or character in the Jewish journey, along with a fascinating narration. Wonderfully colourful costumes,

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Jodie Prenger (who won the role of Nancy in Cameron Mackintosh’s West End production of Oliver! through the BBC series ‘I’d Do Anything’), and Tom Lister ride into Leeds in June as Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickock, bringing a fantastic piece of musical theatre to Leeds Grand from Tuesday 23rd to Saturday 27th June. or the last year the show has delighted audiences across the country. One of the surprises was the casting of Tom Lister as Wild Bill – wasn’t he that evil character Carl King in Emmerdale?

We caught up with Tom on the seafront in Bournemouth. “Yes, it has surprised people”, he told us. “I’m not expected to sing and dance! But I have always enjoyed musicals and was delighted to get the opportunity. This is a great show – it’s family friendly, fast, energetic and funny. In addition it has great songs and is visually stunning. Jodie is a star and we have a really talented, strong cast.” The show, which is directed by Nikolai Foster, follows the story of the famous 1953 film starring Doris Day and Howard Keel and has a great Oscar-nominated score that includes ‘The Black Hills of Dakota’, ‘The Deadwood Stage’ (Whip-CrackAway), ‘Just Blew in from the Windy City’ and ‘Secret Love’. Calamity Jane can outrun and outshoot any man in Deadwood. She travels to Chicago to recruit a star, Adelaide Adams, for the Deadwood Stage. But things don’t go too smoothly, as everyone in town favours the new girl and Calamity struggles to keep her jealousy and

pride in check. It takes her longstanding enemy Wild Bill Hickok to make her see sense, and realise her Secret Love. “The show has been going so well”, said Tom. “It’s great to watch the audience reaction every night. It’s just a great ride – fast paced and inventive with brilliantly simple but innovative set design that will really surprise people. “Having spent nine years in Emmerdale I know Leeds well and am really looking forward to getting back to my old stomping ground and my first experience of Leeds Grand Theatre.” Tickets (£22 - £40) are available from 0844 848 2700 or online at leedsgrandtheatre.com

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A new production of Jim Cartwright’s The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, presented by West Yorkshire Playhouse and Birmingham Repertory Theatre, will be at The Playhouse from 5th June – 4th July, following a two-week run in Birmingham.

he award-winning play about the painfully shy but hugely talented Little Voice and her faultless impersonations of great divas is directed by James Brining, Artistic Director of West Yorkshire Playhouse, and stars Nancy Sullivan (The Wizard Of Oz at The Playhouse and Les Miserables in the West End) as Little Voice, with Vicky Entwistle (Janice Battersby in Coronation Street, Madame Thenardier in Les Miserables, The Vagina Monologues) as Mari (her mother), and Chris Gascoyne (Casualty, New Street Law and until recently Peter Barlow in Coronation Street) as Ray Say, Mari’s opportunistic, tacky boyfriend. Little Voice spends day after day alone in her room listening to her musical heroines, matching them note for note, and transporting herself above Mari’s shrieks and shouts. When Ray hears her he sees his chance

for the high-life, his road to the bigtime. All he has to do is persuade her to go with him. “The Rise and Fall of Little Voice combines real humour with a heartbreaking story and the power of music to transport an audience”, said James Brining. “The relationships Jim creates are both funny and moving. Nancy has an incredible voice and Vicky and Chris have an intuitive understanding of Mari and Ray.” We grabbed Vicky’s for a few moments as they were winding up rehearsals in Birmingham. It turns out Mari is a part she has always wanted to play. “I felt I could really tap into this character, I understand her”, she told us. “There are highs and lows and the

comedy is dark and dangerous. This woman is sexy which has been quite challenging. But, I can tell you she is not the same person at the end.” We discovered that Vicky had almost decided to become a barrister but when the choice of drama or double PE came up her life plan changed! The Rise and Fall of Little Voice is designed by Colin Richmond with lighting by Philip Gladwell, musical direction by David Shrubsole and sound design by Dan Hoole. Tendayi Jembere as Billy, Brendan Charleson as Mr Boo, and Joanna Brookes as Sadie, complete the cast. Photo: Keith Pattison

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charity that seeks to reduce food poverty and food waste has been given a cash boost by a Leeds house builder as part of its initiative to support local communities. Foodcycle Leeds, which uses surplus food from supermarkets and spare kitchen space to provide tasty meals for various groups in the community, has received £1,000 from Persimmon Homes West Yorkshire to help it establish a new service in Bramley. The donation is part of the company’s Community Champions project, which will see £24,000 being donated to local groups over the next year. Two groups will be chosen every month and West Yorkshirebased charities are encouraged to

apply via www.persimmonhomes. com/charity Foodcycle Leeds was chosen because it provides a vital service for

Pictured: Foodcycle hub leaders Kimberley Wilson, Jonathan Edmondson, Ailsa Morris, Heather Jane and Lydia Taylor

the city’s most vulnerable individuals whilst also helping to reduce food waste. The volunteer-run service was launched three years ago and currently operates from bases in Little London and Chapel Allerton. “This donation means that we can continue with our plans to secure a third food hub”, said Kimberley Wilson, hub leader. “It has given us the financial security to apply for the relevant licences and train new volunteers. In Little London, we currently serve up to 90 individuals every fortnight, and we are looking at replicating this service with our third hub.” The Persimmon Community Champions initiative is a national programme where charities and groups can apply for funding up to the value of £1,000 to match money they have already raised. Nationwide the company will donate a total of £750,000.

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f you’ve had the good fortune to come across the Grub & Grog lads at any of their previous appearances at food festivals or various pop-ups then you’ll know they’ve proved themselves dab hands with sarnies and stews, with a keen instinct for top drawer ingredients and intriguing ﬂavour combos. Now comfortably installed in their permanent home at the Northern Monk Brewery’s Refectory they continue to carve out a distinctive niche that makes the venue a must visit destination for beer fanatics and foodies alike. A traditional yet innovative approach

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Having quickly established themselves as one of our most exciting new local breweries, Northern Monk have found themselves particularly good bedfellows with The Grub & Grog Shop, sharing as they do an appreciation for the traditional alongside an innovative and forward thinking approach. With twenty draft beers and numerous bottles showcasing the produce of the brewery on the ground floor, along with regular guest ales, The Refectory is an ideal place to while away the hours sampling the tantalising array of brews, many of which pack a considerable ABV punch. Such a session of vigorous thirst slaking is bound to work up an appetite and luckily those Grub & Grog chaps have you covered with a small, select menu of hearty fare that is simultaneously rustic and metropolitan.

As if to underline the point that those behind The Refectory possess considerable knowledge and expertise in both food and drink, all menu items are listed with a suggested beer, wine and, in some cases, even tea-pairing. A thoughtful touch. The Refectory’s succinct, no nonsense menu eschews starters or appetisers and heads straight for the main event – and with food this satisfying you certainly don’t miss the preliminaries. The seasonal root vegetable stew with organic grains was a pleasant surprise, not a traditional stew as one would expect but, with

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spiced pearl barley, white sprouting broccoli, golden beetroot and carrots, an aromatic affair closer in texture to a risotto and the pickled mixed veg accompaniment was a revelation. The pan-fried freshwater fish was a beautifully cooked and succulent fillet of river trout served with creamy cauliflower mash (a prominent menu feature), seasonal greens, and with a lovely, fresh herb sauce and pickled chilli providing a tangy and piquant edge.

A substantial slab! Always partial to a serving of pork belly I must say I was delighted when presented with a particularly substantial slab cooked just so in ale with a top layer of fat more confit than crackling and served with braised red cabbage,

greens were also excellent. Aside from being a righteous flavour-fest, the food at the Refectory is also refreshingly easy on the wallet with all but one of the mains on the menu coming in under a tenner.

An understated cool With its stripped down, minimalist aesthetic exuding an understated cool, a casual, welcoming atmosphere and a diligent commitment to quality in all aspects of the enterprise, The Northern Monk Refectory’s future as a regular drinking spot seems assured. Bolstered by the great food offerings of The Grub & Grog shop they seem to be on to a sure fire winner. We’re bound to be paying another visit before long and urge you to do the same. Highly recommended!

seasonal veg, braised beans and pickled chilli. This perfectly judged take on a much loved classic dish ticked every box and then some; a superb cut of meat with accompaniments whose flavours chimed together harmoniously. Absolutely delicious. Although the suggested beer pairing of the New World IPA was unfortunately unavailable, the Faith Pale Ale, a smooth, citrusy, hoppy American Pale Ale, was a more than adequate substitution. Perhaps, due to the generous potions and the filling nature of the mains, side dishes weren’t strictly necessary but we felt duty bound to sample some. Glad we did so as the Yorkshire fries with homemade mayo could easily give the best chips the city has to offer a run for their money and the seasonal root vegetable fritters and sautéed

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My favourite thing about foraging in June is the flowers! The elderflower is out, brightening up the hedgerows and neighbourhoods with its cheerful sprays of blossom, meadowsweet fills fields and damp places in parks and on the edges of woodlands with its fragrant froths of flowers, and the lime trees (so loved by the Victorians that they filled our parks with them) are abuzz with bees. o get you started, here are some ideas for the three most common edible ﬂowers to forage in June.

The elderflower is out, brightening up the hedgerows

Elderflower: This very common hedgerow plant is very easy to identify thanks to its fragrant clusters of umbelliferous white ﬂower heads. You should pick them on a sunny day for maximum fragrance and stay away from ones that look brown as they can smell a bit like cat pee! An easy (and delicious) thing you can make with these is fritters by dipping them in a light batter and deep frying them. Serve these dusted with icing sugar or a gooseberry compote ﬂavoured with the blossom.

Meadowsweet: This plant used to be known as ‘Queen of the Meadow’ and you can really understand why when you smell it. It looks like candy floss and smells of honey and almonds. My favourite thing to do with these is to pair them with strawberries. Try mixing a cup of sliced strawberries with two tablespoons of sugar and the stripped flowers from two sprays of meadowsweet in a bowl, then cover and leave them overnight in the fridge. In the morning, your berries will be floating in fragrant red syrup. Spoon it over Greek yoghurt for a deliciously simple dessert! L i m e ( L i n d e n )

Blossom: Linden flowers smell so delightfully honeyed that the bees go mad for them and so should you! The flowers were traditionally used to make a tea that is wonderfully calming and de-stressing and has the added benefit of being great for gastric problems. It was my go-to herb when pregnancy acid reflux attacked: Who needs Gaviscon? Pick the flowers with their leafy bract on a sunny day and lay them out on a tray. Their shape means they dry really easily. Make yourself a cuppa whenever you feel a bit blue and taste a bit of summer all year long!

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Volunteers Needed for Grandparents Helpline For years, Barnardo’s has been helping young people find their feet through valuable services like ‘Futures’, which helps those at risk of homelessness by encouraging people with spare rooms to oﬀer them a place to stay. t is currently looking for people with a good sense of humour and patience who are willing to either let them stay until they are ready to live independently, or provide short term, emergency care, for those hit by family breakdown or crisis. Successful applicants can be couples, single people or families. They will receive around £150 per week to cover costs, as well as training and on-going support. ‘Futures’ was set up mainly for young people leaving care and those who have been homeless or are at risk of becoming so. It has been placing people in temporary homes in Leeds for over 20 years. “Vulnerable young people who do not have the support of a loving family run the risk of sleeping rough on the streets, which is a dangerous place to be”, said Jane Smith, Manager at Futures. “We urgently need people in Leeds to consider opening up their homes to young people who are in desperate need of accommodation. “Being a supported lodging provider is a really rewarding role. You can help a young person to get back on track. Seeing them grow in confidence and then move on to live independently is

a fantastic feeling.” Barnardo’s currently has 13 young people in supported lodgings in Leeds. In order to maintain this service and continue to offer support to young people, they urgently need new providers. For further information, please call 0113 258 0888

The Grandparents’ Association is looking for volunteers to work on their helpline. Information and Support Line volunteers will answer calls from grandparents, families and professionals on issues relating to grandparents, especially where they are caring for their grandchildren on a full time basis, or they have lost contact. It is estimated that a million UK children lose touch with their grandparents as a result of separation or divorce, while 200,000 grandparents are raising their grandchildren often in difficult family circumstances and with little or no support. Volunteers will be trained and given on-going support and all necessary expenses. They will need to be able to work on the helpline from our Leeds City Centre office for two hours at a time and the Grandparents’ Association would like volunteers to commit to at least one two hour session a week. Training will take place in Leeds over the Summer. If you would like further information, please contact Judy Field, Leeds Volunteer Co-ordinator, on 0113 446 1111, or judy.field@ grandparents-association. org.uk

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“Made in Leeds TV has gone from strength to strength since our launch in November, and the new addition of the catch up service, OnView, is another step forward”, said Station Manager, Lee Ford. “Our first viewing figures gave us an amazing start with over 430,000 a week watching the channel, and these only look set to grow with OnView providing another outlet for people to watch the channel.” Broadcasting on Freeview Channel 8, Virgin 159 and Sky Guide 117, Made in Leeds transmits 24 hours a day with a schedule of locally-made shows alongside programmes shared across the Made Television network.

he new principal of The Grammar School at Leeds (GSAL) will be returning to her home county when she takes up her new post during the next academic year. Mrs Sue Woodroofe, currently principal of The British School of Brussels (BSB), is one of a small number of female heads of an HMC school. HMC (The Headmasters’ and Headmistresses’ Conference) is the professional association for heads of the world’s leading independent schools, to which both GSAL and BSB belong.

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Mrs Woodroofe trained as a teacher of English and history at Durham University and worked in a wide range of schools in the UK. She was appointed secondary school deputy head at BSB in 2004 and was promoted to Head of

secondary school two years later, and after a further five years was appointed Principal in 2011. Her appointment to GSAL comes after a rigorous international search and selection process, following the announcement of the retirement of Mr Mike Gibbons. “I’ve long admired The Grammar School at Leeds and I’m very excited at the prospect of becoming its new principal”, said Mrs Woodroofe. “I’m passionate about helping young people achieve their potential and I’m looking forward to returning to my Yorkshire roots.”

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eeds & Yorkshire Housing Association (LYHA) recently teamed up with Incredible Edible Kirkstall to launch an inspiring project in the grounds of its head oﬃce on Shire Oak Road, Headingley. It has transformed an area into a community garden that offers people a place to grow friendships and food to support those in need in the local area. The garden offers ecotherapy sessions to those suffering from depression, isolation and loneliness and aims to promote good mental and physical wellbeing through outdoor activity. People work together in groups to learn new skills, share ideas and build confidence and self-esteem. They will plant and look after communal growing areas, which will produce food that can be shared with the community. “The Shire Oak Community Garden is part of our commitment to making a difference locally and responding to issues that many of our customers are facing”, said Emily Fulda, community

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engagement officer at LYHA. “This initiative not only provides produce, but also supports customers in learning new skills, and finding different ways to eat healthily for little cost.” Paul Long, founder of Incredible Edible Kirkstall said: “Ecotherapy makes a huge difference to those taking part and the results can be seen in the wider community. It inspires the

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younger generation to look after their neighbourhood and brings people of all ages closer together. This is a fantastic example of community-led, positive action, which ultimately results in brighter, safer communities for all to enjoy.” For further information, please contact Emily Fulda at Emily.fulda@lyha.co.uk

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Showcase Your Activities with Roundhay Live Roundhay Live is a network of local organisations that enables them to connect with each other, share information about their activities and events and attract new members.

his year, between 20th and 29th June, Julie Abbott from Adel will join hundreds of others across the country in hosting a Blooming Great Tea Party to raise funds for Marie Curie. Last year the nationwide event raised £667,000, which would cover 33,350 hours of vital nursing care. Julie is holding her Tea Party in memory of her Dad, Frank Dowson, who was cared for at home by Marie Curie in 2009. “Dad wanted to be at home and Marie Curie were able to make that happen”, said Julie. “The support that Marie Curie gave Dad and the whole family was brilliant. Being able to be at home was extremely important to him.

The Blooming Great Tea party is a great way for me to fundraise. I know my friends like afternoon tea, and it’s easy as I can host the event at home.” All the money raised will help Marie Curie provide more free care to people living with a terminal illness in their own homes. Marie Curie employs more than 2,700 nurses, doctors and other healthcare professionals, and with its nine hospices around the UK, is the largest provider of hospice beds outside the NHS. For more information and to sign up for a free fundraising pack to host your own Blooming Great Tea Party, visit www.mariecurie. org.uk/teatime or call 0845 052 4184.

Participating organisations can apply to use the Roundhay Live stall at the Oakwood Farmers’ Market to showcase their activities. Organisations that have done so already include the Roundhay WI, the Leeds Photographic Society, the bowling and snooker clubs and Friends of Roundhay Park. You just need to be a local, not-for-profit and apolitical organisation. If you would like to do this please get in touch with them via info@reapLeeds.org.uk. You can also post details about your organisation on the dedicated Roundhay Live webpage on the About My Area website. Contact Aboutmyarea. com Join Roundhay Live and help to increase the strength and vibrancy of our local community. There’s lots to do and a lot happening - don’t keep it hidden!

A Shortage of School Places in North Leeds n 16th April parents were informed of the results of their application for primary school places. A p p r ox i m a t e l y 1 0,0 0 0 children in Leeds are due to start school in September, and 85% of these were allocated to their first choice school. However, in North Leeds 86 families did not get any of their five preferences, despite the majority having included their nearest school. Instead these children have been placed at several different schools outside their local communities. Some children have more than 20 primary schools nearer to their home than the one they have been allocated.

Parents in the Roundhay, Moortown and Alwoodley areas have identified a ‘black hole’ where children are unable to get a place at any local school. Over 130 of these joined a Facebook group set up to address the issue, and launched a campaign that has been covered in the local, regional and national press, culminating in the Prime Minister, David Cameron, being confronted by one of the affected parents whilst on a visit to Leeds at the end of April. A public meeting was attended by over 70 parents, representatives from Leeds City Council, six local councillors, and local MP Fabian Hamilton. The Council promised to look into solutions to provide additional

Parents have identified a ‘black hole’ where children are unable to get a place at any local school

primary school places locally. In May it was announced that 30 more places had been created at Gledhow School, but the majority of parents remain uncertain as to whether their children will be offered places in their local communities. Central to the frustration of the affected families has been the fact that the shortage of places was widely predicted. In 2014 an additional class was created at Roundhay Primary School, and in 2016 the council has committed to the expansion of Gledhow Primary. Despite having the highest birth rate of any of these years, no additional places were provided for children starting school in 2015.

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It’s Time for Horsforth’s First ‘Walk of Art’! Horsforth’s first ever Walk of Art is set to take place over the weekend of 4th and 5th July. Its aim is to showcase the town’s creativity and inspire the community to engage creatively.

esidents and businesses will share their spaces with local artists. Shop windows, high street galleries, gardens and garden sheds will all be transformed into exhibition spaces. Plus there will be live music and numerous other activities. The Walk of Art is the first free art festival of its kind to be held in the town. Focused around Town Street, New Road Side and Station Road, as well as in church halls, scout huts, etc. Nearly 70 artists, writers, musicians and craftspeople will be exhibiting their work at 46 ‘stops’. There will also be spray painted wheelie bins to find, and 47 shop windows housing work from all the local schools. Sixteen drop-in or pre-register activities will be taking place too, including lectures and workshops– most of which are suitable for all ages. The entire day is free to participate in. “I wanted this weekend to be completely inclusive”, said organiser Lara

Rule. “It was important that everyone involved should give their time freely so that everyone in the community would have an opportunity to try their hand at something new and view creativity in a different light without financial pressure. Horsforth is full of amazing people. It’s about time we did something to celebrate their art. “The Horsforth Centre for Counselling and Redbrick Properties have covered the costs of printing the maps, which feature four different routes, and creating ‘To Let’ style boards highlighting participating venues. We are asking participating artists who have a successful weekend to make a donation to one of our charities, and visitors can add to collection boxes around the walk, which will go towards organising more fun events throughout the year.”

The event kicks off at the Farmers’ Market with activities for passers-by, school choirs and a peek at the absolutely enormous Community Blanket, which over 100 residents have contributed to. For further information, visit www.horsforth-woa.co.uk or email lara@horsforth-woa.org

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News From Your Councillor CLLR DANIEL COHEN

Alwoodley Ward May I begin by thanking Alwoodley residents for r e- el ect i n g m e as yo u r councillor. I make no secret of the huge honour I feel in being allowed to serve and represent you on Leeds City Council. Over the next four years I will continue to work

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Roundhay Ward Election Hindsight I was one of the first 18 year olds to vote in the 1970 General Election, making 2015 my twelfth. Unexpectedly, 1970 returned a Tory Government, but 2015 really was the first general election where during the campaign politicians and pundits had so little idea of the outcome. By the time this is published, the election will be over. But as I write, politicians of all parties are on the doorstep or the phones, attending meetings or leafleting, or doing the myriad things that go on in a campaign to persuade undecided voters of their policies, and to remind their supporters to vote. Campaigning is a chance to meet and engage with a huge range of people. Not everyone welcomes the call, but many people do want to meet local and national

for every resident in my favourite part of Leeds and I look forward to continuing to meet as many of you at possible at local events, street surgeries and as I wander around (usually with one or two of my children in tow). May I also take this chance to remind residents of our meeting with First Bus, planned for 11th June at the Civic Hall at 4.30pm. Please do let me know if you will be coming along so I can ensure we have the right sized room. Finally, I really want to hear from you. What are the three things that are really great about Alwoodley, but also what are the three things you think could be improved? Please let me know and over the coming months and years, let’s see if we can tackle some of the widest held grumbles - though

politicians, especially as polling day get nearer, and for even the best engaged candidate or sitting MP, it is a chance to hear the concerns of large numbers of constituents. The climax is the count. The validation stage, where ballot papers are tipped onto tables to check that their numbers correlate with votes recorded as cast, also allows party workers to see who is winning. This is where journalists, talking to the party workers outside the Hall, will start saying “early indications are that ......”. Then comes the count proper, and the result becomes clearer as the papers pile up. Just before the end, the Returning Officer will tell the candidates the outcome, allowing those narrowly defeated in marginal constituencies to seek a recount. Finally, comes that moment of pure theatre when the returning officer announces the

What are the three things that are really great about Alwoodley? please remember, re-election did not give me a magic wand or super powers, I still can’t necessarily stop people parking inconsiderately or make them drive a little slower - but as always I’ll do my best! As always for any Alwoodley problems do get in touch.

Have a great month! Daniel.cohen@leeds.gov.uk

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Keep putting in supports for herbaceous perennials as they grow. Whilst travelling last month I met a lovely lady from Leeds called Margaret who passed on this excellent tip for supporting Sedum Spectabile (Ice Plant). Before it puts on too much growth, cover it with an upturned wire hanging basket that you no longer use. The plant will grow through it to cover it entirely but will not become top heavy and ﬂop as it would without the support. Keep the garden well watered in dry spells, paying particular attention to seedlings, vegetables and any new plants.

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Be Inspired Get some fresh ideas by planning to visit gardens and shows in June and July. The Hampton Court Palace Flower Show opens on 30th June and runs until 5th July. There will be a wealth of exciting gardens, products and ideas for you to enjoy. I will be there creating a ‘Garden for Retirement’, so do please call in and say hello if you are there. Closer to home, the Roundhay Open Gardens Ideas Trail is back for 2015 and North Leeds gardeners will be opening their garden gates to welcome you on Sunday 5th July from 1 – 5pm. The REAP gardening group is coordinating the event.

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ummer is a time when many of our seabirds return to the coast to breed and one of the most beautiful and spectacular is the gannet. The adult is white with a long neck, black-tipped wings, a golden blush on the head and a dagger-like bill, while the juvenile is a grey-brown colour all over. The UK holds twothirds of the world’s breeding population, and they breed on cliffs and open islands around the coast in large noisy colonies, with each pair defending its tiny nest area. The parents take it in turn to brood the single egg, which hatches after 44 days. They catch fish by rising up to 40 metres above the surface of the water,

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stalling briefly, and then plungediving head first with their wings closed, at a speed of up to 62mph – a truly impressive sight! The gannet is specially adapted for this behaviour, with nostrils in its mouth and many air sacs, which cushion the force of the plunge. In Yorkshire, we are lucky to have the biggest mainland breeding colony of gannets, at the RSPB’s Bempton Cliffs reserve on the east coast. A £1.3m new seabird centre was opened here in April, and the reserve was featured recently on ‘Springwatch’.

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he Beckett Pocket Beds, a garden which aims to encourage people to become healthier through growing edible plants, were recently launched at Leeds Beckett University. Located next to the Dry Dock on Woodhouse Lane, the range of hardy perennial edible plants and fruit trees are suitable for informal harvesting by passing pedestrians. The idea was developed by Feed Leeds, a network of individuals and organisations working to promote and support food growing for its economic,

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A fascinating documentary about the forgotten inventor of motion pictures

Photo: David Nicholas Wilkinson, Tony PierceRoberts © Guerilla Films (Le Prince) Ltd n the late 19th century, the race was on to be the first to make the leap from still photography to actual moving pictures. The likes of the Lumière Brothers in Paris, Thomas Edison in New York, and many others were all experimenting with the process and new technology, but so was a French inventor and artist, Louis Le Prince, based in Leeds. In October 1888, Le Prince produced the world’s first films in Leeds, on cameras patented in both America and the UK. Once he had perfected his projection machine, Le Prince arranged to demonstrate his discovery to the American public and the world. On 16th September 1890, just weeks before he was due to sail to New York, Louis Aimé Augustine Le Prince stepped onto the Dijon to Paris train and was never seen again. No body was ever found so legally no one could fight the Le Prince claim that he invented a camera that recorded the very

A quest to uncover the mysteries surrounding the origins of film

first moving image. As a result, several years later, Thomas Edison and the Lumière Brothers were to claim the glory and the prize and Le Prince’s name and his pioneering work was forgotten.

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The First Film will be shown at Hyde Park Picture House on 1st July at 8pm. Tickets are £20 (no concessions), which includes a copy of Tony Earnshaw’s book Made in Yorkshire and a free DVD. All funds raised will be donated to the Alzheimer’s Society

he Magic of Motown is set to fill Millennium Square on Thursday 30th July, when Gwen Dickey, the voice of Rose Royce, will perform hits like Car Wash and Love Don’t Live Here Anymore, as well as her biggest hit Wishing on a Star. The evening will also feature the music of the Four Tops, The Supremes, Temptations, Jackson Five, Isley Brothers, Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, Diana Ross, Lionel Richie and more. Tickets: £30/ Children (5 - 15) £15 (plus booking fee) available on 08444 539046 or online at www.easytheatres.com. Tickets are also available from 0113 224 3801, www. leeds.gov.uk/MagicOfMotown, or in person from the City Centre Box Office in the Carriageworks Theatre on Millennium Square.

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Hundreds of Bruce Springsteen fans and art collectors will be heading to Leeds on Thursday 11th June at 6.30pm to meet the man who has been photographing Springsteen and his band for the last sixteen years.

This is the first time Jo Lopez has exhibited his work outside of the USA

he ‘Man Behind The Man’ exhibition, presented by Off Beat Lounge, is being hosted at the Harley Davidson showroom on Wellington Road Industrial Estate. Twelve limited edition prints of Bruce in concert around the world will be on show. These hugely sought after, collectable prints are limited to just one hundred copies per image, in a variety of size options, all signed by Jo Lopez. It’s the first time Jo has exhibited his work outside of the USA, and the event is drawing fans from across Europe. As well as touring with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Jo Lopez has also photographed rock legends such as Lynyrd Skynyrd, Blondie and Black Sabbath, and was the photographer behind the Springsteen image that’s considered to be one of Rolling Stone magazine’s most iconic cover photos in its forty year history. The exhibition travels the UK over the next six months…moving from Leeds to Edinburgh and Dublin, although Jo is only likely to attend the Leeds event. Anyone wishing to attend the launch night should email info@offbeatlounge. co.uk to request a place on the complimentary guest list. The Off Beat Lounge gallery near Norwich has one of the world’s largest collections of rare, limited edition fine art album covers, music-related art and photography. It is proud to be supporting the Teenage Cancer Trust with a donation from the sale of each print.

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CERT: 15 - RUNNING TIME: 102 MINS The transition from stand-up comedy to feature film stardom is not an easy one to make and is rarely achieved successfully. It can often be difficult to translate a comedian’s on-stage energy to film projects that play to their strengths. The cinematic track record to date of Chris Rock, undoubtedly one of his generation’s most talented stand-ups, bears this out with a filmography which is patchy at best. Top Five, his latest and most confident outing as writer, director and star, while not entirely successful, might go some way towards redressing the balance and hints at his potential as a filmmaker. In a role that’s certainly self-referential if not semiautobiographical Rock plays Andre Allen, a former stand-up comedian and recovering alcoholic who found huge mainstream success with a schlocky, lowbrow action/comedy franchise and is now striving to be taken seriously with his latest film; the story of a slave uprising in Haiti. As well as having to negotiate a press sceptical of his stab at credibility, Andre is also dealing with the pressure of his imminent wedding to a famous-for-being-famous reality TV star (any similarity to the wife of Top Five’s co-producer Kanye West is, I’m sure, purely coincidental). As part of his publicity rounds Andre finds himself in what I’d consider the highly enviable position of having to spend

an afternoon with Rosario Dawson’s journo, Chelsea Brown. And guess what! During the course of their interview they bond and Andre reflects on his life and his choices and could they maybe, just maybe, be falling for one another? Well, I can forgive Top Five for being

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somewhat predictable and formulaic, even if it is a little lighter on the laughs than one might expect. As a Chris Rock fan I find it heartening to see him taking something of a more considered approach to his film choices and, even if this one doesn’t exactly hit the mark, there’s still a fair bit to recommend it. Those familiar with Rock’s standup routines will know to expect the,

shall we say, rather bawdy comedy that features heavily here. Those with delicate sensibilities should probably head elsewhere. Ironically, with the exception of the film’s star, the rest of the decent cast all appear to be operating well within their comfort zone. Rock, however, still seems a little stiff as an actor, his screen presence a washed out shadow of his effervescent onstage persona. That said, his scenes with Dawson (for whom playing a smart, sexy and engaging woman can’t really be much of a stretch) do exhibit an easy-going, relaxed chemistry. Things are also livened up by a string of famous cameos providing some of the more amusing moments (Jerry Seinfeld “making it rain” in the strip club a particular highlight). All in all, while flawed, Top Five does have a certain charm, not to

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The Garforth Arts Festival and its grand finale, The Playground Party, is fast approaching, featuring a whole day of fantastic live music, dance, entertainment & fun for all the family. It is the culmination of the two-week long Garforth Arts Festival which is now firmly established as a part of the annual cultural calendar in Leeds. A cultural extravaganza not to be missed

Pictured: Clare Teal he festival, now in its 11th year, provides a whole range of educational projects and opportunities within the community as well as some of the best artists in the world. This year the headliners are The Brand New Heavies, delivering their unique mix of jazz, funk and soul. Supporting them will be West Country folk singer, songwriter and multiinstrumentalist Seth Lakeman, and the Afro-beat legend Femi Kuti & the Positive Force. Also on the bill is the BBC Big Band, featuring top UK jazz singer Clare Teal, and the Garforth Jazz Rock Band with more artists still to be announced. East Leeds FM will be running the second stage featuring music and spoken word from a wide range of artists from Leeds and

across the UK. There will also be visual arts, crafts and music workshops, together with magic, face painting, circus skills and a whole host of other exciting activities. All in all, the Playground Party is a cultural extravaganza not to be missed, and at only £25 for a full day of entertainment, it might just be the best value festival day in the entire UK! During the two weeks running up to the Playground Party there are numerous other events and activities … The Garforth Arts Festival has strong links with South Africa and will present ‘Sing Freedom’ on Wednesday 8th July, 7.30pm at Garforth Academy. This is Frances Bernstein’s story of her parent’s involvement in the struggle against apartheid. The Free Range and Harmony choirs (directed by Frances Bernstein) and Green Lane Primary Academy Choir

will perform some of the emotive songs that helped to sustain the movement. The Borealis Saxaphone Quartet, an award-winning chamber ensemble performs on Saturday 4th July, 7.30pm at St Mary’s Church, Garforth. ‘Lullabies - The Singing Bowl’ is a contemporary musical exploration of night sounds interspersed with lullabies from India. Sound artist Duncan Chapman creates a unique soundscape as a backdrop for Indian lullabies explored by vocalist Supriya Nagarajan of Manasamitra, on Monday 6th July, 7.30pm at Chapel FM in Seacroft,. There will also be several events at the Garforth Working Men’s Club, including ‘My Generation - A celebration of 50 years of The Who’ which is on Tuesday 30th June.

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SAA-UK’s Summer Solstice Festival Celebrate the Solstice in style with an all-night extravaganza of Indian Classical Music on Saturday 20/Sunday 21st June, 8.30pm – 6am. musicians. Deepa Nair returns to Leeds with her soul searching voice for late night raag before Pandit Sanju Sahai takes on the midnight hour with his incredible finesse and dexterity through the language of Tabla. Mehboob

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Belgrave Music Hall, £13.20. Drawing inspiration from blues, folk & soul he has been compared to Jeff Buckley, John Mayer & Eric Clapton.

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Evening of Inter-Celtic Music Sat 6 Jun, 8pm Inkwell,

Potternewton Ln LS7. Irish Arts Foundation presents virtuoso fiddle player Ben Gunnery, with guitarist Dave Kosky & local musicians Gemma Irving (singer/guitarist), Ian Pearson (fiddle), Des Hurley (accordion) & Toby Noble (guitar). £8/£6. Details: 278 7442, info@ irisharts.org.uk

Victor Gutierrez Trio Sun Jun 7, SevenArts, 1.30 -4pm, £7/5. Award-winning Spanish pianist & composer bringing the styles of Bill Evans, Kenny Barron, Keith Jarrett, Brad Mehldau. Robyn Hitchcock Tue 9 Jun, Brudenell Social Club, £13.20. Eccentric guitarist/songwriter whose sound has touches of psychedelia, sprinkled with wry humour.

The Mike Conliffe Trio & Guests Wed 10 Jun,

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Seven Unplugged Wed 10 Jun, Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton. Featuring Brian Beckett, Leeds City Stompers, The Dom Major Band, The Sentimentalists. A not-forprofit night with the best of local talent. An Evening of Musical Comedy Fri 12 Jun,

Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton. Featuring Mrs Porter & Mr Swann, Pete Marshall & The Lomos, Skinner & Twitch, Laurence & Tiff. £7 www. sevenarts.co.uk

Ariel Pink Sun 14 Jun, Brudenell Social Club, £14.85. Lo-fi electronic pop sounds &

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OBN III’s Thu 18 Jun, Brudenell Social Club, £6.60. Straightforward, unforgiving stooges-style rock ‘n’ roll. Paolo Nutini Fri 19 Jun

Millennium Sq. 5:30pm, £46.75. Singer-songwriter with reputation for blistering, crowd rousing live performances. Also appearing: The Staves whose soaring harmonies hark back to the sweet sounds of Crosby, Stills & Nash.

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Brudenell Social Club, £17.60. Buster Bloodvessel & co. continue to give a crackin’ good show of aggressive & highly danceable good-time ska.

Solstice Festival Sat 20 Jun, Left Bank, 8:30pm - 6am, £20. Achuthan Sripathmanathan + Deepa Nair + Pandit Sanju Sahai + Mehboob Nadeem + Rakesh Chaurasia + Bhupinder Singh Chagger. Celebrate the Solstice in style with an allnight extravaganza of Indian Classical Music.

Leeds Jazz Orchestra Sat 20 Jun HEART, £6/£8. Big band classics from Basie & Ellington + new compositions from Leeds composers. Joel Purnell’s Red Shift

Sun 21 Jun, SevenArts, 1.30 -4pm, £7/5. World class tenor sax man & jazz educator leads exhilarating quartet inspired by the American jazz masters.

Sarah Cracknell Sun 21 Jun, City Varieties £22.70. Singersongwriter, best known as lead singer of the electronic band Saint Etienne.

Performing The Man Who Sold The World: Tony Visconti + Woody Woodmansey + Glenn Gregory + Steve Norman

Sun 21 Jun, O2 Academy, £23. Classic Bowie album performed by original collaborators & guests.

Gaz Brookfield Wed 24 Jun, Fox & Newt, £5.50. Nu/ anti-folk artist, winner of Acoustic Magazine’s UK singersongwriter competition with accessible songs that capture the imagination. EyeHateGod Thu 25 Jun,

Brudenell Social Club, £16.50. Southern rock / punk / blues band from New Orleans who cite Black Flag, The Melvins & Black Sabbath as inﬂuences.

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New Roots: iFive Fri 26 Jun, 8pm New Headingley Club, 56 St Micheal’s Rd. iFive return with their beautifully crafted songs. £6

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The purpose of the study is to understand people’s preferences for the diﬀerent forms of protein supplements

lasting approximately two hours; the second also requires three visits, but the assessments last just one hour. You can choose to take part in one or other, or both. In both studies you will be asked to take protein supplements, after which a number of different measurements will be taken. For the first arm of the study this would include taking small blood samples. You will also be given breakfast as part of the study. If you are interested in taking part in one, or both parts of this study, and would like further information, please contact Dr Theocharis Ispoglou on 0113 812 8603, T.Ispoglou@ leedsbeckett.ac.uk or Research Assistant Matthew Lees at M.Lees@leedsbeckett.ac.uk

Golf Centre Launches Community Cup eeds Golf Centre recently launched the ‘Community Cup’, in a bid strengthen cultural relationships within Leeds and the first event saw members from the Muslim and Jewish communities come together for an 18-hole team challenge. The idea for the Community Cup came from Naveen Ahmed, Managing Director of Parklane Group of Companies, together with friends including Altaf Sadiq, Jeremy Barnett and Danny Taylor, both of whom are members of the Jewish Golf Society.

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“We were playing golf one day and we thought, wouldn’t it be great to start an annual golfing tournament to strengthen our local community”, said Naveen. “Leeds is home to a diverse community and we wanted to create an event that celebrated and built relationships between cultures and ethnicities. The day went really well and everyone really enjoyed it! “Because it was such a success, we plan to run the tournament annually, and hope toexpand it across the country, getting different societies involved.” For further information about the Community Cup, please contact Leeds Golf Centre via www. leedsgolfcentre.com

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“The choir offers a way for those who have had neurological issues to come together, and improve their confidence whilst having fun and learning something new in the process”, said Kay. “Any one of us could find ourselves in the same situation, through stroke, accident or illness. Giving Voice is incredibly important and I am honoured to support them and the amazing work they do.” Wendy Neill, a speech and language therapist at Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust, who started the choir and works with the team that supports people recovering from, or living with a neurological condition, said: “The choir has gone from strength to strength since we launched in June 2014 and we are all thrilled to have Kay on board. This year we’re

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Howard Fojt, from Ilkley will be joining them and running in memory of his father, Martin, who sadly died last year. He and his friend Luke Hope-Robertson aim to raise over £1,500. Visit Howard’s fundraising page at www.justgiving.com/HowardFojt1 Martin was CEO of Emerald Group Publishing, who chose Heart Research UK as their Charity of the Year in 2014. Shortly after making this arrangement he died from a heart attack whilst out walking his dog on Ilkley Moor, aged just 53. Since then Emerald Group Publishing has raised over £35,000 to help fund research into heart disease. “Heart Research UK is very close to me because of what happened to my father”, said Howard. “My dad was too young to die and this charity is researching how early death through heart disease can be prevented, so other families don’t have to go through what we’ve been through.” To get your place call 0113 234 7474 or visit www.heartresearch. org.uk

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orkshire County cricketers were recently screened for signs of skin cancer at a special clinic at Chapel Allerton Hospital, in partnership with Yorkshire Cancer Research. The screening coincides with the death of former Australia captain and commentator Richie Benaud, who died while being treated for the disease. Andrew Gale, Steven Patterson, Tim Bresnan and Richard Pyrah all attended the dermatology clinic as part of Yorkshire Cancer Research’s Sun Awareness campaign. The charity is the official 2015/2016 charity partner of Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Throughout the Summer the two organisations will work to raise awareness of skin cancer across

the 747 cricket clubs and highlight the importance of wearing the right headgear, clothes and sunscreen while watching and playing the game. Cases of malignant melanoma in Yorkshire have increased

by 170% in the past 25 years. Cricketers are at particularly high risk of developing melanoma due to the amount of time they spend in the sun. “It’s definitely beneficial for the lads to get checked out”, said Yorkshire Captain Andrew Gale. “We’re also keen to raise awareness throughout Yorkshire and our partnership with Yorkshire Cancer Research is really helping us spread the word.” Dr Wal Hussain, Consultant Dermatologist at Chapel Allerton Hospital, said: “One of the things we try to educate people about is the importance of early detection in diagnosing and curing skin cancer and this is where the role of screening is so important. If you are worried the first step is to go and have a chat with your GP. The phrase we’re trying to promote is ‘If in doubt, check it out’.”

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You may not be very familiar with Futsal but, since it was established in England in 2003, it has grown steadily. The game features the discipline of football with a small team and smaller, heavier ball. It focuses on players’ technical ability and intelligence in small spaces to produce a fastflowing, exciting brand of football that has developed the likes of Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Ronaldinho.

ocal leagues in England have enjoyed FA support in recent years and Futsal 5s leagues, run by county FAs, have brought a competitive environment to teams looking to establish themselves. Meanwood Athletic has hit the ground running. Taking the title in their first full season as a club, Meanwood has cemented its place as one of the best clubs in the city by recently taking their second title in three seasons. A resounding 10 – 4 victory over Leeds City Futsal Club secured the title with two games to spare. Formed in August 2014, Meanwood has enjoyed a meteoric rise. Competing in both the Futsal 5s competition and the @Futsal MLS

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Otley Walking Festival 2015 It’s back again! Get your boots ready for Otley Walking Festival 2015. This year’s festival opens on Saturday 27th June and runs right through until Sunday 5th July with walks and events every day and evening. With a choice of 52 walks and events, there really is something for everyone! Short town-based walks, themed walks, woodland walks, strenuous moorland hikes plus a full evening programme of entertaining themed events. This is a great opportunity to enjoy all that Otley and Wharfedale have to offer. Some of the events you can take in are: Walking with Wine at Farnley Hall; an Introduction to Power Walking for Women; an Allotment Walk; Musical Mystery Pub Tour; Saunter with a Strolling Minstrel; and Wayzgoose Morris Dancing at The Maypole. Otley Walking Festival 2015 programmes are available at Otley Library, Otley Courthouse, Tourist Information Centres, Just Books, Browse Time, Bondgate Bakery, and the Festival Office, based at Chevin Trek. For further information, visit www.otleywalkingfestival.co.uk and www.chevintrek.co.uk Ruth Blackwell, Chair, Otley Walking Festival Organising Committee

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Clarrie Box, a Y-9 student at The Grammar School at Leeds, and her younger sister Heidi, who is in Y-6 at Adel at John the Baptist, recently auditioned successfully to perform with English Youth Ballet in a production of Giselle at St George’s Hall, Bradford on 5th and 6th June. his is the first time that English Youth Ballet has included Bradford in its annual tour and that local children have had the chance to audition and dance with the company. Nearly 200 young dancers auditioned and the competition was fierce as dancers came from all over Yorkshire and beyond. Clarrie and Heidi attend the Maillot Rose School of Theatre and Dance (teacher Miss Alison Moore) at Harewood Village Hall. Two other Maillot Rose students were also awarded places – Mia Casper from Shadwell and Evelyn Somers from Harrogate, together with Olivia Wilson (9) who attends Farsley Springbank Junior School.

Almost 100 young dancers (aged 8 – 18) from West Yorkshire will take to the stage supporting the principal dancers. Tickets can be purchased through 01274 432000 or online at www.bradford_theatres.co.uk

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The National Coal Mining Museum for England is hosting Mini Miner Mondays for preschool children until 20th July. Nursery and playgroup organisers can bring their children along at 10.15am for an hour of storytelling, rhymes and craft as they explore the Museum’s galleries. The weekly sessions investigate what miners do and includes a themed craft activity. The Mini Miners team works with group of 16 – 24 people (including adults). The sessions cost £2 per child and should be pre-booked through the Education Bookings Officer. The museum has a whole host of activities for the little ones to enjoy after the session. They can explore the nature trail, visit the pit pony stables and discover a world of exciting buildings and interesting objects. For further information, visit www.ncm.org.uk or call 01924 848806

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Wigton Moor Primary is 50! his month, Wigton Moor Primary School on Barfield Crescent, Alwoodley, celebrates its 50th anniversary and there are lots of fun activities planned to mark the event. On Friday 26th June, everyone will dress up in 1960’s fashion, or as a 60’s TV or book character. Previous staff and pupils will speak about the school and how it has changed at a special assembly. There will be a variety of dance, art, music and history workshops. Even school dinners will be 1960s style! A special 1960s Summer Fair will be held on Saturday 27th June and will include a live band (The Blue Suede Dudes), a Wigton

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alaSangam’s musician in residence, Vijay Venkat, currently shares his expertise in Carnatic music, which originated in the southern India and transcends boundaries, language and religion, at the KalaSangam Arts Centre in Bradford. His infectious enthusiasm has now spread to Leeds, where he offers vocal and keyboard Carnatic lessons at Carr Manor Community School every Tuesday from 5.30 – 6.30pm. Kala Sangam is a dynamic intercultural arts organisation that aims to bring people together through south Asian music, dance,

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crafts, storytelling and visual arts. Its aim is to continue the classical tradition by developing the creative talent of young people, and works widely in education, lifelong learning, youth arts and the community. KalaSangam, St Peter’s House, 1 Forster Square, Bradford BD1 4AT. For full details, please contact 01274 303340, info@kalasangam. org, or visit www.kalasangam.org

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Our Nurses are the stars of the Hospice. Their role is to support our patients and their relatives as they face the challenges of a terminal illness. They are central to the care that is given to our patients whether on our wards or in the patient’s own home and without them we simply couldn’t keep Registered Charity No. 1015941

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ichmond House School in Far Headingley recently introduced a bowling club to its extensive list of out-ofschool activities. Richmond House offers over 40 extra-curricular clubs and activities, providing something to suit every child. Its extensive sports facilities include rugby and football pitches, tennis courts, an athletics track, cricket square, and now a crown green bowling area! This facility, also used by the local community, will now be used by Years 5 and 6 throughout the Summer Term. “We endeavour to offer clubs that appeal to all children and recognise that the traditional, more energetic sports do not suit

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every child”, said Paul Oldham, Deputy Head, who runs the new Bowling Club. “We have also recently introduced orienteering and team building, which are fun, low impact, challenging activities that make the most of our extensive outdoor space. “Bowling teaches many skills including co-ordination and precision, as well as important life skills such as social interaction and following rules. As with all of our extracurricular pursuits, the aim is to allow children to develop new talents and ultimately grow in confidence and self-esteem.” Richmond House School, 170 Otley Road, LS16 5LG www. rhschool.org

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The Arena Group Leeds Mini and Junior Run signals the start of a great running weekend, with the Asda Foundation Leeds 10K taking place on Sunday 12th July. Suitable for children of all abilities, and organised by Jane Tomlinson’s Run For All, the runs provide children with a wonderful introduction to mass participation events. The 1.5km mini run is for children aged three to eight, and the junior run, for those aged nine to 14, covers a distance of 2.5km. Entry is free and every child who

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Students at The Grammar School at Leeds (GSAL) were winners in this year’s Leeds Enterprise Advisory Programme (LEAP), which gives students hands-on experience of running their own business.

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heir company ‘High Flyers’, set up by a team of lower sixth students, created a range of travel accessories, which flew off the shelves. At the end of the year High Flyers scooped four LEAP awards – Best Company Report, Social Media, Best Presentation, and Best Overall Company. “We allocated roles according to the individual strengths of team members”, said Libby Munro, Managing Director, “from raising startup capital and choosing the product, through to producing the company report and giving

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our presentation. LEAP was a great way to get some business experience before applying to university.” The other team members were Olivia Houseman (Creative Director), Phoebe Goldstone and Jaypreet Dhesi (Marketing), Immy Share (Social Media), Lucy Adler (Finance Director) Grace Hall (Sales Director), Hollie Bruce (Company Secretary), Hannah Freeman (Human Resources) and Rosie Harris (Production). High Flyers are donating their profit to GSAL’s charitable project in support of communities in Malawi.

The book (suitable for 6-9 year olds) is set in Wetherby and based in Crumbs café. Flossie may be small for a Jack Russell but she is no ordinary dog. She has just landed back on Earth for her first assignment as a Dog Angel with instructions to follow her nose; not to fly too soon; and, to remember the animal angel academy’s motto – ‘Only for the good of others’. Flossie has been assigned to look after Kate, who runs the Crumbs cafe. With the help of Kate’s mischievous ghostly Godmother, Flossie soon finds out she is there to change the lives of many others too. In this first book she helps a young boy who is having difficulties coming to terms with his deafness and runs away. Using her special powers and lots of ghostly interventions she is able to get a hearing dog for the boy. Many of the animals and the hearing dog will feature in future books, as well as the humorous characters who frequent the café. ‘Angels Can Be Hairy Too’ is available on Amazon Kindle and Kobo as an ebook.

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Community Notices

COMMUNITYNOTICES ACTIVE Alwoodley Community Association Badminton Club Friendly group welcomes all abilities for badminton & social events Mon from 9pm & Wed from 8.30pm. Details:

Vicky 07561 292699, Phil 268 9996, acabc@gmx. co.uk, www.alwoodley communityassociation.co.uk

Alwoodley Community Association Indoor Carpet Bowls Section Meets Fri, 7.30 – 9.30pm. Mixed membership, mostly aged 60+ but younger age groups most welcome. Friendly social atmosphere & good light

exercise. Drop in & give it a try. Details: Brian K. 07527

730022

Join Team St Gemma’s for Leeds 10K Guaranteed places Sun 12 July – £25 each. Runners are asked to raise as much sponsorship money as possible. Details: 218 5505,

beckyh@st-gemma.co.uk

Join Team YCC for Yorkshire Marathon Sun 11 Oct. Yorkshire Cancer Centre, St James’s Hospital has guaranteed places for this event.

Details: Tif 206 8620, tifaine. carter@nhs.net

Junior Footballers

FREE FOR charities, churches, social clubs & non-profit community groups

Wanted Quality players for North East Leeds Juniors U17s for 2014-15 season. Training & games at Scott Hall. Details:

Mark Bramfitt 07970 863483, bramfitt_m@yahoo. co.uk Leeds Area Disabled

Swimming Club Do you have

group – all ages & abilities welcome. Adm £1.50 Details:

268 0266/ 01977 510508

Leeds 10K Sun 12 July. Guaranteed places available. Challenge yourself & raise funds for Yorkshire Cancer Centre, St James’s Hospital. Details: Tif

206 8620, tifaine.carter@ nhs.net

a condition where swimming could help? LADSC meets Mon 7.15 – 8.15pm Holt Park Active. Safe & relaxed environment.

Leeds Penguins Lacrosse Club trains Mon 7.15pm at

Details: Roger 267 4716, Paul 225 7035

Adel, matches Saturdays. New & experienced players welcome.

Leeds Folk Dance Group

Details: leedslacrosse@ hotmail.co.uk

meets Wed (term time), 7.30 – 9.30pm at Baptist Church, Moortown LS17 6AA. Friendly

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Details: LeedsSoftball@ gmail.com, www. LeedsSoftball.com

Lindy Hop Dance Classes Mon 8 – 11pm, Moortown Social Club, LS17 5LA. Beginners 8pm, Intermediate 9.30pm, Followed by social dancing. £5. Details:

Joyce 278 9891, www. swingjiveleeds.com

Moortown Rugby Union Club All junior age groups (6 –17) welcome to train & play Rugby Union. Located at Far Moss Sport Ground, off The Avenue, LS17 7NT. Details:

North Leeds Leopards are looking for new players for their U15 team (Year 10) for 2015. Details: coach Lee Baines, 07913 385533

Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon Sun 11 Oct. Run the Yorkshire Marathon for St Gemma’s Hospice. They have 20 places & would love you to join the team. Details:

beckyh@st-gemma.co.uk

Pudsey & District Rambling Club Walks of 5 - 10 miles Sun & alt Thurs. Members from all around the district & new members welcome. Annual membership £8. Try before you join. Details:

01943 430657, pat_barnett@ yahoo.com

Damian Curtis 07703 755645, www.pitchero.com/ clubs/moortownrufc

Ramgarhia Sports Centre Adults: Circuit Training (Mon

& Wed 6.30 – 7.30pm; Fri 6 – 7pm). £5 per class. Children: Cricket (ages 8-16, Sun 10am – noon); Hockey (Fri, 5 – 6pm). £2 per class. All abilities welcome. Details: 262 5657, ‘Ramgarhia Sikh Centre’ on facebook.

Run/ Walk with the Rhinos in Leeds 10K,

Roundhay parkrun Sat 8.45am for 9am start, at the bandstand near The Mansion. Free 5k timed run for all ages & abilities. Details: www.parkrun.

leedsrhinosfoundation.org/ events/run-with-the-rhinos. php

org.uk/roundhay

Row, Row, Row Your Boat!

Sun 12 July. Run with Leeds Rhinos legend Jamie Peacock & attend post race ‘Finishers Breakfast!’ All sponsorship to be split between Leeds Rhinos Foundation & Jane Tomlinson Appeal. Details: www.

Tai Chi Classes Mon & Wed, 7 - 8pm Chapel Allerton Primary School, Harrogate Rd, LS7 3PD. Details: 07581

Teams of 2 - 8 can row 10 miles (20, 21 or 27 June) or 21 miles (28 June) across Lake Windermere, whilst raising money for St Gemma’s. Race for fastest time or enjoy the challenge with colleagues, friends & family.

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Details: 218 5296, tracieh@ st-gemma.co.uk

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ry Korfball! Free tryouts for men & women Mon 7pm at Notre Dame College, St Marks Ave. LS2 (opp Leeds University). Details:

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82 University of Leeds Staff Walking Club organises at least one walk (5-12 miles) most weekends. All welcome & no membership charge. Details:

David Shaw 285 7480, d.c.shaw@leeds.ac.uk

Walkabout! Alwoodley-based friendly group that enjoys short, medium or long walks, at weekends, evenings & midweek, both local & further afield. Social activities too. All welcome. Details: Barbara Wakefield 285 7136, Sarah Barnes 261 9212, Nicky Whitfield 267 9867 www. alwoodleywalkabout.org.uk

Walking Group Alternate Mon & Wed 6pm from St Martin’s Practice. Run by Walk Leader. Walks take place on well-lit streets. Please wear suitable footwear & clothing.

Community Notices Yorkshire Cancer Centre Places available in range of worldwide open challenges. Trek, cycle or sled to raise funds for cancer patients at St James’s Hospital. Details: Tif 206

8620, tifaine.carter@nhs.net

ARTS & CRAFTS Alwoodley Art Group Meets Thurs 7.30 – 9.30pm at The Community Hall, The Avenue, Alwoodley, LS17 2NZ. Practical meetings, workshops, demonstrations & talks. Details: 2251546,

info@5dpublicity.com, www. alwoodleyartgroup-leeds. com

Leeds Marquetry Group meets Wed 7 – 9pm at the Polish Catholic Centre, Newton Hill Rd. (off Chapeltown Rd)

Details: 262 1013

Details: leedsmarquetry. org.uk

White Rose Canoe Club

Make It Free craft drop-in

meets on Roundhay Park Lake & Fearnville Sports Centre swimming pool. Club sessions Sat afternoons & Tues pm. Catering for beginners to World Champions. ‘Come & Try It’ sessions held monthly.

Thurs 12.30 – 2.30pm at Stainbeck Church, Stainbeck Rd. LS7 2PP

Details: www.whiterosecc. org.uk, wrcc-committee@ googlegroups.com

Roundhay Art Group Meets Mon 7.30 – 9.30pm at St Edmund’s Church Hall, Lidgett Pk Rd. Roundhay LS8 1JN. A group of principally watercolour painters who meet to share

skills. Regular demonstrations by local artists. New members with some experience welcome.

Details: John Irving 293 1465

Stainbeck Art Club 2nd & 4th Tues, 1.45 – 4pm Methodist Community Centre, Town St. Chapel Allerton. Practicals & demonstrations. 9 June: Practical with Norma Middleton on drawing proportions of the face. New members all abilities welcome.

Leeds Feline Friends Cream Tea & Plant Fair Sat 30 May, 1.30 - 3.30pm Alwoodley Community Hall, The Avenue, LS17 7NZ. Wide range of plants & goods for sale. Delicious cream scones.

Oakwood Farmers’ Market 3rd Sat, 9am – 12.30pm. Catch Gusto Italiano, Hebden Seafoods, Country Pies & many more, plus Sawley Kitchen. Details: www.

Details: Pam McFetridge 268 4734, www.stainbeckarts. co.uk

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Yorkshire Flower Club

Roundhay NSPCC Plant & Gift Fair Sat 30 May, 10am

Meets Wed 24 June, 2pm at Almscliffe Village Hall, Huby LS17 6EG. Demonstration: Lee Berrill ‘Celebrations’. Plant stall. Visitors welcome. Details: 267

1886

COFFEE MORNINGS, FAIRS & MARKETS Community Cafe Thurs 11am – 2pm at Stainbeck United Reformed Church. Bookstall, ENEHL Debt & Benefit Advice, Police Contact Point, free wifi & help available. Followed by craft club.

– 1pm at St Edmund’s Church Hall, Lidgett Pk Rd. LS8 1JN. Huge variety of plants plus gifts, cards, books, cakes, toys & bric-a-brac. The money raised supports NSPCC children’s centre in Leeds & Childline’s online service centre in the city.

Shadwell Methodist Church Coffee Morning 1st Sat 10am – 12 noon run jointly with St Paul’s C of E in Methodist Church Hall.

Tack, Rugs & General Goods Sale every 2nd Sat, 11am – 2pm at Hope Pastures (corner of Ring Rd & Weetwood

Lane). Quality donated tack, rugs, horsey items & general goods. Refreshments available.

GROUPS/CLUBS Air Yorkshire Aviation Society Interested in aviation, aircraft old and new, airports? Why not try Air Yorkshire regular guest speakers, trips & social events. Details:

Dave Senior 282 1818, www. airyorkshire.org.uk

Alwoodley Chess Club meets Wed, 7pm in the Council Room at Alwoodley Community Centre, The Avenue, LS 17 7NZ. New members welcome.

Details: Paul Gelder 269 7111, pagelder@hotmail.co.uk, www.alwoodleychessclub. org.uk

Chippendale Society – widely dispersed membership centred around Otley welcomes those interested in decorative arts, particularly mid/late 18th century. Lectures, study days, visits. Details:

275 9562, enquiries@ thechippendalesociety.co.uk, www.thechippendalesociety. co.uk

Friends of Allerton Grange Fields Friendly group of volunteers working to maintain & enhance Allerton Grange Fields off Lidgett Lane, LS17. New volunteers welcome.

Details: foagf@outlook.com, www.friendsallertongrange. org

Friends of Gipton Woods Founded in 1999 the group meets monthly to preserve & enhance the 8 hectares of ancient woodland on Roundhay Rd at Oakwood. Nearly 40 bird species can be spotted +

lots of Spring flowers...famous for its carpet of bluebells.

Details: Christine 266 7569 & Facebook

Friends of Gledhow Valley Woods Action Mornings Sat 9.45am –12 noon. Meet on carriageway in the woods, near lake jetty. The Friends protect, preserve & enhance the Woods, carrying out variety of tasks such as bench installation, footpath construction, litter picking & bulb planting.

Details: www.fgvw.co.uk

Friends of Wigton Moor Woods Friendly group meets monthly at Wigton Moor UR church hall, High Ash Dr. Varied programme of activity days with litter picks, tree & bulb planting, nature quizzes & walks. New members welcome. Details:

217 1747/ 267 0282, www. kaleidoscopeleeds.weebly. com

Leeds Anglo German Club meets Wed 3 June, 7.30pm at Headingley St Columba’s URC for an illustrated talk by Peter Smith on ‘Cycling Tours in Germany’ incl. The Black Forest, Moselle, Rhine, Main & Elbe regions. In German & English. Details: 268 7697

Leeds Bridge Club Moor Allerton Sports & Social Centre (MASSC), Stonegate Rd, LS17 Beginners classes: Mon 2 – 4.15pm, Fri 7 – 9.15pm, Thurs 1.30 - 3.45pm. Improvers: Tues 12.45 – 3pm, Thurs 7 9.15pm, Fri 10 – 12.15pm, Fri 7 – 9.15pm from 1 Oct. Details: Gill Copeland 225 7237, www.leedsbridgeclub.com

Debs 07943 277867, Anne 07530 040349, friendsof wigtonmoorwoods@gmail. com, & Facebook

Leeds Cat Rescue

Gledhow Valley Conservation Area Group

268 0488, leedscatrescue@ googlemail.com, www. leedscatrescue.btck.co.uk

Voluntary group focusing on the heritage of area. All welcome. Details: gvcag@

yahoo.co.uk, www.gledhow. org.uk

Greenpeace Leeds meet 1st Mon of month, 6.30pm Wharf Chambers, Wharf St, LS2 (by The Calls). Join the growing action to protect our forests, oceans & stop climate chaos. Details: Joe 07929 610773, www.greenpeace.org.uk/ groups

Kaleidoscope Social Club for over 50s & unattached. Improve your social life & make new friends. Not a dating agency. Details:

rehabilitate lost, neglected & forgotten cats & kittens. If you can offer a cat a loving home, please contact them. Details:

Leeds Elmet Probus Club provides a social gathering for retired men from professional & business backgrounds. Meets last Tues of month, 12 noon at Leeds 17 Restaurant, Nursery Lane, for lunch followed by guest speaker & short business meeting. Details: Keith

Robson 230 1559

Leeds Feline Friends Can you give a rescue cat a safe & loving home well away from a busy road? Details: 216 0593,

mail@leedsfelinefriends.org. uk, www.leedsfelinefriends. org.uk

Leeds Horticultural Society meets 1st Tues, 8pm St Chad’s Centre, Otley Rd. Annual membership £12 single/ £18 couple – includes all events & admission to Leeds Flower, Vegetable & Craft Show. Details: Pat 225 0030,

www.leedshs.org.uk

Leeds Hospital Alert Small group campaigning for preservation of NHS. Meets Thurs 11 June at Muir Court, St Michael’s Rd. LS6.

Details: 278 5495, info@ leedshospitalalert.org.uk

Leeds Microscopical Society Sat 6 June. Annual meeting & exhibition at Morley.

Details: Mike Smith 293 5991, leedsmicroscopical.org.uk

Leeds National Trust Association meets monthly at St. Chad’s Parish Centre, Otley Rd. Far Headingley. New members welcome (£8pa). Details: 01924

892681cmsherborne@ btopenworld.com

Leeds Oxfam Group Campaigners who have raised thousands of pounds over the past year. All welcome to join their programme of interesting & informative events. Details:

www.oxfamleeds.org.uk & facebook

Leeds Photographic Society meets Tues, 7.30pm St Edmund’s Church Hall, Lidgett Park Rd, LS8. New members welcome. Details:

www.lps1852.co.uk

84 Leeds Probus Club for retired professional/ businessmen, meets 2nd Thurs, 10.30am – 12 noon at St Matthew’s Church Meeting Room, Wood Lane LS7 for social gatherings with speakers.

Details: 266 2310

Leeds N.E. Probus Club meets 2nd Mon, 10am – 12 noon Parochial Hall, Fitzroy Dr. Oakwood, LS8 4AB for speaker’s meeting on interesting topic, & other Mondays for bowls or snooker. The club is for retired professional & business men. Details: 265 7064,

dongoodman48@msn.com

Leeds Rotaract Group 18-30s professionals & students meet 2nd & 4th Wed, 7pm at Cosmopolitan Hotel, Leeds, to

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Community Notices socialise, network & support good causes. Help needed with upcoming charity collection event. New members welcome.

Details: www.facebook. com/leedsrotaractclub

Moortown Community Group. Friendly volunteers working to maintain & enhance the local environment including proposed Moortown Park. New members welcome. Details:

266 8480, moortown communitygroup@hotmail. co.uk, wwwmoortown communitygroup.co.uk

Moortown Social Club Cranmer Gardens LS17. Mon 7.30pm Lindy Hop; Wed 7.30pm Rock ‘n’ Roll (£2); Thurs 8pm Bingo; 1st Fri of month Northern Soul & Motown; Sat 7.30pm Free &

Easy with drummer & organist plus Bingo (£1.50); Sun - Artist & bingo.

North Leeds Friendship Centre Friendly group for retired & over 50s – outings, lunches, ten pin bowling,

theatre visits & more. Social afternoons with speakers 2nd Fri, 2pm at Moor Allerton Sports & Social Centre, Stonegate Rd. New members welcome. Details: Eileen 269

0084

Otley & Wharfedale MacMillan Cancer Support Fundraising Group covers NW Leeds & meets monthly to plan events. Looking for new members.

Paxton Horticultural Society Summer Show Sat 27 June, 2 – 4.30pm at Paxton Hall, 186 Kirkstall Lane, LS5. As well as the wonderful exhibits of roses, sweet peas etc. there will be refreshments, tombola & a plant sale. Admission free.

Roundhay Planning Forum works with local people, councillors & City Council Officers to influence local planning decisions & deliver key actions & aspirations from the Roundhay Ward Neighbourhood Design Statement. New members welcome. Details: https://

sites.google.com/site/ roundhayplanningforum/nds

Details or to book a speaker: 261 3758/ 01943 467299

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Slaid Hill in Bloom Next working party Sat 6 June, 10am -12noon. Meet outside The Dexter Pub LS17 8TX. New volunteers welcome. Lunch & chat afterwards. Details:

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Geoff & Margaret Tothill 268 7448, www.slaidhillinbloom. org

African Drum Class Tues 8 – 10pm, Inkwell Arts, Potternewton Lane. Learn African rhythms on Djembe & Percussion. Beginners welcome (drum loan available) £5 per session (1st class free).

Talking Allowed in Leeds

Details: 07765 943107, ianto. knockonwood@gmail.com

(TAIL) meets Mon 15 June, 1.45pm at Veritas, 43 Great George St. Topic: philosophy as a way of life. Details:

talkingallowedinleeds. wordpress.com

The 52 Club provides a social gathering for retired & semi retired men from professional & business backgrounds. Meets 2nd Mon of each month, 12 noon at Leeds Golf Centre, Wike Ridge for lunch, followed by guest speaker. Details: Peter Spence 269 4269

West Yorkshire Fuchsia Society meets Wed 17 June, 7.30pm at Moorside Tenants & Residents Community Centre, St Catherine’s Dr. Bramley LS13 when Fred Underhay will talk about ‘Fuchsias & their Secrets’. New members & visitors welcome. Details: 256 3055

Writers Group (Leeds Borders erstwhile writers group) Meet every other Monday at Bridget’s Bar, Victoria Hotel, Leeds. All kinds of writers in all styles. Currently looking for new members. Next meetings 8 & 22 June, 6pm. Taster Day out to Saltaire, 20 June. Details: vince.mihill@

jobcentreplus.gsi.gov.uk or text 07804 191189

James Farrell Concert Band rehearses Tues 7.45 – 10pm at Dewsbury Rd Social Club. Friendly community band playing show/film music, marches & more. New players welcome. Details: 293 1779,

Haydn Symphony No.70, Mozart Divertimento k136, Mozart Four Contredanses k101/250a. Conductor Chris Pelly. Tickets £10 on door

www.jfconcertband.com

or from Robin Jakeways 01943 466331, r.jakeways@ btopenworld.com

Leeds Guild of Singers

Leeds People’s Choir meets

– 7.15pm in Lord Darcy, Harrogate Rd. Friendly group, all ages & abilities, singing pops, standards, shows songs. New members welcome. Details:

Confident sight-reader? Like to sing renaissance & contemporary music in a small friendly choir? LGS welcomes new members in all voice groups, especially tenors & basses. Rehearsals Tues 7.30 – 9.30pm at Leeds University. Details: secretary@

Wed 7.30 – 9.30pm (term time) at Swarthmore Centre, Woodhouse Sq. Leeds, singing songs from around the world, under direction of jazz & folk singer Lorraine Cowburn. Ability to read music useful but not essential. New members welcome. Details: www.

Jean 0785 5059990

leedsguildofsingers.org.uk

leedspeopleschoir.org.uk

Alwoodley Singers Wanted, new members!

Jazz Improvisation Group with Dom Moore

Mixed Voices Choir Mon

Ability to read music preferable but not essential. Rehearsals Thurs 8 - 10pm at ACA Hall, The Ave, LS17 7NZ. Details:

meets fortnightly on alt Tues & Fri, 7 – 10pm 1st Floor, Providence House, Authorpe Road, Meanwood LS6 4JB. £8 per session. Details: 07800

Alwoodley Community Choir meets Wed, 5.45

Alan 294 3370

Bands/Musicians/ Entertainers Wanted! for Friends of Gledhow Valley Woods Annual Family FunDay on Sat 13 June (1.30 – 5pm). To perform without electricity or amps. Details: Stephen

Johns 393 0930/ 07968 558 988, Stephen.Johns@ dlapiper.com

Instrumental Jazz Workshop - alt Sat 2.30 - 4.30pm at Seven Arts, 31 Harrogate Rd. LS7. Classes for people who want to play jazz & improvise. Enjoyable, supportive atmosphere. £10/£8 per class. Details: Jean Watson

jeanwatsonlifeskills@ hotmail.com

7.45 0 9.45pm at Tree Tops Community Centre, Shadwell Lane, LS17. Singing musicals, pop & light classical songs. Perform at prestigious concerts throughout the year. Details:

816 086, dominicgmoore@ hotmail.com

Anne or Tracy 07914 833394

Jazz Voices Choir meets

Community concert band for players of Grade 6 standard & over. Rehearsals Thurs 7.30 – 9.30pm at The Grammar School at Leeds, Tebb Room in music department. To join or book the band for a concert visit www.phoenixband.

alt Mon, 7 – 9pm at Inkwell, Potternewton Lane, Chapel Allerton. Led by Tessa Smith. All welcome. Sing your favourite jazz songs. £5 per session. Details: 237 0700,

jeanwatsonlifeskills@ hotmail.com

Leeds Folk Fiddle Group is urgently seeking more violinists! They rehearse Thurs, 7pm at 1 St Mark’s Ave. Details:

Iveta 07547 112171, leeds. violin@gmail.com

Leeds Haydn Players Concert Sun 5 July, 3.30pm at West Park United Reformed Church, Spen Lane, LS16 5BB. Programme: Haydn Oboe concerto (soloist Liz Kenwood),

Phoenix Concert Band

co.uk or email: secretary@ phoenixband.co.uk

Players for Pleasure offers playing opportunities to adult amateur musicians. All levels, instruments & ages over 18. New performers welcome. Friendly, informal & supportive atmosphere. Details: www. playersforpleasure.co.uk

Community Notices

86 Roundhay Ukulele Group Meets Wed 8 – 9.30pm at The New Highwood, Brackenwood Dr LS8. All abilities welcome. £6 per session. Details: jen@

bighooha.co.uk, www. roundhayukulelegroup. wordpress.com

Seven Jazz Voices Choir meets alt Mon 7-9pm at Inkwell 31 Potternewton Lane Chapel Allerton LS7. Fun blues, jazz, cuban & gospel numbers, led by jazz singer Nicki Allan. £5 per session. Details: Jean Watson

jeanwatsonlifeskills@ hotmail.com

Sinfonia of Leeds Sat 20 Jun, 7.30pm at St Edmund’s Church, Roundhay. Programme includes Liszt Les Préludes, Strauss Four Last Songs, Saint-Saens Symphony No 3 (organ symphony). Soloists Alison Roddy (soprano), James Hills (organ). Conductor Anthony Kraus. Tickets: £14/ £10, students £5.

Details: www.facebook.com/ SinfoniaOfLeeds

Society of Recorder Players – meets 2nd & 4th Sat pm in Bingley & Headingley. Different conductors take each meeting. Intermediate players, all recorders. New members welcome. Details: Caroline

01943 467348

Songbirds Choir meets Wed, 7.30 – 9.30pm at Yorkshire College of Music & Drama, St Mark’s Hse, St Mark’s Ave, LS2. Singing songs from classical to pop. Ability to read music preferable. Vacancies for 2nd soprano & altos. Details: Tracy 07914 833394

The Armed Man: Mass for Peace by Karl Jenkins Sat 20 June at St. Chad’s, Far Headingley, £5. Join the choir to rehearse during the day from 10am or to listen at 7pm. Hosted by Lawnswood Community Choir. Conducted by Imelda Shirley, nationally experienced choral leader. Details & tickets:

percysmithjanie@gmail.com

Yorkshire Late Starter Strings (YLSS) rehearse Sat, 10am – 12.30pm. Friendly, informal string orchestra of adult learners who play a stringed instrument. Players of all abilities welcome. Specific beginners’ group for those new to playing. Details: www.ylss.

org

Yorkshire Clarinet Ensemble Rehearses alt Wed, 8 – 9.45pm (term time) at HEART, Bennett

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course meal £3.50 followed by fun activities. Northcall Community Centre, Cranmer Bank, LS17. Details: 268 9993

Rd, Headingley. For players of Grade 5+ standard. New players welcome. Details:

Deborah Pennington 07910 414586, mpenn.dpenn@ ntlworld.com

RVS Chapel Allerton Good Neighbours Dementia Café Mon 12.30 – 2pm at

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Inkwell Café, Potternewton Lane, LS7. Also Singing for the Brain, arts & crafts, Tai Chi, & Knit & Natter sessions. Details: 887 3595

Chapel Allerton Good Neighbours (CAGN) welcomes local seniors 1st Tues, 2pm at Chapel Allerton Methodist Centre. Interesting speakers, refreshments & laughter. Details: Daisy 887

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Chapel Allerton Town St Lunch Club Tues 12.15 – 1.45pm in the Methodist Centre. Hot Meal £4, friendship & chat. Transport can be provided. Volunteers welcome. Details: Vivienne & Paul 268

2513, Jenny & David 266 1502, paul_chaplin@hotmail. com

Don’t Act Your Age A social improvisation drama group for the over 50s meets at Seven Arts, Harrogate Rd, Chapel Allerton on Tues 10.45am – 12.45pm. All welcome – just go along. Details: Ron Wiener

(CARE) welcomes people over 65 on Thurs, 1.303.30pm at Brackenwood Community Centre. Wide range of entertainment, activities, speakers, trips & special interest clubs. Details:

Andrew or Sue 887 3595

RVS MENA Community Café Fri am Meanwood Community Centre. Activities include Tai Chi, tea & dance, knit & sew, & soon walking & poetry clubs. Currently seeking volunteer walkers to support group. Details: Gina or Sarah

887 3596

266 7722

Roundhay Tea & Chat Club Tues 1.45 – 3.30pm

Lunch Club & Over 55s Club Wed 12 – 3pm. Two

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new friends & take part in wide range of activities. Details:

Carole 269 6632

Stainbeck URC Lunch Club Stainbeck Rd. Mon & Wed, 11am – 1.30pm (£4). Meal, friendship, gentle exercise. Transport provided. Volunteers welcome. Details:

Avril or Brian 293 5847, Angela 225 3766, www. stainbeck.urc.org.uk

Wigton Moor Friendship Guild meets 3rd Wed, Wigton Moor UR Church, High Ash Dr. LS17. Speakers, slide shows, presentations, & outings. Try them out for just £2 (incl refreshments). Details:

Maureen 268 0815, Alan 294 3370.

SPIRITUAL Alwoodley Park Methodist Church, The Avenue, LS17 7BX Sunday service: 10.45am. All welcome. Weekly activities. Details: www.

leedsnandemethodist.org. uk/alwoodley.php

Christian Science Church Sunday Services & Sunday School 11am. Testimony Meeting 1st Wed 8pm. Devonshire Ave. (next to Texaco petrol station) off Street Lane LS8. Bible based, Everyone welcome.

Chapel Allerton Methodist Church Sunday Services:

Experience peace & calm with periods of silence & guided meditations. Brahma Kumaris, West Park. Details: 275 7727,

leeds@uk.brahmakumaris. org, www.brahmakumaris. org/uk/leeds

Drop-in Buddhist Meditation Classes 7.30 - 9.30pm Ratnasambhava Centre, 22 Back Wetherby Rd, Oakwood (Tues); HEART, Headingley (Thurs). £5. Day Course ‘The Value of Others’ Sat 13 June, 10.30am - 4.30pm. £25. Details: 265

2118, meditationinleeds@ gmail.com, www. meditationinleeds.org

Eckhart Tolle Stillness Group meets Mon, 7.30 - 9.30pm Friends Meeting House, 136 Street Lane, Roundhay LS8. Share Eckhart’s DVDs & silent meditation. £3 - £5 suggested donation. All welcome. Details:

07884 332644, www. peacenowhere.com

Introduction to the Quaker Way Sat 30 May, 11am – 3pm at Quaker Meeting House 188 Woodhouse Ln. LS2 9DX. Speakers, discussion & literature. Who are the Quakers & what do they believe? Learn about their worship & witness. All welcome. Simple lunch provided. Details: 242 2208,

www.leedsquakers.org.uk

Julian Meetings 1st & 3rd

10.30am & 6.30pm. Aĺl welcome. Monthly Explorers’ group for children on Tuesdays. Chapel Allerton Youth Project meets in Methodist Centre (opp church) weekday evenings.

Tues, 2pm at St Edmund’s Church, Roundhay, LS8 1JN. Silent meditation in the Christian tradition. Details:

Drop in Group Meditation

Tues, 7.30pm Friends Meeting House, 188 Woodhouse Lane, LS2. Drop-in meditation

(free) Sun 7- 8pm (except 3rd Sun: 6.30 – 7.30pm)

240 3048/ 273 5865

Kagyu Buddhist Group

class practising calm-abiding, reflective meditation suitable for all. £4. Details: 01282

841570, yorkshire@dechen. org, www.dechen.org

Learn to meditate FWBO Leeds Buddhist Centre. Contemporary approach to meditation, mindfulness & the Buddhist tradition. Also classes in yoga & bodywork, chronic pain & stress management. Details: 244 5256, www. leedsbuddhistcentre.org

Lidgett Park Methodist Church,Lidgett Place, Roundhay. Sunday Service & Junior Church 10.30am. For evening services midweek activities, see website. Community Coffee Morning 1st Sat 10 – 11.45am. Details:

www.leedsnandemethodist. org.uk/lidgett.php

Meditation for Beginners Tues 12.30 – 1pm & 6.15 – 7.15pm; Thurs 12:30 – 1pm at Jamyang Buddhist Centre, 31 St Paul’s St LS1. Details: 07866

760 460, www.jamyangleeds. co.uk

Mill Hill Unitarian Chapel (City Sq Leeds) Sunday Services 10.45am; Contemplative service 6pm; Mid-week Recharge Wed 1.15pm - a half-hour reflection. A space of spiritual enquiry sanctuary for the soul

Moortown Baptist Church 204 King Lane, LS17. Sunday services 10.30am & 6pm. Range of toddler, children’s, youth, house groups & senior projects through week.

Details: 269 3750, www. moortownbaptistchurch. org.uk

Natural Healing Centre Healing offered Thurs by members of NFSH Healing Trust. 7pm - 8.30pm at The Friend’s Meeting House, 136 Street Lane, Roundhay, LS8.

Details: 07949 972690, www. leedshealingcentre.org

Roundhay Evangelical Church Sun services 10.30am & 6.30pm at Roundhay Parochial Hall, Fitzroy Drive (near Oakwood Clock). Friendly, informal & biblecentred. All welcome. Monthly children’s & youth groups plus special events. Details: www.

roundhay evangelicalchurch. com

Roundhay Quaker Meeting for Sunday Worship, 10.45am at 136 Street Lane, Roundhay LS8. Enjoy an hour of generally silent worship. Children welcome to Sunday School at same time. Details: 293 3684,

www.leedsquakers.org.uk

Shadwell Methodist Church Sunday Services: 9.30am. Creche for under 5s & Junior Church (9.45-10.30am). Coffee after each service.

Details: Margaret Walker 225 1826

St Andrew’s Roundhay URC (Shaftesbury Ave) Sunday worship 10.30am - family worship with children & young people’s groups followed by refreshments. Communion 1st Sunday; Evening service 6pm 2nd Sunday; Early communion 9.30am 3rd Sunday. Details:

www.standrews.cc; Facebook, @standrewsurc

Community Notices

88 St Barnabas C of E Church The View, LS17 7NA. Sunday Services 10am (with children’s activities) Families welcome. Coffee drop-in 3rd Wed, 10.30am – 12; Busy Bs, 10.30am – 12.30pm for good company, conversation, activities; Church Lunch, 12.30 – 1.30pm (details: 268 2591/ 226 8269)

Details: 265 4926, www. stbarnabasleeds.org.uk

St Edmund’s North Park Ave, Roundhay. Sunday services 8am, 10am (with children’s groups) & 6.30pm. Exploring faith, building community. Many groups & activities. Details: 266 4532,

www.stedmundsroundhay. org.uk

St John’s Church, Moortown Sunday Services

8am, 10am & 6.30pm at the junction of Harrogate Rd & Ring Rd, LS17 7BZ. Everyone welcome. Details: www.

stjohnsmoorallerton.org

St John Mary Vianney Parish - Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, 294 Harrogate Rd, LS17 6LE. Masses: Mon Fri 9.15am, Sat 10am, Sun 8am, 9.30am, 11am & 6.30pm. St Paul the Apostle Church, Buckstone Cres. Masses: Sat 6.30pm & Sun 10am.

St Martin’s Church, St. Martin’s View, Potternewton, LS7 3LB. Sunday Service 10am – Parish Communion, Sunday Club & refreshments. Wednesday Service 9.30am – Holy Communion. Open Afternoon Tues 2 – 4pm for quiet reflection & prayer. All

FREE PALLETS 0113 274 8776

info@northleedslife.co.uk

welcome. Details: 262 4271, www.st.martinleeds.org.uk

Stainbeck United Reformed Church Stainbeck

to reduce isolation & increase independence of visually impaired people in Leeds.

Details: Sonal 210 3347

Rd. Sunday Worship 10.45am - family worship & Sunday Club followed by refreshments. Communion 2nd Sunday. Praise & reflection: Thurs 7.30 – 8pm. Details: www.stainbeck.urc.

Crohn’s & Colitis UK

org.uk

0845 130 6809, Leeds@ crohnsandcolitis.org.uk, www. groups.crohnsandcolitis.org. uk/Leeds

SUPPORT Arthritis Care Leeds meets 3rd Tues of each month, 7.30 – 9pm, St Chad’s Parish Centre, Far Headingley. New members welcome. Details: Pat 275 7694 Association of Blind Asians Leeds is looking for volunteers who could provide a valuable sighted guiding service

Support for people with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) & their families in North & West Yorkshire. Regular meetings. Details:

Diabetes UK Support Group meets 1st Mon, 7 – 9pm at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, except bank holidays when it’s 2nd Mon. Speakers on different aspects of diabetes. All welcome.

Details: 07840 686618

IBS Leeds Friendly, informal meetings for fellow sufferers of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). Monthly meetings. Details: matt@letscureibs. com, www.letscureibs.com

Leeds Coeliac Group Offering support & advice to those diagnosed with Coeliac disease. Sun 28 June: glutenfree Summer Lamb Roast BBQ at the Mexborough Arms, Thorner, Leeds. Details & to

book: 07711 768850 sandra. mclean@btinternet.com

Leeds LAS (Living After Loss Through Suicide) Peer support meetings in Leeds. Details: Sue Watts, Leeds Bereavement Forum 225 3975, sue.watts@lbforum. org.uk @Leeds_LAS

Leeds Multiple Sclerosis Society uses Armley Leisure Centre for activity classes (transport available). MS Chat every two weeks. Over 300 members. New members welcome. Details: 07895

home-based care. Details: 216

5133, angela.roberts@lwca. co.uk

Little Hiccups Outreach Support network for children

515471

with a disability & their families. Run by parents. Details:

Leeds Samaritans Confidential, non-

07831 230741, outreach@ littlehiccups.co.uk, www. littlehiccups.co.uk

judgemental support 24/7 for people experiencing distress or despair. They listen with an open mind & in complete confidence, for as long as you need. Details: 245 6789,

08457 909090

Leeds Weekend Care Association (LWCA) provides respite care to families with children who have complex care needs via weekend playgroups, trips for teens & one-to-one

entley rothers

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Marigold Wellbeing Centre is at the Day Therapy Centre, St Michael’s Hospice, Harrogate, two Saturdays a month. Support for people with cancer & other chronic conditions. Details: Karen

01937 573166, or John & Ann 274 9074. www. marigoldwellbeingcentre. org.uk

Panpals - Yorkshire Pancreatic Cancer Support Group meet every 3 months, in Headingley. A supportive, friendly & informative self-help group of people copIng with this devastating illness. Also offers expert speakers & signposting to other agencies. Details:

panpalsyorks@yahoo.co.uk

Parkinson’s UK Leeds meet 2nd Wed, 2pm at St Chad ‘s Parish Centre, Headingley. Support for anybody affected by Parkinson’s. Exercise classes in Otley, Horsforth, Moortown. Details: Linda Thompson 01943 461640

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Community Notices

Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP) Support group

Leeds Decorative & Fine Arts Society (DFAS) meets,

meets 2nd Wed, 2pm at St Chad’s Parish Centre, Far Headingley. Details: Pam

1.45pm Castle Grove Masonic Hall, Moor Rd, Headingley LS6 4BP. 17 June: ‘Ocean Liner Art: Ships that shaped our lives 1800-1950’ with James Taylor. Guests welcome £5. Please book. Details: Ann 261 1363,

Bower 258 8143

The Owls New citywide informal child-minding group offering support, training & information, & social events. Membership £5 pa. Details: 228 8509

SNAPS (Special Needs & Parent Support) welcomes any family with a child with special needs to their Saturday support group at Penny Field School, Tongue Ln. Meanwood. Take part in hydrotherapy, swimming, dance & coffee. Details: 07964 847 775, angie@snaps-vol.org.uk, www.snaps-vol.org.uk

Wharfedale General Hospital Cardiac Club Open to former cardiac patients & their partners. Take part in exercise classes under supervision of qualified instructors. Meets Mon, Wed & Thurs at Wharfedale General Hospital. £3. Details: Details: 07949 307

955, wghcardiacclub@ gmail.com, www. WharfedaleCardiacClub. org.uk

membership@leedsdfas. org.uk

Royal Meteorological Society (Yorkshire) Monthly informal public talks on all aspects of weather & climate at School of Earth & Environment, University of Leeds. 10 June: Advances in weather forecasting & their potential in building resilience. Free & open to all.

Details: http://tinyurl.com/ rmetsyc, rmetsoc_yorkshire@ hotmail.co.uk

Talking Allowed in Leeds (TAIL) meets Mon 15 June, 1.45pm at Veritas, 43 Great George St. Details:

talkingallowedinleeds. wordpress.com

Payday Loans & the Regulation of Low-Income Lending - A talk by Iain Clacher, Leeds University Business School. Thurs 11 June, 5.30 - 7.30pm at Marjorie & Arnold Ziff Building (below Parkinson Building off Woodhouse Lane). Details:

TALKS & DISCUSSIONS

www.llc.leeds.ac.uk/sis

Leeds Astronomical Society meets 2nd Wed of

Cheap Energy vs. Clean Technology? Thurs 18

month with a guest speaker presentation & regular telescope nights at Quaker Friends Meeting House, Woodhouse Lane, LS2. Visitors welcome. Details: info@

June, 5.30 - 7.30pm Marjorie & Arnold Ziff Building (below Parkinson Building off Woodhouse Lane). Dr Dan Coffey, Leeds University Business School Do we face a trade-off between cheap energy & clean technology? Details:

leedsastronomy.org.uk, www. leedsastronomy.org.uk

www.llc.leeds.ac.uk/sis

Edith Cavell Mon 22 June, 6 - 8pm Marjorie & Arnold Ziff Building (below Parkinson Building off Woodhouse Lane). A talk by Professor Alison Fell & Dr Claudia Sternberg, University of Leeds’ Legacies of War Project. Discussing the legacy of the British WWI nurse. Details:www.llc.leeds.

Details: www.llc.leeds.ac.uk/ sis

The Oddfellows Tues 16 June, 12 noon at Unity Court, Meanwood Road (opp council reclamation) Jean Broadbent gives a talk on ‘The Life & Times of Clarice Cliff’. £2 incl refreshments. Details: Robert

ac.uk/sis

293 0901

New Atheism: The Dilemmas of Taking on God Thurs 25 June, 5.30 -

WOMEN’S GROUPS

7.30pm at Marjorie & Arnold Ziff Building (below Parkinson Building off Woodhouse Lane). A talk by Stuart McAnulla, Lecturer in British Politics & Political Science Methodology, University of Leeds. Details:

Adel Ladies Luncheon Club meets 1st Wed at Castle Grove Masonic Hall, Castle Grove Dr. LS6. 3 June: ‘The Geisha: A Fading Tradition’ with Jill Clay. 1 July: ‘The Good Life’ with Mrs Maureen Sutcliffe.

www.llc.leeds.ac.uk/sis

Details: Mrs Muriel Huntley 230 1584

Celebrating Canada Day? Wed 1 July, 3 - 5pm

Alwoodley Townswomens’ Guild meets 4th Mon, 7.15pm

Marjorie & Arnold Ziff Building (below Parkinson Building off Woodhouse Lane). Experts from Leeds Centre for Canadian Studies explore the significance of Canada Day. www.llc.leeds.

at the ACA, The Avenue LS17 7LT. Variety of speakers, outings, coffee mornings. Friendly group. New members/ visitors welcome. Details: Pat

ac.uk/sis

The Fiction Makes Us Real: An Introduction to Canadian Literature Wed 1 July, 6 - 8pm Marjorie & Arnold Ziff Building (below Parkinson Building off Woodhouse Lane). A whirlwind tour of Canadian literature with Canadian writer Nicole Markotić. www.llc.leeds.ac.uk/

sis

From Duck Houses to Eco Housing: Sustainable Development at the University of Leeds Thurs 2 July, 5.30 - 7.30pm Marjorie & Arnold Ziff Building (below Parkinson Building off Woodhouse Lane). A talk by Claire Bastin, Sustainability Manager,University of Leeds.

225 0030

Chapel Pie WI Friendly, fun women’s group for all ages. Visitors welcome (£3). Annual membership £33. Details: chapelpiewi@gmail.com, www.chapelpiewi.com

Darling Roses WI meet 2nd Sat (no meeting Aug), 11.30am at St John’s Church Hall, Harrogate Rd, Moortown.

Details: darlingroseswi.org

Leeds Ladies Coffee Club meets 1st Thurs. 10.15am at Leeds Church Institute, New Market St. Leeds (next to Samuel Taylor’s). 4 June: ‘Spirit of the Dance’ with Anne Drake. 2 July: ‘The Chain Isn’t heavy’ with Ann Castle. Friendly group supports local charities. £3.

Details: Joan McShane 225 1166

Methodist Women’s Luncheon Club (Leeds & District) Welcomes new members to their monthly meetings at Devonshire Hall, Headingley on 2nd Wed of each month. Good food & excellent speakers! Details: Shirley 257

9381

Soroptimist International Meet 2nd Mon, 7pm at Weetwood Hall. All ladies welcome. Details: www.sigbi.

org/leeds

University of Leeds Ladies’ Club welcomes women connected to the Uni as either serving or former staff members, partners of staff, or grads. Regular events.

play. 10 – 11.15am term time. £1 per family incl refreshments. Everybody welcome. Details:

harehillsplaygroup@gmail. com

WANTED! Volunteer Cubs Leaders St Edmund’s Church Roundhay. If you enjoy working with children & want a rewarding pastime, please contact Ross Ferguson on 266 2403.

Leeds Junior Chess Club Meets Sun 5.30 – 7.30pm at Alwoodley Community Centre, The Avenue. Ideal for ages 7-18 of all standards. Coaching from accredited coaches, competitive & friendly play, fun tournaments. Details: John

Hipshon 226 7759, www. leedsjuniorchessclub.co.uk/

Details: www.university ofleedsladiesclub.co.uk

7th Moor Allerton Brownies Seek New Members

White Rose Ladies Speakers Club meets 2nd

A number of Brownies have gone up to Guides so the group has places available. They meet Mon 6 – 7.15pm. Details:

& 4th Mondays (8 & 22 June) 7.45pm at Horsforth Museum. Have fun while you learn how to enjoy speaking in public. Visitors welcome. Details: Pauline

Neale 269 3542, pauline. neale@ntlworld.com, www. leedsladiesspeakers.co.uk

7thmoorallert onbrownies@ gmail.com

Parent & Tots Group Tues

YOUNGER LIFE

(term time) 1.30-3pm Queens Hall, Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church, 294 Harrogate Rd, Moortown. £2 per family. Everyone welcome. Details:

Guiding in Roundhay & Oakwood Are you aged 5-7,

Raegan saintraegan@yahoo. co.uk, Sam mumba40@gmail. com

7-10, 10-14, or 14-25? Or an adults over 18? Would you like to know more? Details: Lois@

fifthroundhayguides.org.uk

Harehills Movement & Music Playgroup Parent run playgroup at Harehills Lane Baptist Church Hall (access via Hilton Pl), LS8. Tues: music & parachute fun; Wed: movement & developmental

RJC Dance Gymnastics For Young People Tues 3.45 – 4.45pm (ages 6-10); 4.45 – 5.45pm (age 11+) at Mandela Centre, Chapeltown Rd. LS7. All abilities welcome. £4. Details:

6 – 9, Thurs 6.15 –7.15pm at Gledhow Primary School. Games, songs, craftwork & outdoor activities. Places limited so book now. Details: Jo

368 1402, gledhowleeds@ woodcraft.org.uk, www. woodcraft.org.uk

MISC/ EVENTS Bloomsday Celebration Tues 16 June, 7.30pm at Whitelock’s, Turks Head Yard. LS1. Every June James Joyce fans meet for an evening of readings & music to celebrate his work, particularly his novel ‘Ulysses’, set in Dublin on 16 June 1904. All welcome. No charge.

Details: bloomsdayleeds@ btopenworld.com, bloomsdayleeds.wordpress. com

Community Action Day Sat 27 Jun, 10am -2pm at Hope Pastures (corner Weetwood Ln & Ring Rd). Volunteers needed to help with regular maintenance jobs around sanctuary (painting, fence repair, clearing & gardening). Last Sat each month a team tackles some of the major jobs. Plenty of tea/coffee! Details:

kim@hopepastures.org

Dot Spread Sat 27 June, 12 – 5pm at Wharf Chambers, 23-25 Wharf St. LS2. An independent print fair presenting work from 13 printmakers from across Yorkshire.

Gledhow Woodcraft Folk

Fun Dog Show Sun 21 Jun, 10.30am – 3pm at Hope Pastures (corner Weetwood Ln & Ring Rd). Tailwaggers Display Team, Have-a-Go Agility Course, bouncy castle, fete stalls. Entry £1/ children free. Lots of classes. Details:

welcomes new members aged

jo@hopepastures.org, www.

239 2040, stef@rjcdance. org.uk

hopepastures.org

Go Purple for St Gemma’s! Do something purple with friends, family or colleagues on Fri 12 June & raise vital funds towards providing care & support for people with life limiting illnesses. Wear purple accessories. Hold a purple tea party! Get your Go Purple! fundraising pack! Details: 218

5555, gopurple@st-gemma. co.uk

Lipreading Classes for anyone with hearing loss. Details: Susan Lee

07910 831646 susan@ susanleelipreading.com

St John’s Church, New Briggate, Needs Volunteers! Roles include welcoming visitors, explaining the history & organising events. Opportunity to join national heritage organisation (Churches Conservation Trust) & meet people with a passion for history & heritage. Details: 07867

974738, gwhite@thecct.org. uk, www.visitchurches.org.uk

St. Martin’s Community Kitchen Provides hot meals Sat 12 – 2pm at St Martin’s Institute, St Martin’s View, LS7 3LB. Details: Rev David

Stevens 262 4271

Su Ryder is Recruiting Volunteer Collectors to support their fundraising efforts around Leeds. All they require is the enthusiasm to make a difference to people’s lives & the ability to be a good ambassador for the charity. Details: Roohi Lupton 203 3360, roohi. lupton@suerydercare.org

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