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DEAR READERS,
July is almost upon us and we are still holding out for some warm weather! But the coolness hasn’t held people back. Regardless, people are determined to carry on and enjoy what our various communities have to offer. Chapel Allerton recently welcomed over 250 people to its Big Lunch and Community Awards; Horsforth is about to launch its first Walk of Art; Kirkstall will celebrate its annual festival, which is one of the largest in the country; and Meanwood’s first community festival is a huge success. Plus poets are celebrating picture houses and new collections; Opera North Youth Opera is about to present two new works; and David Robertson of Theatre of
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It’s Time for Horsforth’s First ‘Walk of Art’
Which aims to showcase the
town’s creativity and inspire people to engage creatively.
Kirkstall By The Sea! This year’s Kirkstall Festival
promises to be another fabulous community fun day with
entertainment and activities for all.
the Dales is to recycle King Lear which he first performed 30 years ago….and every decade since! RSPB is planning a Big Wild Sleep Out, which should be great fun; The Faversham is holding its tenth Garden Party at The Tetley; Horsforth School presents a new play about the Leeds Pals; and there are all kinds of fantastic activities for children. Don’t forget to send us all your news and notices for August before you disappear on holiday! The deadline is 1st July, 8th July for advertising (for September the deadlines are 1st and 7th August). We look forward to hearing from you.
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(EDWARD) ARCHIBALD RAMSDEN (1835-1916) MUSICAL ENTREPRENEUR
The highpoint of Archibald Ramsden’s rich life came when he was summoned to Balmoral in 1867 to play before Queen Victoria on his patented melody harmonium – what a moment for this innkeeper’s son from Sheepscar. He loved to tell the tale of his long train journey north, and his arrest at Edinburgh as a suspected Irish terrorist until his luggage revealed not guns but an innocent harmonium! He enjoyed a career as a performer, an impresario, an inventor and an entrepreneur, building a musical empire which stretched from Leeds to London and across the north. His multiple talents, humour, charm, and twinkling blue eyes took him far. e was born in 1835, the third of
people could aspire to a piano or harmonium in the parlour
the four sons of John and Mary
and he offered an innovative, affordable three year payment
Ramsden. By the time he was six, his
system. His business took off, and in 1872 he commissioned
father, originally a cloth finisher, was
the distinguished Leeds architect George Corson to design
running the Red Bear tavern in Skinner
new purpose-built premises for him in Park Row (gone now),
Lane – Archibald later drew a veil over
with a vast, magnificent saloon, ‘the finest in the kingdom,’
this story. He and his younger brother,
to display his impressive array of over 400 instruments and
both with fine voices, were choristers
superb selection of sheet music.
at Leeds Parish Church, where at 15
His skills were not just in business and publicity: he was
he won a £40 prize which paid for
interested in technical development and invention. With
his apprenticeship to a music seller.
Leeds engineer William Dawes, he patented improvements to
He moved on to teach the piano and
harmoniums and organs and went into manufacture. Through
the organ, and with his fine baritone
his London contacts he arranged to demonstrate his improved
voice was in great demand as a concert
harmonium to Princess Louise and the Queen. They were
vocalist. When he was 22 he married
so impressed they kept it, and he could advertise himself
Adelaide, the daughter of another
‘By Royal Appointment’! He expanded, opening branches in
Leeds innkeeper, and announced his
London’s prestigious New Bond Street and in several northern
departure to Italy to study singing
towns, agent for top German and English piano and organ
professionally. By the following year
makers as well as manufacturing cheap ‘cottage’ pianos for
he was in London, starring at Crystal
the mass market.
himself on one New York passenger list
Palace and St James’s Hall in popular
He played a full part in Leeds’s a rich musical life – member
as a ‘nobleman’!). He did not forget his
concerts, where he introduced and sang
of the Leeds Musical Soirees, conductor of the Private Vocal
Leeds friends, giving a substantial £1,000
the old ballads – ‘Sally in our Alley’,
Society, hosting musical evenings, glees and part-songs at Park
donation to the Leeds Hospital Fund.
‘Hearts of Oak’ etc – accompanying
Row, and entertaining a wide circle of friends with his musical
When he died at his London home in
himself on the piano. He performed
anecdotes. He still took to the stage sometimes as a vocalist,
1916, he was remembered with warmth
around the country, but always spent
invited to sing for example at the concert for Prince Arthur when
and affection, not least for his sense of
time back in Leeds, offering coaching
he came to open Roundhay Park. And in 1870 he began a new
fun.
in singing.
venture as impresario, organising an annual series of popular
His Leeds firm was taken over by his
But the concert world was tough and
subscription concerts in the Town Hall, featuring Italian opera
son (another Archibald), adapted over
competitive, and in 1864 he moved back
stars and his friend Charles Halle and his orchestra. These ran
the years to the new eras of gramophone
to Leeds with his family and launched
for nine years, a highlight of the Leeds season.
and radio and survived into the 1950s.
into business (with £7.9s.4d capital!). He
As his wealth grew he moved with his family to Grosvenor
His name is not quite lost: still inscribed
set up a ‘Music Establishment’ in Park
Mount, Headingley, then out to Inholmes near Tadcaster, where
on surviving instruments from his
Row selling pianos, harmoniums, and
his wife died in 1879. Archibald moved then to London, and two
celebrated music saloon.
sheet music, and lived below the shop.
years later married, Olivia Hill, the niece of Sir Rowland Hill
With increasing prosperity more working
of penny post fame. He had gone up in the world (describing
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On 7th June cara (the Chapel Allerton Community Group) held its seventh ‘Big Lunch’ on Regent Street in Chapel Allerton. Its first BL attracted 55 people – this year it welcomed over 250!
Pictured: Chapel Allerton Community awards winners Cover: cara committee
veryone was welcome and people turned up laden with all kinds of food to share, plus there was a barbecue outside The Regent Pub. There was lots of excellent live music and chat and, to top it all, it was a beautiful sunny day (with a slightly chilly breeze!). An integral part of the day was the announcement of the winners in the Chapel Allerton Awards an annual competition run by cara, which celebrates unsung local heroes. People were invited to nominate their choices in ten categories, which were both community and commercially
focused. The cara committee then voted for the top three in each category, based on the reasons given for the nominations as well as the number of nominations received. Each winner received a certificate and trophy. Over 100 people submitted nominations, and there were many worthy contenders. The final winners were: Young Achiever – Alex Pagdin; Best Neighbour – Andy Yeung; Best Street – Methley Place; Best Shop – Chirpy; Best Place to Eat – The Sunshine Bakery; Best Place to Drink – The Mustard Pot; Best Member of Staff – Alex Graham, Opposite; Best Team – Friends of Gledhow Valley Woods; Contribution to the Community – Chapel Allerton Arts Festival; King & Queen of Chapel Allerton – Stephen Fleming & Jane Richardson. In addition to the Awards and the Big Lunch, cara also organise a range of classes and monthly
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Opera North’s Children’s Chorus and Youth Company will perform two newly commissioned short operas to mark the end of a fantastic year. he 75 strong Opera North Children’s Choir will bring ‘The Selfish Giant’, a new 70-minute chamber opera, based on Oscar Wilde’s classic children’s story, to The Howard Assembly Room on Sunday 12th July at 4.30pm. It uses music by Handel to tell the story of a giant who builds a wall around his beautiful garden to keep the world out. Justin Doyle, Music Director, has created the libretto for this special performance, together with new arrangements of
arias from some of Handel’s bestloved operas, specially arranged for children’s voices. It will be conducted by Justin Doyle and directed by James Hurley. The chorus is accompanied by a ninepiece chamber orchestra and features operatic bass Graeme Danby as The Giant.
On Saturday 18th July (also at the Howard Assembly Room, 7pm), the Opera North Youth Company will present ‘Opera Bingo’, a brand new piece of music theatre based on Leeds city centre social observations. The audience will be invited to take part in a highly irregular game of bingo. It features an original score by composer Eve Harrison and libretto by Doncaster-based Andrew Loretto, who also directs. Opera North’s youth projects provide opportunities for those aged seven to 19 to develop their skills as performers, whilst also engaging with professional artists. The Children’s Chorus is one of the only children’s ensembles to be led by a professional opera company in the UK and was recently nominated for Best Classical Music Education Initiative at the Music Teacher Awards. The Opera North Youth Company, which has over 50 members aged 13 to 19, encourages the development of advanced performance skills and the creation of new work as an ensemble. Tickets are available from 0844 848 2727 or online at howardassemblyroom.co.uk
o et s Ja m es Na s h and Matthew Hedley Stoppard are about to release a collection of verse celebrating Leeds’ cinematic history. ‘Cinema Stories’, which they have collaborated on for over a year and is published by Valley Press, will feature the writers’ experiences of the city’s picture houses, past and present, as well as memories from the general public. “Leeds has a long history and association with the moving image – from the time that Louis le Prince filmed sequences of a Roundhay Gardens’ scene in October 1888, to the well established Leeds
International Film Festival today”, said James. “I have lived in Leeds for almost half a century and still remember picture houses dotted about the city and its suburbs and what it meant to our communities. “I think that our poetry and some well chosen images are a wonderful way to celebrate that historic relationship, whilst appealing beyond the city environs to anyone who has ever gone to the pictures.” In 1939, there were 68 picture houses in Leeds (five in Armley, eight in Hunslet and two within a mile of each other on York Road) and most of them are recognisable today. ‘Cinema Stories’ looks back at local moviegoers, but is also a lament for how such remarkable buildings are no longer used for their original purpose. Both James and Matthew will be reading from ‘Cinema Stories at various events over the Summer, as well as at Headingley Library on National Poetry Day (8th October), Leeds International Film Festival in November, and Headingley Litfest in March.
‘Cinema Stories’ will be available in the Autumn. You can tweet your own cinema stories to James and Matthew via Twitter @Cinema_ Stories
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‘King Lear’ is a riches-to-rags story. An aging king loses grip on his territory, his family and his sanity. An exile in his own land, homeless and hunted, he’s heading for the scrapheap. His downfall, however, restores him to a sense of what it means to be human…..you might say he’s recycled.
a soup wagon where vagrants and
Inspired by modern day austerity
‘Lear Recycled’ will play to
and the emergence of Real Junk Food
students, staff and the general public
cafes, this year Theatre of the Dales
on an open space in Leeds Uni called
trades in its sets and costumes for
the Plaza at 6.30pm on Thursday 16th
scavengers live and sleep rough. This cut-down version is a free show for everyone with a ‘pay-as-you-feel’ collection at the end of it. In true traveler tradition, a dozen actors, working for profit-share only, combine talent and tat by using whatever they make onstage themselves or find at their disposal.
July. Then, all being well, at the Cow
This cutdown version is a free
and Calf Rocks above Ilkley at 6.30pm on Saturday 18th July. For details of these and other performances in the area, please call David Robertson on 0113 274 0461. At forty, David toured Welsh castles as Lear. At sixty, he played him again in Sheffield - twice. Sensing
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everyone
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he White Rose Orchestra is a performance-based orchestra that plays concerts all over Yorkshire and has built up a great reputation. It plays light classical music, including film music, opera arias, waltzes and general light music.
White Rose recently performed at Connaught Court, York (in front of 500 people), Hebden Bridge (with a choir), The Northern Society of Gilbert and Sullivan in Manchester, and Oakworth Hall West Yorkshire. Last month the orchestra played with Russian Pianist Natalia Strelchenko in Leeds, which was such a success that Richmond House School has booked a repeat concert in November.
Chris Irvin, a talented oboe player, singer and composer, has conducted the orchestra for the last four years. He has just recorded his second CD with a professional orchestra in Ireland. The orchestra, which rehearses every Thursday, 7 – 9.30pm at Moortown Methodist Church, Alderton Rise, LS17 5LHY, would also like to find
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‘Recording an Emotional Response’ is a new exhibition of work by Christopher Hall and Janey Walklin, at The Bowery, Headingley, which runs from 27th June - 11th September. Both artists will be ‘in residence’ at The Bowery on 8th August
hristopher Hall examines the interplay between memory, ritual and notions of power. Celebrating the materiality of physical film, he creates montage-like collages, pushing images through alchemical processes to generate images that cannot be achieved digitally. Janey Walklin’s work involves the idea of making imprints and pictorial montages from the ephemeral matter of experience, and features some recent work on canvas. ‘Land 2’, one of the exhibited paintings was used as the cover image for the recent Yorkshire Art Journal Anthology ‘Afterglow’. On Saturday 8th August, both artists will be ‘in residence’ at The Bowery from 10am – 5pm to conduct an interactive day exploring experimental collage using film, photography and printmaking techniques.
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RH Prince Charles recently presented Janet Smith, the principal of Northern School of Contemporary Dance, with her MBE for services to dance. She was one of three leading women in the dance industry to be awarded the Honour this year.
Dance School and Bretton Hall College. In 1997 she became
Janet studied dance and drama at
learning environments with a culture of generosity and recently
Dartington College of Arts and after a
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year of independent study in New York,
She believes dance can build communities and can be both
began her professional life as a solo
excellent and inclusive.
Artistic Director of Scottish Dance Theatre (SDT) and developed the company and its home at Dundee Rep Theatre. She left the company in 2012 to take up her current role as principal of Northern School of Contemporary Dance in Leeds, which forms part of the national Conservatoire of Dance and Drama. Janet is known for fostering creative, supportive
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“I feel lucky to have discovered my love of dance at a
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Leeds Grand Theatre is set to welcome a host of West End Musicals to its stage this month. From laugh-out-loud comedy to moving drama, toe-tapping classics and longstanding favourites – The Grand has them all.
Pictured: Dreamboats and Miniskirts
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (Tues 30th June – Sat 4th July) Starring Michael Praed (Robin of Sherwood), Noel Sullivan (Hear’Say, We Will Rock You), Carly Stenson (Hollyoaks, Spamalot, Shrek) and Mark Benton (Waterloo Road, Doctor Who, Hairspray), audiences will be transported to the French Riviera where the decadent world of sophisticated conman Lawrence Jamieson (Praed) is set to come crashing down with the arrival of larger-thanlife Freddy Benson (Sullivan) – a conman of an entirely different order.
Realising that the town ain’t big enough for the both of them, they find themselves going head to head in the con of their lives, pulling out all the stops in a bid for the affections of millionaire soap heiress Christine C o l g a t e (Stenson). Little do they know what they’ve let themselves in for. M a r k Benton guest Pictured: stars as Inspector Jesus Christ Andre. Superstar
Jesus Christ Superstar (Mon 6th – Sat 11th July) Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rock opera tells the story of the last seven days in the life of Jesus through a ground-breaking score that changed the face of musical theatre in 1971. It boasts some of the genre’s most legendary songs including I Don’t Know How to Love Him and Superstar. Glenn Carter returns as Jesus,
a role he played in the West End, on Broadway and on film. Rachel Adedeji (X Factor finalist) plays Mary Magdalene and Australian star Tim Rogers (Whistle Down the Wind, Jersey Boys, The Full Monty) takes the role of Judas.
of everyone’s favourite things, the score includes Edelweiss, Do-Re-Mi, Climb Ev’ry Mountain and, of course, The Sound of Music. This new, lavish production coincides with the 50th anniversary of the film.
(Mon 13th – Sat 18th July) It’s 1963 and the world is changing. The advent of the Beatles and the Merseyside sound is inspirational but will it stir our three couples to follow their dreams into the world of pop? In a follow-up to Dreamboats and Petticoats, Dreamboats and Miniskirts has the same wit, charm and songs that promise a great evening out. The Sound of Music (Mon 20th July – Sat 1st Aug) This timeless family classic returns in an all new production starring Danielle Hope (winner of BBC’s Over the Rainbow) and Steven Houghton (Coronation Street). With a few
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City Junk-tion, part of The Real Junk Food Project (TRJFP) network, has opened with Santiago Bar in the Grand Arcade. perating Thursday to Sunday, 12 noon to 5pm, the cafe uses intercepted waste food to create meals that people can buy on a Pay As you Feel basis. One can pay as much as they can afford or instead offer their time helping out or whatever skills they can contribute. The Real Junk Food Project, which started about 18 months ago, has expanded rapidly and scores of people have rallied to the cause since opening its first cafe in Armley. TRJFP now has over 40 operating cafes and numerous pop-up food stalls operating across the country, and the initiative has caught on internationally. In the week we spoke to Real Junk Food founder, Adam Smith, he said they’d received enquiries from Australia and South Africa. There are currently 110 members of the network worldwide. To date, the network has intercepted 68 tons of food, created over 42,000 meals and served over 38,000 people. So far the project has racked up over £60,000 in donations. The phenomenal growth of the project might seem at odds with their unique business model (surely considered counterintuitive by most); the ultimate aim of The Real Junk Food Project is to put themselves out of business. To Adam and the other members of the network what success looks like is a world where food waste is managed and food is distributed
to those who need it as a matter of course, therefore making initiatives like TRJFP unnecessary. Adam is keen to point out that TRJFP isn’t specifically about feeding the homeless. At their cafes they happily feed everyone, regardless of their situation or background. As such, TRJFP has made a considerable impact in some of the more disadvantaged
closely with Leeds food businesses to reduce the amount of food waste currently being created”, says Adam. “We’re even more excited to be working alongside Santiago to provide Pay As You Feel food to the whole of Leeds through a much more accessible location.” “When change needs to happen, you cannot wait for others to make that change, you
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neighbourhoods in which they operate, contributing to a greater sense of community cohesion and being of particular help to those struggling with poverty or mental health issues. “We’re very excited to be tapping into the food waste produced by Leeds city centre and its establishments, and working
have to involve yourself in making it happen,” said David Holmes, owner of Santiago Bar. “When so much edible food goes to waste every day, what is there not to like in what The Real Junk Food Project is doing? If Santiago Bar can help by feeding people, and stopping such edible food waste, then we go a small way to make that change.”
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Tony Passmore, Managing Director of MoreAbility Bathroom Solutions, recently completed his third charity cycle ride in aid of the William Merritt Disabled Living Centre, based at St Mary’s Hospital in Armley. This time he undertook a 500km journey across Burma (Myanmar), raising £3,000 in sponsorship.
This was one of the hardest challenges I’ve done
he William Merritt Centre provides advise and assistance to the elderly and people with disabilities, helping them live independently in their homes and MoreAbility (a division of The Passmore Group) has worked with the Centre for a number of years promoting and supporting independent, safe living in and around Leeds. “In keeping with Tony’s admirable efforts in Myanmar, we have decided to put this money towards our Tryb4uFly service”, said David Blythe, manager at
the Centre. “This service is for disabled children and adults who are planning to travel. We provide cabin assessments, information about flying with a disability and hiring equipment to make the journey easier. “You can try out specialised seating, harnesses and positioning systems. We have a specially built plane fuselage that creates a real life situation. Our occupational therapists will guide you through boarding the aircraft, wheelchair transfer options and support systems available, helping you to plan ahead.”
Tony’s donation brings Passmore’s support of the Centre to over £10,000. “This was one of the hardest challenges I’ve done”, said Tony. “A 32 hour delay and over 50 hours travelling meant we had no time to prepare or acclimatise. We were thrown straight into tough hilly cycling in 40 degree heat, and extra miles were added every day to make up for the lost time. I have to admit, for a while I wished I wasn’t there! But that’s what such challenges are all about – it’s never meant to be easy!” For further information, about MoreAbility, please contact 0113 201 5030, info@moreability. co.uk, or visit www.moreability. co.uk To contact The William Merritt Disabled Living Centre Centre, call 0113 350 8989 or email info@wmdlc.org
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n the March edition of North Leeds Life, Headingley N e i g h b o u r h o o d Fo r u m invited Headingley residents to a drop-in workshop at HEART. In the words of the YEP, ‘Headingley Plan draws crowds’ - 120 residents came to the day-long event to give their views on the Neighbourhood Plan. Stands, staffed throughout the day, covered the project areas of Society, Environment and Economy, and other information available included completed plans from other parts of the country. A rolling PowerPoint presentation gave background details, and large maps showed aspects of the Plan, such as distribution of residents.
A pleasing feature was that on average residents stayed 30 minutes or more. Members of the Steering Group were kept fully occupied responding to queries and supporting residents in giving often very detailed responses to comments and suggestions. ”We need appropriate housing for the elderly, families, first time buyers, and no more student housing”, was a typical response. There was strong support for improving community facilities, especially for children, general support for a range of shops, and resistance to pubs, letting agencies and take-aways. There was also concern about maintaining Headingley’s heritage, and our greenspace and trees. Respondents supported
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of ÂŁ100, which pays for five hours of care from Marie Curie. This year the event is being sponsored by healthcare provider Simplyhealth.
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Better Leeds Communities are supporting Leeds families through a Children’s Centres project and has successfully helped its clients to claim over £1 million of unclaimed benefits in the last year. “It is testament to the work of our advisers and telephone assessors that they were able to identify £1,202,680 of unclaimed benefits”, said Richard Bridge, project supervisor. “It’s not difficult to imagine the difference this will make to some lower-income families around Leeds. It further confounds the common misconception of fraudulent benefit claimants. Instead, we see that many people are not claiming what they are due.
the right advice and support can give families the tools they need to make positive changes in their lives.” Established in 2002, Better Leeds
Top Award Goes to St Vincent’s Money Adviser
Denise Carpenter from poverty charity St Vincent’s Support Centre, recently won the Money Adviser of the Year Award at the annual Institute of Money Advisers Awards.
Communities are among the largest
The award recognised her skill
advice providers in Leeds and are
and dedication in helping people
members of Advice UK, the UK’s largest
in poverty. Denise has been with
support network for free independent
the St Vincent’s debt team for nine
“Leeds City Council continues
advice centres. They operate from
years and has helped hundreds of
to provide funding and support for
Childrens’ Centres in Gipton North,
people to manage their debts and
children’s services in the city. Parents
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escape poverty.
of under 5s and pregnant mothers (or
Harehills, Osmondthorpe, Kentmere,
“At a time when advice
their partners) can seek advice on any
Little London, Bramley, Hollybush,
services in Leeds are being totally
issue at a local Children’s Centre, and
and Castleton.
stretched, Denise still manages to
Lane,
Chapeltown,
appointments are usually available
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support and advise some of the most
within a week. Whilst many people do
275 3498. For further information, visit
vulnerable and people in Leeds”, said
seek benefits advice, our advisers can
www.betterleeds.org.uk/advice.
Susan Docherty, St Vincent’s Debt
also provide advice on topics ranging
Manager. “Austerity measures have
from managing debt and problems
hit the poorest hard. In a time of
with housing, through to employment,
despair a helping hand from a debt
family, education or consumer issues.”
adviser like Denise can give someone
“Despite the challenging budget
the help, hope and opportunity to
constraints the Council has faced in
turn things around.”
recent years, we have maintained a
At St Vincent’s Support Centre
commitment to our children’s centres
on York Road the debt advisers give
because we know what an important
free advice to people struggling with
difference they make to the most
their finances. Other services include
vulnerable families”, said Councillor
adult education, counselling and
Judith Blake, the new Leader of Leeds
employability.
City Council. “Working in partnership
To support St Vincent’s debt
with Better Leeds Communities we
service and change lives in Leeds
have been able to help new parents get
go to localgiving.com/charity/
the financial support they are entitled
stvincentsleeds or call 0113 248 4126.
to and address a variety of issues where
Grassroots Giving is all about helping small community
Skipton Building Society’s community funding scheme, Grassroots Giving, gives small community groups, clubs and organisations the opportunity to apply for a £500 donation.
groups to providing resources and support to help these groups grow and succeed. “The application process is really quick and straightforward, so I urge anyone who’s a member of a small local, club, group or organisation to visit the
ast year, 28,000 public votes saw 161 groups receive £500 each to help fund projects. Community funding is just as part of the scheme, Grassroots Giving also provides support, guidance and public profile for every group that enters. Now in its third year, the scheme has given over £160,500 to small community groups across the country. Last year’s winners included included Hunslet Nelson Cricket Club, Leeds Academy of American Football, and Meanwood Valley Partnership.
“Grassroots Giving is all about helping small community groups that
Grassroots Giving website and apply for a share of our funding.”
struggle to gain financial support”,
This year Grassroots Giving
said Roy Prenton, from Skipton’s
is giving away £81,000. To apply,
Grassroots Giving team. “Our scheme
and for more information, visit
has far exceeded our expectations,
www.skiptongrg.co.uk, where free
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News From Your Councillor CLLR
BARRY ANDERSON
Adel & Wharfedale Ward
Budget For Skips 2015/16 Every year councillors put £1,000 into a ‘Skips’ budget to encourage more people to volunteer in community clean ups and environmental projects. Anyone organising a community clean up can request a skip be made available. The budget will cover the cost of five or six skips and a skip licence.
very 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. 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.
Cllr Clive Fox Memorial Bench
Pool Bank Road Culvert Replacement
As Ward councillors we have awarded a grant of £510 to Arthington Parish Council to purchase a three-seater memorial bench for Cllr Clive Fox. The bench will be sited outside the Village Hall in Arthington.
I was recently advised of culvert replacement works on the A658 Pool Bank Road. This is located about 350m down from the Dyneley Arms junction. The existing culvert is in very poor condition and the Council proposes to construct a new reinforced concrete box culvert. This will ensure the long-term safety of the travelling public and reduce the possibility of flooding. The work is programmed for late summer/early autumn and will last about 13 weeks. It is hoped that the majority of this work can be completed under single lane closures controlled by two-way traffic signals. To minimise disruption they will manually control the signals between 7am and 7pm and synchronise them with those at the A658/A660 junction www.barryanderson.yourcllr.com Twitter @barryanderson19
Friends of Lawnswood Cemetery Memorial Bench – World War 1 Project We have also awarded £475 to the Friends of Lawnswood Cemetery to purchase a WW1 commemoration bench. This project highlights the sacrifice the whole community made during the WWI. The Friends aim to protect, preserve, and promote the cemetery for future generations, in partnership with Leeds City Council. They felt this was a fitting way to pay tribute to the soldiers and citizens of Leeds, many of whom are buried in Lawnswood Cemetery.
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.
Children are invited to design a Christmas card
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.
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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 and is 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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The first Meanwood Festival, which ran for ten days and hosted 60 events in 15 locations, was a huge success and attracted an estimated 2,500 people to the cricket pitch on Parkside Road.
Pictured: Kay Mellor with the festival committee
rganised by the Meanwood Valley Partnership it encompassed music, art, dance, film, sport, health, heritage, drama, food and drink. It concluded with the Family Fun Day on Bank Holiday Monday 25th May, which was opened by local scriptwriter, director and actress Kay Mellor OBE. There were over 50 community and craft stalls, food from around the world, lots of children’s activities (including a climbing wall), and a chance to meet the Minions and Olaf the Snowman. “The feedback we have received has been fantastic”, said Chris Swales of the organising committee. “Funding from Skipton Building Society’s Grassroots Giving Programme, and sponsorship from Moores Homes and Leeds City Council, enabled us to develop the Festival which we hope will become a regular annual event.”
Many groups offered free ‘taster sessions’
Many groups and businesses offered free ‘taster sessions’, such as trying the ukulele, Tai Chi, Salsa or Karate. Events ranged in size from the inaugural concert of the 50 strong Sing Meanwood! choir to a solo performance of the ghost story ‘The Turn of the Screw’. “We had some great entertainment too”, said Organiser Sue Sheard, “with Horsforth Brass Band, African drummers, Gothic Morris Dancers, RAF cadet display, TaiChi and the Tailwaggers Dog Display Team.” “The special Meanwood Festival ‘Stonegate’ Ale produced by Ridgeside
Brewery proved really popular too”, said Chris, “as did the wine tasting course at Majestic Wines. Restaurants also offered special menus and dishes.” Numerous people attended the exhibition of images of Meanwood’s past – showing how important the area’s heritage is to local residents. For more information about the Meanwood Valley Partnership and its activities, visit www. meanwoodvalleypartnership. co.uk
lliott’s Footprint, a charity that helps families through child bereavement, is undertaking a major piece of research to help inform its work and have an input into bereavement services in Leeds. Founded in 2014 by bereaved parents Andrea and John Kerslake and created in their son’s name, Elliot’s Footprint is working to take the loneliness and frustration out of the systems and processes that families face in the aftermath of losing a child. The charity is currently talking to families who have sadly lost a child, and those professionals who come into contact with them. It would like to hear from both parents and professionals who would like more information and would like to take part in the research. Please contact Andrea at elliotsfootprint@ gmail.com
he Forum is currently engaged in seeking the views of Adel residents and businesses on its proposed core objectives and policies. There will be extensive communication and Forum members will attend events throughout the area.
Chairman, ‘’but a number have raised concerns regarding proposals from developers, particularly at a time when the need for more housing is a national priority. We recognise the need for housing development, but the scale and nature of this needs to be proportionate to the needs of the local community.’’
A public meeting to discuss the
Please take time to read the draft
policies will be held on Wednesday, 15th
policies and tell the Forum whether they
July, 7.30pm at Adel War Memorial
make sense for you or whether there are
Association, Church Lane, Adel.
proposals that you disagree with. Adel
The purpose of this consultation
Neighbourhood Forum believes these
is to make sure that the thrust of the
policies are essential as they will shape
Forum’s proposed policies and plan feel
community planning in the Adel area
right for the community. Without your
for the next 15-20 years.
encouragement, support and agreement
To
comment,
or
further
the plan will not gain formal recognition.
information, contact: Ian Bond at
‘’Many residents have told us they
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Walk Landmannalaugar for St Gemma’s The latest challenge from St Gemma’s is to join their team and walk the Landmannalaugar route across the Southern Highlands of Iceland, through one of the most active volcanic areas. On this trek you’ll see glaciers, snowfields, thundering waterfalls, steaming lava fields, plunging fjords, boiling mud pools and spouting geysers! Trek over live volcanoes, camp out under the northern lights and
Walk through one of the most active volcanic areas
swim in the famous Blue Lagoon. Most striking of all is the sheer vastness of the area – you can see for miles. It is awe-inspiring terrain. By taking on challenges like this you can help St Gemma’s to continue caring for patients in their 32 bed in-patient unit, Day Hospice, or in the comfort of their own home. All their services are free. However, it costs £24,000 to run the hospice for just one day, and £470 a
day to care for one in-patient. St Gemma’s provides care 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Your money will help them to be there for those who need them in the future. For more information on this and other treks, call 0113 218 5580 visit www. overseaschallenges.org.uk or email challenges@st-gemma. co.uk
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Over 1,000 Follow the Cookridge Scarecrow Trail he Old Modernians’ Association held their first ever Cookridge Scarecrow Festival over the May bank holiday weekend. The event, which took place over two days, was an outstanding success with some 45 local residents, organisations and businesses participating by making and hosting scarecrows in local gardens. The exhibits ranged from the Three Little Pigs (voted winner by all participants!), SpongeBob Square Pants and ‘Becher’s Brook’, to a number of exhibits by the children from Holy Trinity School and sited around the school grounds. The streets of Cookridge came alive during the two days of the festival, with over 1,000 people following the Scarecrow
The streets of Cookridge came alive during the two days
Trail, spotting the exhibits and looking for clues, before returning to the Old Modernians’ Clubhouse for well earned refreshments, including cakes and ale! The event was supported by Grace Community Church, Caring For Life, and local businesses, including Jessica’s Hair & Beauty, Animal Planet, Tesco, Asda, and Morrisons. It was a resounding success and plans are already underway for next year’s event, which is scheduled for Sunday 1st and Monday 2nd May 2016. The organisers are delighted to report that they were able to make a donation of £400 to the Yorkshire Air Ambulance, and £100 to the Grace Community Church in appreciation for their help and assistance.
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This year’s Kirkstall Festival is on Saturday 11th July, 11am – 5pm, and the theme is ‘Kirkstall by the Sea’. he annual community fun day, that takes place in the grounds of Kirkstall Abbey, provides a day of free entertainment and activities that appeal to the whole community. It has been running since 1980 and currently attracts over 20,000 people throughout the day, making it one of the largest community festivals in the country. The day kicks off with a parade of local groups and schools that travels along Morris Lane and into the Abbey grounds where the real fun begins. There will be eight performance areas for live music (including a Battle of the Bands), dance and comedy, plus a Youth Stage, and over 100 stalls (including many local charities and groups). A wide variety of catering stands will be serving delicious food from around the world. There will also be a tea dance, fairground rides, a children’s safari, storytelling, a dog show, and much more! The Festival also continues its collaboration w i t h
New for 2015 is a Kirkstall Festival Fringe event
Sneaky Experience and will hold special cinema screenings in the Abbey Nave on Friday and Saturday nights plus Sunday daytime. For full details see sneakyexperience.co.uk New for 2015 is a Kirkstall Festival Fringe event, including the inaugural Kirkstall Art Trail, which will see more than 30 local artists displaying in various venues across Kirkstall on Saturday 18th July. For full details, visit www. kirkstallarttrail.wordpress.com Abbey Churches Together are looking forward to welcoming Bishop Nick Baines, Bishop of Leeds. Bishop Nick
will share some thoughts on the Festival’s Seaside theme during the Festival Service, which starts at 4.15pm in Kirkstall Abbey itself. Programmes (£2) will be on sale giving details about everything that’s on across the site and all proceeds go towards supporting this fabulous community event. If possible, you are asked to take public transport to cut down on traffic congestion. There is limited free parking and disabled parking close to the site.
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ntil a few years ago the Elinor Lupton Centre (ELC) was the music department of Leeds Girls’ High School and before that it was the Christian Science Church, mentioned in Alan Bennett’s ‘Untold Stories’. In 2014 it was bought by the Wetherspoons Pub company with a view to turning it into a huge pub. Many Wetherspoons premises are welcoming and pleasant, often in historic buildings, but usually in town centres. And that is the problem with this application. The ELC is in a residential area on the busiest road in Leeds. The application
proposes turning almost the entire inside space into one large drinking hall, with smaller spaces around the edge. It also includes a large outdoor drinking space both at the back of the building (bordering residents’ gardens) and at the front, right next to Headingley Lane. “The context of this application, in the middle of the route taken by pub crawlers on the ‘Otley Run’ and close to a large number of student houses, means that far from being the family pub that Wetherspoons is claiming, it will become yet another large drinking space like ones in central Headingley”, said Lesley Jeffries Chair of Headingley Network Community Association. “The consequential disruption to the increasing number of long-term residents who want to settle in Headingley – of noise, low level damage to property and urination/vomiting in the street – is something that residents of central Headingley can predict with some accuracy after suffering
Local people are campaigning against this application from similar (but smaller) developments in the past.” Local people are campaigning against the granting of this application through a range of community groups and political parties, coordinated by Headingley Network. There is advice on how and where to object to at www.headingley.greenparty. org.uk Please get your objections in before the end of July.
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he sound track of any Summer trip to the countryside has to include the twittering and buzzing of swallows and house martins as they swoop and dive over fields, lakes and rivers. For months we take them for granted, then one day they are gone. In July the young are fledging and all birds are feeding up for the long journey to their wintering grounds. So this is a good time to take a look at these remarkable creatures. The swallow is blue-black above, with a reddish brown front, pale underparts and conspicuous tail streamers. The house martin can look very similar at first, but it has a white rump when seen from above, and a forked tail.
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House martins often nest under the eaves of houses
Swallows prefer to nest in nooks and crannies in outbuildings, and avoid built-up areas, whilst house martins often nest under the eaves of houses, although before the 19th century they used cliff faces. Both species will remain faithful to the same nest site from one year to the next, and build their nests of mud and plant material lined with feathers. Recently, house martins have been declining in the UK. You can encourage them to nest by providing artificial nests or nest platforms.
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If the weather is kind there is nowhere nicer than an English garden in July. Think of cream teas and lazy afternoons spent sitting outside.
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• Move conservatory plants such as oranges and lemons outside into the garden for the summer. • Be sure to keep watering all your containers and baskets as they dry out quickly. Rain doesn’t always get past the plant leaves and into the soil. If in doubt test the soil for moisture by poking your finger in. • Treat your garden furniture to a new coat of paint. Why not have a change and choose from one of the many exciting colours now available for wood or metal? • Keep deadheading your bedding and container plants to keep the blooms coming.
English Gardens On recent travels I visited numerous gardens in the warmer climate of the Atlantic Isles where sub-tropical conditions enable a huge variety of plant species to be grown. On coming home I still maintain that our English gardens have a charm that is hard to match, with their lush greens and delicate flower colours they are, in my opinion, the best in the world. Enjoy some of the finest local gardens at Harewood House, York Gate, Stillingfleet Lodge, Newby Hall and Beningbrough Hall to name but a few, or dip into the
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On the Veg Plot Why not have a go at growing something edible? Plant radishes or salad crops such as lettuce, rocket, mizuna or spring onions and you will be enjoying tasty home grown food in just a few weeks. You could also plant a few Spring cabbage seeds for crops to enjoy later on. Vegetables ready to pick this month include Carrots, Lettuce, Beetroots, Peas, Courgettes and Broad Beans.
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his Summer, thousands of wildlife lovers will go back to basics and spend a night under the stars for the RSPB’s Big Wild Sleepout. For the third time, the charity is encouraging people to sleep out in their gardens or outdoor space to get close to nature and discover which creatures they share their homes with. The event will take place over a weekend (7th – 9th August) and campers of all ages are encouraged to take part. From the adventurous, who will be building and sleeping in dens and shelters, to traditional tents and caravans, and those who will just sleep under the stars – all are welcome to take part! Nature comes alive at night. At dusk, hedgehogs, foxes and badgers emerge to forage for food, and bats flutter through the air after moths and other insects. Sounds can give a good indication of what is happening – from birds singing just before they go to roost to the
snuffling of hedgehogs and the clicks and whistles of bats’ echolocation. Frogs and toads are also more active at night. S l e e p o u t events are taking place at RSPB nature reserves across the country. Special nighttime ventures will vary
for each event, but a few of these include outdoor cooking, fireside fun with stories round the campfire and night time strolls. A full list, together with a range of activities, including den building, torchlight safaris and bug hunting, is available at www. rspb.org.uk/sleepout. A free pack with all the info you need will be available from the website from 1st July.
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rganised by Leeds Horticultural Society for the last 150 years, the Leeds Flower Show (incorporating the West Yorkshire Fuchsia Society and Rose Society annual shows) returns to The Grammar School at Leeds, on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd August. There are over 300 classes covering flowers, pot plants, vegetables, fruit, honey and Mead, art, photography, and craftwork – which includes demonstrations of quilting and embroidery, spinning and woodwork. Children’s classes include drawing, handwriting, edible monster and a scarecrow, and the domestic class has entries of homemade cakes, bread, scones, biscuits etc. NAFAS Flower Demonstrator and teacher Judith Watker will be in the theatre 1.30 – 2.30pm each
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day with special demonstrations; Gardener’s Question Time with Joe Maiden, Gordon Kirby, Eric Wells, Douglas Mansion, and famous rose grower David Lister will take place from 2.30pm on Saturday; Leeds Model Railway Exhibition will be on both days; and, Leeds Beckett University will on hand with their climbing tower (suitable for both adults and children) on Saturday, together with instructors to advise on how to reach the top safely.
Plus, Stuart Garden (keyboard) will be playing popular music in the refectory. There will also be stalls selling plants, garden accessories and tools, fancy goods and jewellery. Opening times are Saturday 12 noon to 4.30pm, Sunday 10am to 4.30pm. Admission £6/ £5 seniors, accompanied children under 16 free. Details from Pat at 0113 225 0030 or www.leedshs.org.uk. Class entry forms available on the website
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Fitzwallace – Sweetheart Having only been around for a couple of years and barely out of their teens, Fitzwallace have already made something of an impact, finding themselves championed by local BBC radio DJs and appearing on the line up of Country to Country at London’s O2, Europe’s largest country music festival. This accomplished EP shows that this is no accident.
igeonholing Fitzwallace as Country does seem to do them something of a disservice, while there is a rootsy feel underpinning their sound, they easily incorporate other influences that see them transcend the genre. Opening track Ballad of a Star hits the ground running with an upbeat shuffling rhythm underlying jangling, twangy guitars and an insistent bassline. It’s a rollicking, Tex-Mex flavoured nugget that, in its brisk running time, establishes the group’s knack for dynamic arrangement and skilful instrumentation. Title track Sweetheart of Mine initially conjures a folk-rock feel with some very tasty, rhythmic mandolin taking centre stage and gathers momentum as driving percussion and soaring vocal harmonies are added to the mix. Golden State of Mind is a bright and breezy ditty that evokes both the sun-soaked west coast vibe of The Byrds and the proto-country-rock of The Flying Burrito Brothers. It also shifts the spotlight to the group’s female vocalist whose work here really lifts the tune while calling to mind obvious but certainly favourable June/Dolly comparisons. The EP’s closing track, Somebody New initially gives one a sense of déjà vu with a can’t quite put my finger on it/feels like I’ve heard this before quality, but if it is somewhat derivative this is but a trifling quibble which is swept aside when you’re hooked in by a liltingly melodic chorus that is positively Beatles-y and a fleeting but effective guitar breakdown. The EP displays oodles of early promise that points to great things in Fitzwallace’s future. Definitely worth checking out and keeping an ear out for.
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The Faversham Garden Party celebrates its tenth year this August with an exceptional two-day festival at The Tetley on 29th – 30th August and featuring Roisin Murphy, Little Dragon, Mos Def, Todd Terje and many more. songwriter Ady Suileman. The Garden Party will also welcome live performances from the nation’s favourite tea-making DJ Mr Scruff and up-and-coming Romare. Keeping the party going on the DJ side will be Grandmaster Flash, funk & soul legend Craig Charles, Kerri Chandler, BBC Radio 1 regular Heidi, the Bicep boys, and Paul Woolford among many others will also be performing over the weekend. Garden Party revellers will enjoy food and drink curated by Leeds Indie Food, including worldwide street food, fresh stone baked pizzas courtesy of Pizza Fella, El Kantina’s Mexican delights plus the Cocktail Shack. Tickets (just £19.50 for one day, £29.50 for the weekend) are available from www.thegardenpartyleeds.com
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SPY DIRECTED BY: PAUL FEIG STARRING: MELISSA MCCARTHY, ROSE BYRNE, JASON STATHAM, JUDE LAW, MIRANDA HART CERT: 15 - RUNNING TIME: 120 MINS aving scored a monster hit and delivered a solid retort to the nonsense “women aren’t funny” charge with Bridesmaids a few years ago, Paul Feig again utilises the considerable comedic talents of Melissa McCarthy in this slight but fun espionage romp. McCarthy plays Susan Cooper, a deskbound CIA analyst who can barely suppress the crush she fosters for Bradley Fine (Jude Law), the suave, Bond-esque agent she remotely helps guide through missions. When Fine is killed in action Susan is given the opportunity to step up and prove her worth as an agent while attempting to foil a dastardly international arms trade plot. Correctly acknowledging that the spy spoof genre has more or less been done to death, writer/director Feig wisely chooses to focus on the character comedy here and is helped by some star turns by members of a cast which is, frankly, a bit of a mixed bag. While McCarthy effortlessly carries the picture with a typically spirited performance (particularly when she turns the air blue with some of the most inspired swearing this side of The Thick of It) and has a nicely spikey rapport with Rose Byrne as her nemesis, Rayna Boyanov, Jude Law is as blandly ‘meh’ as he’s been in anything else I’ve seen him in and I could have done with far less of Miranda Hart in the sidekick role.
gamely throws herself into the film’s high octane action set pieces
The revelatory turn here, though, surely must be Jason Statham. While the rest of the world seems to have enthusiastically embraced ‘The Stath’ as the premier action movie star of our times, I’ve struggled to get on
board with this assessment which I put down to what I perceived as his utterly humourless demeanour. Well, it seems I have unfairly underestimated Mr Statham who here shows off his rarely glimpsed, impressive comedic chops bringing some of the movie’s biggest laughs and damn near stealing every scene he’s in. As the two funniest people in the movie McCarthy and Statham also seem to be participating in a kind of job-swap for, as The Stath gives his funny bones a work out, McCarthy gamely throws herself into the film’s high octane action set pieces (surprisingly deftly
handled by Feig) particularly a superbly choreographed kitchen-set knife fight. On the whole, Spy gets by on its buoyant, daft energy and the strength of its central performances. It has enough laughs so as not to disappoint but it falls somewhat short of being a Bridesmaidsstyle comedy blockbuster. It does further confirm, though, that as a director and star combo Feig and McCarthy are a winning team and goes some way to assuaging one’s instinctive scepticism regarding their upcoming gender-flipped Ghostbusters remake.
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Two Leeds Beckett University academics were recently shortlisted for a Royal Television Society Yorkshire award for their animations which were commissioned by the Kaiser Chiefs for their tour earlier this year. enior Lecturer in Broadcast Media Technologies, Tim Blackwell, was approached in December 2014 for the group’s arena tour which took place in January and February this year, culminating in a sold out concert at Leeds’s First Direct Arena. He worked with colleague and award-winning animator, Ashley Dean, to develop a film to accompany ‘The Occupation’, a poem written by singer Ricky Wilson, which featured on their 2014 album, ‘Education, Education, Education and War’. Tim has a long association with the band, having studied with Ricky at Leeds Beckett. “We were under quite a bit of pressure to turn the work around quickly in time for the Kaiser Chiefs tour, so there wasn’t much time to enjoy any plaudits that came our way”, he said. “I’m proud to be nominated for the award alongside Ashley, as it gives us an opportunity to demonstrate to our students the value in teamwork and underlines how important the bonds they make on the Broadcast Media Technologies course may prove in their professional lives. “‘The Occupation’ is about the futility of war, narrated from a soldier’s perspective, so we knew we ideally wanted to create something visually striking that drew on the iconography of war, but that was removed from time and place”, said Tim. “We discussed Raymond Briggs, Pink Floyd and Terry Gilliam as points of reference. During the tour the poem was narrated in a pre-record by actor Bill Nighy. The only direction from the
Pictured: Tim Blackwell & Ashley Dean
The Occupation’ is about the futility of war, narrated from a soldier’s perspective
band was that they wanted something poignant to reflect the mood of the poem and a moment in their live set.” The first that the Kaiser Chief’s saw of the animated film was a week before their UK Arena tour was due to start at the Liverpool Echo Arena. “Thankfully they really loved it,” said Tim. The film has been shortlisted
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Academy, £28.75. Cult punk band formed in early 80s & summed up new wave of American punk. Also appearing: Alkaline Trio, Lagwagon
Glass Caves Fri 3 July,
Brudenell Club, £7.70. Pontefract 5-piece fuses agitated rhythms, yo-yoing guitars & dissonant keyboards with vocals that splinter then soar. Perfectly formed ballsy alt-rock.
Phil Odgers Fri 3 Jul, Chemic Tavern, £8.80. Frontman of legendary folk rockers The Men They Couldn’t Hang. Support from Leeds folk legend Gary Kaye, described as The Woody Guthrie of the West Riding.
Summer Songwriting Showcase Fri 3 July Seven
Arts, Harrogate Rd. Chapel Allerton featuring Marion Zubryzcki, Giles Winterton, Tila & Tavelah, Natalie Duncan, Christella & Rob Green. With band; Jonnie Khan, Kenny Higgins & Carl Robinson. Tickets £7
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Assembly Room, £8.25 A concert of calypsos celebrating the pioneer of Caribbean music in 1950s Britain: Edric Connor.
Smokestack Sat 4 July, 8pm, The New Highwood, Brackenwood Dr, Gledhow, LS8 1RG, £3.50. Roundhay band performing eclectic mix of rock/ pop covers. Seven Jazz: Riley StoneLonergan Quartet Sun 5
July, 1.30 - 4pm at Inkwell, Potternewton Lane LS7. £7/5. Hot from a recent appearance at Ronnie Scott’s.
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Mon 6 Jul, Brudenell Social Club, £19.80. Laid back, funky, conscious hip-hop outfit with hits including ‘People Everyday’, ‘Mr Wendall’ & ‘Tennessee’.
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Thu 9 Jul, Duck & Drake, Free. A celebration of the great Tom Petty. with & without The Heartbreakers.
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Brudenell Social Club, £16.50. A fantastic aural journey through dub, world, ambient & avantrock music.
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Sat 11 Jul, Garforth Academy, 2 - 11pm, £22 - £61. Brand New Heavies + Seth Lakeman + Femi Kuti & The Positive Force + BBC Big Band + Clare Teal + Ubunye + Garforth Jazz Rock Band (GJRB)
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Curtis Eller Wed 15 Jul, Otley Courthouse, £8 - £12. Thu 16 Jul, Belgrave Music Hall, £11. The most fantabulous, craziest, entertaining yodeling banjo player from New York City you’d ever wish to meet!
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Badly Drawn Boy Thu 30 Jul, City Varieties Music Hall, £21.05 - £22.70. ‘Beatific, rhythm-infested melodies, resplendent in wondrous brass, stark string accompaniment & obscure found sounds’.
Seven Jazz Summer Cafe
Belgrave Music Hall, £5.50 £9.35. Gifted & dynamic six piece acoustic/alt-folk band from Leeds.
Sun 19 Jul, Inkwell, 4pm, £5 - £7. Bring your horn, your axe, voice or just come & listen to the fun £7 (£5 concession & performers). The jazz workshop band will have a couple of tunes for you as well.
Best Friends Tue 21 Jul, Oporto, £6.60.Fuzzy garage pop. Rosanne Cash Tue 21 Jul,
Brudenell Social Club, £32.40. Cash’s music draws on many genres, including folk, pop, rock & blues.
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The Big Easy Fri 24 Jul, Seven Arts, £8 - £10. Covering the very best of ‘good time’ jazz, blues & rhythm & blues with energy & style. Leeds Ska, Mod & Punk Festival Sat 25 Jul,
Millennium Square, £35.10, 5:30pm. Featuring: Buzzcocks, Neville Staple, The Lambrettas, Aces.
Cherry Glazerr Sat 25 Jul, Brudenell Social Club, £7.75. Shoe gazey, lo-fi dream pop with post punk & surf pop influences.
Magic Of Motown Featuring Gwen Dickey
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Thurs 30 July, at Grove Inn, Back Row, Holbeck. (off Water Lane). Live, acoustic, Americana roots/ Bluegrass/ Country music. Resident bands + guests. Picking sessions musicians welcome. From 8.30pm £3. Details: John 267 0761, Kevin 267 7040
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Jaquelyn Hynes Trio Fri 31 July Seven Arts, Chapel Allerton, with J.Eoin (guitar/ vocals) & Steph West (harp). Special guest, Joe Kemp. Tickets £7 www.sevenleeds.co.uk Pan Jumby Sun 26 Jul @
SevenArts 1.30 - 4pm £7/5. The calypso/jazz sounds of best jazz steel pan player in UK, Chapeltown’s Dudley Nesbitt. With Richard Ormrod sax, Sam Hobbs drums, Kenny Higgins bass, Barclay McKay keyboards.
he charity ‘Right Choices’ is holding another exciting cultural day at HEART on Bennett Road in Headingley on Saturday 18th July. Once again there is a packed programme with all kinds of food and stalls and great entertainment. From 1 – 5pm there will be lots of activities for children, plus jugglers and Irish fiddlers and much more. From 7.30pm you can look forward to a great line up of music, featuring the reggae band Royal Blood alongside Mojah, playing classic ska and roots, and the Stone Roots Band. Mojah make a return appearance after a hugely successful evening two years ago at the same event, when they thrilled the
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Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in Leeds are investing a combined £1 million to improve health and wellbeing across the city. Photo: Karen Rangely
HS Leeds North CCG and Leeds South and East CCG, have launched the NHS CCG Third Sector Health Grants scheme, aimed at reducing the gap in life expectancy between the most deprived and most affluent communities and reducing health inequalities. Funding is available to support various projects – such as developing or delivering services, establishing and maintaining partnerships and involving people in community activities surrounding health and wellbeing. Both funds will be managed by Leeds Community Foundation, the largest independent grantmaking organisation in the city, and activities being targeted include tackling alcohol addiction, providing support for those with mental health concerns and addressing the healthcare needs of children.
The Third Sector Grants scheme is now open
“The programme is intended to improve the lives of residents in North Leeds, engage with community groups, and assess the needs of local people”, said Nigel Gray, Chief Officer of NHS Leeds North CCG. “The third sector is a valuable ally in the challenges we face, so it is important that we engage with its members and empower them to deliver their innovative ideas to improve health and wellbeing outcomes for people in North Leeds.” The NHS CCG Third Sector Grants scheme is now open for grant applications. Guidance notes and application forms are available to download from www.leedscf. org.uk/third-sector-health-grants
Golf Centre Launches Community Cup Leeds 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. “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 to expand 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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Laura Crane Trust Funds Chill Out Space at St James’ Connor Woods, who lives in Chapel Allerton and attends Abbey Grange Academy recently attained another Personal Best of 49.53 when he won the U-17 400m at the 2015 Yorkshire Athletics Championships in Cudworth, as well as adding the 200m title to his range of gold medals. nother prodigy of Lutel James and the Chapeltown Youth Development Football set up, Connor had trained with Leeds United as a 14 year old. Soon after his school asked him to travel with their athletics’ team to the West Yorkshire Schools’ Championships at Cleckheaton in June 2013 as they were short a runner in the 200m U-15 category. He had never run before in any competition but he surprised everyone by beating a field of long time junior athletes in a time of 23.93. In six further meetings that Summer he won three!
As luck would have it, in the crowd that day was the renowned track coach Brian Scobie, who holds senior coaching roles at English Athletics and UK Athletics. He noted Connor’s potential and invited him to train at the Leeds City Athletics Club. That was two years ago. In the last 12 months Connor has continued to impress by winning a number of firsts at athletics events. Connor’s next target is the English Schools International later this Summer. Look out for him on athletics tracks in the future.
The Laura Crane Youth Cancer Trust has many ongoing projects at St James’ Hospital. Its latest funding has helped build a chill-out space and treatment room for young patients aged 13 – 24 in the radiotherapy department, where it match-funded £20,000 for the construction, and plans to give a further £10,000 to equip the unit when completed. This age appropriate unit will provide a relaxing environment where patients can socialise, and another area for them to talk confidentially with nurses about their treatment. The Trust also pledged £80,000 to St James’ for research into the treatment of ovarian and testicular cancer in young people, which is in its final stages. On a wider scale, the Trust provides hospitals with laptop libraries to help young people keep connected with friends, family and school work, as some patients have to travel far from home, and may be hospitalised for long periods and suffer from social isolation. For further information on the Laura Crane Youth Cancer Trust, please visit www. lauracranetrust.org
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group of runners from Bramhope took part in the Leeds Half Marathon last month to raise money for the children’s cancer charity Candlelighters Trust and the Imran Khan Cancer Appeal, which runs the biggest cancer hospital in Pakistan. “Six runners from Bramhope ran as Team Bramhope”, said Tariq Qadeer of The Village News, Bramhope, “pushing ourselves to raise money for two very good causes. I have been raising money for these charities for a number of years and have received amazing support from everyone in Bramhope. All of us managed to complete the run in one piece, with Andy Hogan finishing in 1 hour 35 minutes.”
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We have raised almost £34,000 for charities in the last eight years
Tariq had a target of £1,500 in mind, but they managed to raise over £2,700 (including a £500 donation to The Candlelighters from Lloyds TSB). “A big ‘thank you’ to everyone in Bramhope who have been so supportive in all the fundraising activities, like the pub quiz, walks etc. With their help, we have raised almost £34,000 for charities in the last eight years”, said Tariq. “Our next event is the Yorkshire Three Peaks for the third year running. We are hoping to have at least 20 people in the group. Anyone who wishes to join us or sponsor us please contact us on hipaindoo786@hotmail.com or pop into the shop opposite Fox & Hounds in Bramhope.”
The Abbey Runners Eccup 10 mile road race takes place on Sunday 5th July starting at 9.30am. one lap run on closed scenic roads in and around Adel and Eccup, the race is one of the highlights of the club’s year and really enjoyed by the athletes. There will also be junior races and a family fun run. The main change this year is the Race HQ – the race will now start from Adel St John The Baptist C of E Primary School, Long Causeway, LS16 8EX. The Abbey club raised £3,750 last year and has raised over £30,000 over the 21 years the race
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Learn to Skateboard with Sk8Safe Sk8 Safe in the Community recently launched a Crowd Funding bid to raise £10,000 to run skate park community events across the UK. If successful, we can expect to see events in Harrogate and Leeds where councils have invested in Sk8 Safe’s services consistently over the last 12 years.
Leeds Children’s Day 2015 The Yorkshire Cricket Foundation and Leeds Rhinos Foundation, in partnership with Garry Chappelow, Mears, British Gas, Irwin Mitchell and Child Friendly Leeds, will host this year’s Leeds Children’s Day on Sunday 19th July.
Last year, over 5,000 people were entertained by cricket, rugby and football tournaments
undreds of competitors and aspiring riders are brought together for these events. DJs provide a great atmosphere while the Sk8 Safe team manages the competitions and supports key peer mentors at the park.
In the run up to confirmation of its Summer dates, you can Learn to Skateboard at Otley Skate Park, Wharfemeadows Park, Farnley Lane, Otley LS21 2BH, from 27th – 31st July, 1 – 3pm every day – Free! Booking is essential. For full details call 07973 741454 or email sarah@sk8safe.com
This annual event is held across the cricket and rugby grounds at Headingley Stadium. Last year, over 5,000 people were entertained by cricket, rugby and football tournaments, and activities hosted by the likes of The Works Skatepark, Manic Science, Snozone, Lightwater Valley, Thackray Medical Museum, Leeds Carnegie Basketball Club and many more. The gates for Leeds Children’s Day open at 10.30am and don’t close until 4pm. Admission is absolutely free for everyone – as are all the activities. So take the family along and enjoy a fantastic day at Headingley Stadium!
RJC Dance Summer Camps 2015 JC Dance is a nationally recognised Black British dance organisation based at the Mandela Centre, Chapeltown, with youth development and education at its heart. It maximises the creative potential of young people by offering regular opportunities to dance, perform and achieve. This Summer they are running two dance camps, offering up to 40 young people the chance to engage in contemporary urban dance styles, complemented by encouraging the development of their choreographic ideas. RJC Dance offers young people an authentic experience that focuses on how dance can unlock their potential, creativity and style rather than limiting their dance experience to the perfection
of technique. All abilities are welcome. At the end of the week participants will present a ‘sharing’ of their work to family, friends and guests. The dates are: 27th – 31st July for 12 – 17 year olds; and, 3rd – 7th August for 8 – 11. Places are limited so booking is essential. For full details
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Get Active with Carnegie Sports Camps
eeds Beckett University has lined up an exciting programme of Carnegie Junior Rackets and Athletics camps at Headingley Campus from 27th July to 28th August. The camps are based at the University’s Carnegie Sports Centre, where children will have access to some of the finest tennis and sports hall facilities in the country.
“The camps are fun, friendly and a great opportunity for children to keep active over the holidays”, said Kirsty Mcphee, Racket Sports Development Officer at Leeds Beckett. “They will have access to high-class facilities and the opportunity to work with an elite coaching team. The teaching is focused on specific sports, developing new skills whilst improving existing ones.”
Both camps will be led by performance coaches The Junior Rackets Camp (ages 8 – 14) focuses on four racket sports – tennis, badminton, squash and table tennis. It runs from 9am to 4pm every day for a week, alternating each week throughout the Summer programme with a pure Tennis Camp, which runs from 10am to 4pm. Both camps will be led by performance coaches. Children will be placed in appropriate groups, according to age and ability. They can choose to attend the Tennis Camp any day for £20 (£90 for the full week), or Rackets for £25 a day (£110 for the week). A Mini Tennis Red Camp (ages 4 – 7) will run from 9 -10am each day for £5.50 per session or £25 for a full week. The Athletics Summer Camp (ages 8 – 16) is a balanced programme of activities, techniques, skills and games delivered by fully qualified UK Athletics coaches. Participants will take part in a wide range of events, including: sprinting, hurdles, javelin, discus, long jump, shot put and high jump. Once again, children are split into appropriate groups. The five-day camp (10am to 1pm) is priced at £60, with individual days available for £14. For more information and to register, visit http://bit. ly/CarnegieCamps or contact Kirsty Mcphee on 0113 812 3737, k.m.mcphee@leedsbeckett.ac.uk
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Stockeld Park’s Summer Adventure
350 Take Part in Junior Aquathlon
On 19th May, 350 budding junior triathletes took part in the annual Leeds Bradford Triathlon Club Junior Aquathlon. s part of Stockeld Park’s Summer Adventure, CBBC star and TV presenter Naomi Wilkinson will appear on stage on Saturday 18th July to inspire young explorers to get outside and enjoy nature, and she will be joined by the Reptile Rangers and their amazing creatures. The Martin House Colour Run is a 3.5km course across stunning parkland, on Sunday 19th July in aid of the children’s hospice. Start in a bright white t-shirt and finish as unique, colourful works of art! To register, call 01937 844569 or visit events@martinhouse.org. uk. Runners get a third off the entry price. In addition, children can enjoy the roller rink, Enchanted Forest filled with interactive playgrounds, the huge yew maze, giant inflatable slide, electric scooter trail, plus an indoor wet weather play area and craft zone. Nestled within ancient
woodland, Stockeld Park’s Summer Adventure is open daily from 10am – 6pm from 15th July to 7th September.
An aquathlon consists of a swim followed immediately by a run. The event was held at The Edge sports complex at Leeds University. The swim was in the pool that the Brownlee brothers and the GB performance squad train in, followed by a run on a closed road loop around the campus, with distances varying according to age group from a 50 metre swim and 600m run for eight years olds, to a 400m swim and 3km run for 13-18 year olds. Prizes were awarded to the top three in each category, whilst everyone received a finishers’ medal. The results are on www.lbt. org.uk. Next year’s event will be on the same weekend and entries will open in March.
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Over 150 people helped Woodcraft Folk to celebrate their 90th anniversary with an afternoon of den building, crafts, a sea monster parade and fire juggling in May.
ince 1925, Woodcraft Folk have used outdoor activities and games to promote big ideas like sustainability and democracy through fun. Weekly groups, weekend trips and summer camps aim to be affordable and open to all. You can try out Woodcraft Folk activities at Woodhouse Ridge Festival on 5th July, Kirkstall Festival and Chapel Allerton School Fair, both on 11th July, and Hyde Park Unity Day. Woodcraft Folk is growing in West Yorkshire and aims to create places for 400 more children, plus 120 new leaders by March 2016. Their Youth United Foundation funding is government money from bankers’ LIBOR fines. It encourages young people to get involved in social action through joining groups. Four new groups have already opened in Leeds this year, with more planned soon
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Elfins (6-9s) Shire Oak School, Headingley, Thu 6-7.15pm; near Potternewton Park, Mon 4:155:15pm; Meanwood Community
Centre, Mon 6.15-7.30pm; and Gledhow School, Thu 6.157.15pm.
Pioneers (10-12s) Meanwood Community Centre, Mon 6.157.30pm.
To find out how your child can join, or to get involved, please contact Ellie on 07850 391637, ellie@woodcraft.org. uk, Facebook: Woodcraft Folk - West Yorkshire New Groups Project or see www.woodcraft. org.uk/ngp
ason Beresford has had a fascinating career, part of which was spent as a director on Emmerdale and Coronation Street. Today he teaches part time at Highfield Primary School, Sandringham Green, Moortown, and has turned his hand to writing children’s books. To date he has written two, which have been very well received, and he has started on a third. They are full of humour and suitable for children aged 7+. The stories are all about a gang of children who become superheroes. ‘The Fabulous Four Fish Fingers’ follows the lives of four friends Gary, Bel, Ruby and Morris – who are granted superpowers after meeting a magical elf.
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New Play at Horsforth School Froebelian Focuses on Leeds Pals Ten young Year 9 actors from Horsforth School are busy putting together a production of ‘The Pals’ a new play written by James Bovington, who teaches languages at the school.
he play tells the story of Horace Iles who enlisted in Autumn 1914, a few months short of turning fifteen, and served with the Leeds Pals until that fateful morning on the Somme in July 1916 when Horace, like so many others, lost his life in the opening few hours of what turned out to be the worst day for casualties ever suffered by the British Army. This first act takes the lads from the declaration of war up to when the Pals arrived in France in the Spring of 1916. Act two will follow in June 2016. “The play is about comradeship as boys turn into young men and two of them forge a friendship that spans a hundred years”, said James. “Most of the lads are more into sport than acting, so I really hope that there will be a good turnout to reward them for their efforts.”
The Pals’ is a new play written by James Bovington
“We’ve found getting into our characters and learning all the lines quite challenging”, said Josh Wilkinson (14) who plays Horace Iles. “But, we hope that we now have a play which will help people understand what it was like for young lads caught up in early days of the war.” Performances at Horsforth School will be on Wednesday 1st July at 6.45pm and 8pm, and Thursday 2nd July, 7.15pm. Tickets cost £2 for all students – adult tickets are free but you are asked to make a donation to the Royal British Legion. Tickets can be reserved by calling the school on 0113 226 5454, or emailing James at bovingjd01@ horsforthschool.org
Opens New Nursery in Horsforth The Froebelian School will open its First Steps at Froebelian on New Road Side, Horsforth, this Summer. Open to children aged three months to five years, the nursery will focus on allowing children to learn, play and develop their full potential whilst having fun. Early years expert Rachel Burton, an experienced early years teacher, joins the team as Head of the Nursery. As well as working for a National Children’s charity and as an Ofsted inspector, Rachel also ran her own successful nursery in Huddersfield, First Steps at Froebelian will have close links with the Froebelian School, which has been educating children in Horsforth since 1913 and is one of the top prep schools in country, and children attending the nursery will have preferential entry to the main school at age three. The nursery offers full day, morning or afternoon sessions from 7.30am to 6pm and is open Monday to Friday for 51 weeks of the year. First Steps at Froebelian, 173 New Road Side, Horsforth LS18 4DR. firststeps@ froebelian.co.uk 0113 258 3047
Leeds Youth Dance Groups Through to National Competition In April, 25 youth dance groups from around Yorkshire performed at West Yorkshire Playhouse and Yorkshire Dance as part of Fresh 2015. The competition was fierce but the judges finally chose ‘Atmosphere’ (Cockburn School, Beeston) and ‘DAZL Male Youth Dance Company’ (Leeds) to go on to U.Dance (Youth Dance England’s annual competition) in Plymouth from 22nd – 25th July. The judges commented that Atmosphere’s ‘The Wolf’ ‘stood out stylistically from the rest of the programme’. The piece followed Red Riding Hood and the Woodcutter on a dark journey through the forest and
Engaging, authentic and visually strong questioned the idea of whether or not ‘good’ can always overcome ‘evil’. DAZL’s ‘Contaminated’ was described as ‘thoroughly engaging, authentic and visually strong’. It looked at transmitted diseases and
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Bramhope Bowls Club
Abbey Runners meet Tues
& Thurs, 7.30pm. Based at Holt Park Active. Track Sessions at Beckett’s Park. New members welcome.
Social bowling, friendly & league matches Apr – Oct. Great social events & activities. New members welcome, whether novice or experienced. Details: Jaci 267
Details: www.abbeyrunners. co.uk
9761, Stewart 267 3311
Adel Badminton Club
Bramhope Table Tennis Club meets Mon 8 – 10pm &
meets Mon, 8pm at Adel War Memorial Hall, Church Lane, LS16. A mixed & a men’s team in Leeds & District Badminton League. New members welcome. If you have some experience go along on Monday. Details:
Chris 225 9426, Dave 267 0572
Adel Crown Green Bowling Club (next door
to Adel Church) is open for bowling Apr – Oct. New members welcome.
Details: Phil 267 6152, www. adelbowlingclub.co.uk
Adel Squash Club meets
at Adel War Memorial Hall, Church Lane, LS16. A fun/ competitive way to keep fit.
Details: Jon Hodgson 07761 608598, or for Racketball John Bennett 267 0761, www.adelsquashclub.com
Adel Tennis Club Social or
competitive tennis on 3 carpet & 2 tarmac courts. Situated at AWMA sports ground next to Adel Church. All standards welcome. Junior coaching available. Details: John
Micklethwaite 267 4071
Badminton Anyone?
Friendly badminton club looking for experienced players. Fri 7.30 – 9.30pm, Trinity University, Horsforth.
Details: Sylvia 259 0113, Graham 258 4532
Tues 1.30 – 3.30pm, Robert Craven Hall. New members welcome. Details: Stewart
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Bramhope Tennis Club
Social tennis, junior & adult coaching, club nights, fun competitions. New members welcome, whether beginners or champs. Details: Roger
07887 546303, Heather 267 2207
Briggate Morris Female
dancers from ages 8 – 80, all abilities. Practice Mon 7.30pm at Central Methodist Church, Horsforth. Details:
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Cookridge Rambling Club meets Sun 9.30am in car park Cookridge Village Hall. Walks 6/8 miles. Transport can be provided. New members welcome.
Details: Barbara 267 1522, cookridgeramblers@ outlook.com
Friends of Lawnswood Badminton Club Meet Mon
& Wed, 7-9pm at Lawnswood School during term time. Mixed abilities/gender/ ages (children 11+ welcome with adult). Details: mjh.
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Leeds Penguins Lacrosse Club trains Mon 7.15pm at
Plusnet Yorkshire Marathon Sun 11 Oct. Runners are asked to raise as much sponsorship money as possible for St Gemma’s Hospice. Details:
11 Oct. Yorkshire Cancer Centre, St James’s Hospital has guaranteed places for this event. Also places available in range of worldwide challenges. Trek, cycle or sled to raise funds for cancer patients. Details: Tif 206
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Kirkstall Harriers Running Club meets Mon & Wed,
6.50pm Kirkstall Leisure Centre. All abilities welcome, must be able to run 3-4 miles. Events & challenges all over Yorkshire & UK.
Details: kirkstallharriers@ googlemail.com
Kirkstall Abbey Tennis Club Friendly, welcoming
club with reasonable membership rates. Details:
Roger Harris, 07806 789580, rharris999@hotmail.co.uk
Korfball in Adel Free
sessions all Summer. Mondays 6.30pm at Bedquilts Playing Fields. Men & women welcome, no experience required, look for the yellow basket. Details:
have a condition where swimming could help? LADSC meets Mon 7.15 – 8.15pm Holt Park Active. Safe & relaxed environment.
Adel, matches Saturdays. New & experienced players welcome. Details:
leedslacrosse@hotmail. co.uk
Meanwood Cricket Club
(2nd oldest club in Leeds!) is looking for new players. Situated next to Myrtle Tavern, Parkside Rd, it runs 2 sides in Wetherby League.
Details: Rob Guthrie (1st XI Capt) 07552 6755880, Matthew Ross (Vice Capt) 07968 776263
Meanwood Park Bowling Club New members invited
to join the club. Everyone welcome to come & have a go.
Details: Margaret 274 7076
North Leeds Leopards
are looking for new players for their U15 team (Year 10) for 2015. Details: coach Lee
Baines, 07913 385533
Phoenix Folk Dancers Wed 8 – 10pm at Adel Methodist Church Hall (behind Lawnswood Arms). English Country Dancing. Beginners welcome & you don’t need a partner. Details: 01943
467851
leedskorfball@gmail.com or Leeds City Korfball on Facebook
EMAIL YOUR COMMUNITY NOTICES TO CAROLE@NORTHLEEDSLIFE.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
Run/ Walk with the Rhinos in Leeds 10K, 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.leedsrhinosfoundation. org/events/run-with-therhinos.php
St Chad’s Broomfield Cricket Club The club plays
in Headingley & runs 5 senior & 5 junior teams. Looking for new players. Details:
Paul 07795 154444, www. stchadscc.com
St Chad’s Tennis Club
Play tennis all year - fun club sessions & competitive opportunities. New members welcome. Details: Anne
Wallace 274 9917
St Christopher’s Cycling Club Friendly club. Rides
start Sun 8.30am from car park opposite Lawnswood Cemetery, for rides of 30-40 miles. All welcome (U-18s should be accompanied).
Details: 278 2603, www. facebook.com/LSCCC
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
White Rose Canoe Club
meets Roundhay Park Lake & Fearnville Sports Centre swimming pool. Club sessions Sat afternoons & Tues pm. Beginners to World
Champions. ‘Try It’ sessions held monthly. Details: www.
whiterosecc.org.uk, wrcccommittee@googlegroups. com
ARTS & CRAFTS Bramhope Art Club is
holding open evenings for interested painters Monday evenings throughout July. Meet 7.30pm Robert Craven Hall. £2 per evening. Details:
Jeff 01423 508867
Bramhope in Bloom
Friendly group interested in improving floral aspects of the village. Welcomes new members. You don’t need any gardening expertise, or to make any regular time commitment - just go along & do what you can, when you can. Details: Janet 07919
087745, Lynne 07767 435252
Chinese Brush Painters Society 10am - 4pm at Poolin-Wharfedale Memorial Village Hall, Arthington Lane, Pool. Sat 18/ Sun 19 July: Workshops on painting traditional landscape & animals (horse & tiger) by Kaili Fu, famous artist from Exeter. New members welcome. Details: Anne
Allan 01422 368482, mail@ cbpsyorks.co.uk
Craft Evening Every Thurs
7-9pm at The Courtyard Café 96 Town St. Horsforth Open to all. Bring your craft & have a natter. Details: 259 0301
Headingley Flower Club
meets 1st Fri of month, 7.30pm at St Chad’s Parish Centre Headingley. New members welcome. Details:
Gill Young 267 9445
www.albatyres.co.uk
Community Notices
76 Life Drawing Art Group
Mon 7 – 9pm at HEART Bennett Rd. Headingley. New members & all abilities welcome to come & draw variety of life models. Details:
Laurence Limon 07856 735179
Leeds Marquetry Group meets Wed 7 – 9pm at the Polish Catholic Centre, Newton Hill Rd. (off Chapeltown Rd) Details:
leedsmarquetry.org.uk
Stainbeck Art Club 2nd & 4th Tues, 1.45 – 4pm Methodist Community Centre, Town St. Chapel Allerton. Practicals & demonstrations. New members all abilities welcome. Details: Pam
McFetridge 268 4734, www. stainbeckarts.co.uk
Yorkshire Flower Club
Meets Wed 29 July, 2pm at Almscliffe Village Hall, LS17 6EG. National Demonstrator Jonathan Moseley from The Big Allotment Challenge & Florist to Chatsworth House presents ‘In Special Celebration’. Visitors welcome. Details: 284 2039
COFFEE MORNINGS, FAIRS & MARKETS Adel St John the Baptist School Summer Fayre
Sat 4 July, 12 – 3pm at the school 141 Long Causeway. Raffle, tombola, bouncy castle. Games. All proceeds go straight to the school. Adm. £1 adults/50p children.
Car Boot & Tack Sale
Sat 11 July, 10am – 3pm at Hope Pastures (corner Weetwood Ln & Ring Rd). General goods & equine section, refreshments, meet the ponies. Details & to book
space: sue.s@hopepastures. org, www.hopepastures.org
Coffee Morning Sat 10am – 12 noon at Headingley Methodist Church, Chapel St. Headingley. Delicious homemade cakes & lots of chat. Everyone welcome.
Coffee Shop Tues 10am
– 12 noon at Bramhope Methodist Church. Delicious homemade scones. Friendly atmosphere - all welcome.
Craft Fair 1st Sat, 9am – 12.30pm at Creativities Courtyard opp Horsforth Farmers’ Market, 96a Town St. Horsforth. Details: 258 1484
Craft Fair in aid of
Parkinson’s UK Wed 8 July starting 2pm at St Chad’s Parish Centre, Far Headingley, LS16 5JT. Entry free. Details: Linda
Thompson 01943 461640
Headingley Farmers’ Market 2nd Sat, 9am –
12.30pm in The Rose Garden in front of The Arc, North Lane.
Hollin Lane Allotments Bring & Buy Plant Sale Sun
28 June, 11am – 1pm at the allotments on the bridle path between Weetwood Ave & the Highburys. Loads of veg & flower plants. Refreshments too!
Horsforth Farmers’ Market (sponsored
by Horsforth Churches Together) Sat 5 July, 9.30am – 12.30pm at St Margaret’s School car park.
Paxton Horticultural Society Coffee Morning, Plant & Table Top Sale Sat 18 July,10am – 12 noon at Paxton Hall, 186 Kirkstall Lane, LS5 2AB.
GROUPS/CLUBS Adel Bridge Club meets
Fri, 7.15pm Adel Memorial Hall, Church Lane. Relaxed Chicago Bridge club. New members all abilities welcome. No partner needed.
Details: Janice 230 6387 or 07713 402405
Adel Crag Community Assoc. keeps you informed about what’s happening in your neighbourhood. Local news, events etc. Details:
Cookridge & Horsforth U3A meets 6 July, 10am – 12
noon at Cookridge Village Hall. Details: 0787 656
2686, www.u3asites.org. uk/cookridge, www.cookri dgeandhorsforthu3a.org
Cookridge Methodist Community Film Society
Currently enrolling for new season (Oct ’15 – Apr ‘16) of films at Cookridge Methodist Church Hall. Films shown 2nd Wed, 7pm. Refreshments & chat from 6.30pm. 7 films £20, 5 films £17. Details:
Francis Garbutt 261 0846, www.adelcrag.org.com
Shirley Rivers 267 2464
Adel Masonic Lodge meets
Friday Night Bridge Club
at Castle Grove Masonic Hall Tuesday evenings. Details:
David Hancox 228 0771
Bramhope Bridge Club Meets to play duplicate
bridge on Mon 1 – 4pm, Tues & Thurs 7.15 – 10.15pm, at Robert Craven Memorial Hall, Bramhope. New members welcome. Details:
Leslie 250 2378
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, www. thechippendalesociety. co.uk, enquiries@ thechippendalesociety.co.uk
Cookridge Camera Club Meets Wed, 7.30pm in back room of Cookridge Village Hall. All welcome.
Details: Richard 230 1853, cookridegcameraclub.co.uk
Cookridge Gardening Club Summer event: Wed 15 July - Club Coffee Evening at Long Meadows, Bramhope.
Details: Katherine Hill, Club Secretary 2671858, katherinehill@live.co.uk
meets Fri, 7 – 10pm, Robert Craven Memorial Hall, Old Lane, Bramhope. New members welcome. Tuition available for at least four players. Details: Ewart 267
8001
Friends of Adel Woods
Friendly group looking after Adel Woods along the Meanwood Valley Trail. Monthly meetings to preserve special habitats, clear paths, put up bird & bat boxes & remove litter. All welcome.
Details: 285 7136, http:// friendsofadelwoods. wordpress.com
Friends of Lawnswood Cemetery Action Days
1st Sat. Help tidy cemetery, under supervision of Parks & Countryside Ranger. Meet 10am in car park, Otley Rd. Tools & hot drinks provided. Details: Ann
261 1363, Mike Simpson lawnswoodcemetery@ yahoo.co.uk
Grace Community Church Little Snappers Toddler Group Fri 10am – 12noon
(term time) in back room at Cookridge Village Hall (Please use side door). 0-5 yr olds plus parents/carers. Details:
Zoe Smith 07920 135920
EMAIL YOUR COMMUNITY NOTICES TO CAROLE@NORTHLEEDSLIFE.CO.UK
Greenpeace Leeds meets 1st Mon, 6.30pm Wharf Chambers, Wharf St, LS2. Join growing action to protect our forests, oceans & stop climate chaos. Details:
Joe 07929 610773, www. greenpeace.org.uk/groups
Holt Park Tenants & Residents Association
Provides a voice for residents & tenants in the Holt Park area. Regular meetings held at Ralph Thoresby School. All welcome. Details:
rhinos4ever@hotmail.com
Horsforth in Bloom Meets
Sat 4 July, 10am in Horsforth Museum. Volunteers to help with planning & planting always welcome. Details: 258
Chicago. New members welcome. Details: 285 2522
www.facebook.com/ leedsrotaractclub
Leeds Cactus & Succulent Society meets, 7.30pm at
Meanwood Valley Partnership Local people
07817 688110, smitpt6@aol. com
www.meanwoodvalleyp artnership.co.uk
07804 191189, vince.mihill@ jobcentreplus.gsi.gov.uk
Leeds Caledonian Society New members
Mercury Movie Makers A
Yorkshire Animal Shelter
St Columba’s United Reform Church, Headingley Lane LS6. Details: Peter Smith
welcome. Details: www.
leedscaledonians.org.uk
Leeds Cat Rescue
rehabilitate lost, neglected cats & kittens. If you can offer a cat a home, contact them. Details: 268 0488,
3521
leedscatrescue@googlemail. com, www.leedscatrescue. btck.co.uk
Horsforth Duplicate Bridge Club Weds 7pm at St
Leeds Horticultural Society meets 1st Tues, 8pm
Margaret’s Hall & Thurs 1pm at Grove Methodist Church Hall. Good car parking & no stairs! Visitors welcome.
Details: Mrs Zoe Bent 258 1580
Horsforth Retired People’s Club meets 2nd
& 4th Thurs, 9.30 – 11am St Margaret’s Parish Centre. Speakers & time to socialise. Visitors & new members welcome. Details: Everett
Cooke 440 0896, Peter Barker 01943 968 725
Kaleidoscope Social Club for over 50s & unattached. Improve your social life & make new friends. Not a dating agency. Details:
217 1747/ 267 0282, www. kaleidoscopeleeds.weebly. com
Kirkstall Community Garden Grow your own food,
learn new skills & share ideas with others. All welcome. Free access to educational resources & growing facilities. Volunteers welcome. Details:
kirkstallgarden@gmail.com
Lawnswood Bridge Club
Tues 1pm Lawnswood YMCA. Small friendly club playing
St Chad’s Centre, Otley Rd. Annual membership £12 single/ £18 couple. Details:
Pat 225 0030, www.leedshs. org.uk
Leeds Hospital Alert
Small group campaigning for preservation of NHS. Meets Tues 21 July at Muir Court, St Michael’s Rd. LS6.
Details: 278 5495, info@ leedshospitalalert.org.uk
Leeds Oxfam Group
has 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
Leeds Rotaract Group 1830s professionals & students meet 2nd & 4th Wed, 7pm at Cosmopolitan Hotel, Leeds, to socialise, network & support good causes. New members welcome. Details:
helping to preserve, protect & enhance the Meanwood Valley. Details:
group of amateur filmmakers who meet most Wednesday evenings at the Conservative Club, Leeds Rd, Rawdon at 7.30pm. If you are interested in making films go along, they always welcome new members. Details: www.
mercurymoviemakers.com
Pool Bridge Club meets
Mon, 1.15pm at Pool-inWharfedale Methodist Church (blue door on Manor Gns off Main St.). Relaxed Chicago bridge. No partner needed. New members all abilities welcome. Details
Chris 284 3069
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
The Other Bridge Club
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. Details: text
Many cats & kittens desperate for new homes! Donations welcome. Details:
07968 817803, www. yorkshireanimalshelter.org. uk
MUSIC The Amici Singers friendly
mixed voice choir with no auditions, rehearses Thurs, 7pm Adel Methodist Church. New members, experienced or beginners, welcome.
Details: Elizabeth King 228 5932
Collingham Training Band for beginners on wind or brass instruments, children & adults. £20 per term. Join now to start Sept. Details:
www.collinghamband.co.uk
Fairfax Singers (Burley-
in-Wharfedale) Now taking bookings for fundraising concerts for charities, good causes & weddings.
Details: 01274 597024 www. fairfaxsingers.org.uk
Friendly bridge played Thurs 7.15 – 10.15pm Robert Craven Memorial Hall, Bramhope. New members welcome.
Horsforth Leeds City Brass Band Friendly,
West Yorkshire Fuchsia Society meets Wed 15 July,
Emberton 267 6529
Details: Sandra 01943 463332
7.30pm at Moorside Tenants & Residents Community Centre, St Catherine’s Dr. Bramley LS13. ‘Getting Ready for the Shows’ will cover those points which could help improve your chances of winning. New members & visitors welcome. Details:
256 3055
community band welcomes new players. Rehearsals: Mon 7.30 – 9.30pm Leeds Trinity UC, Brownberrie Lane, Horsforth. Details: Betty
Instrumental Jazz Workshop alt Sat 2.30
- 4.30pm at Seven Arts, 31 Harrogate Rd. LS7. Play jazz & improvise. Enjoyable, supportive atmosphere. £10/£8 per class. Details: Jean Watson
jeanwatsonlifeskills@ hotmail.com
Community Notices
78 Jazz Improvisation Group
with Dom Moore meets fortnightly on alt Tues & Fri, 7 – 10pm 1st Floor, Providence House, Authorpe Road, Meanwood LS6 4JB. £8 per session. Details: 07800 816
086, dominicgmoore@ hotmail.com
Meanwood Ukulele Club
Meets Wed 2 – 3.30pm, Meanwood Institute, Green Rd, LS6. Mixed ability group strums & sings wide variety of popular songs, & performs occasionally. Membership £5 per week (paid each 8 weeks) or £6 per drop in session.
Details: Jessica Bowie: 07815 892415 jessica@ yourukuleletutor.com
Lawnswood Singers,
long-established female voice choir, has vacancies for sopranos & altos with some choral experience. Friendly, welcoming group meets Thurs 8pm at Adel Methodist Church (behind
Lawnswood Arms off Otley Rd). Details B.D.Hawer 267
1292 or just turn up! www. lawnswoodsingers.co.uk
Leeds All For One Choir
meets Mon, 7.30 - 9.30pm in Mary Hallaway Lecture Hall, Leeds Trinity Campus, Brownberrie Lane, Horsforth. Singing rock, pop & gospel. Everyone welcome. Book a taster session. Details: maria.
mullin@allforonechoir.com, www.allforonechoir.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), Haydn Symphony No.70, Mozart Divertimento k136, Mozart Four Contredanses k101/250a. Conductor Chris Pelly. Tickets £10 on door
or from Robin Jakeways 01943 466331, r.jakeways@ btopenworld.com
Car Care Centre Leeds
Leeds Music Club meets every 2/3 weeks, 7.30pm in Adel Methodist Church Hall. Established 1932, the group promotes the performance of music by & amongst its members. Details: Dawn Lloyd 01924 252329, www. theleedsmusicclub.org
Leeds People’s Choir
meets Wed 7.30 – 9.30pm (term time) Swarthmore Centre, Woodhouse Sq. Leeds. Songs from around the world, under direction of Lorraine Cowburn. Ability to read music useful. New members welcome. Details:
www.leedspeopleschoir. org.uk
Singing Mums Tues (term time) 10 - 11am at St Paul’s Church Ireland Wood. Fun, friendly singing group for Mums to enjoy with their babies. £5 per session if booking term/£6 drop in. Details: georgina.
lashbrook@hotmail.com or Facebook.com/singingmums
Songbirds Choir meets Wed, 7.30 – 9.30pm at Yorkshire College of Music & Drama, St Mark’s Ave, LS2. Singing songs from classical to pop. Ability to read music preferable. Details: Tracy 07914 833394
Yorkshire Clarinet Ensemble Rehearses alt
Wed, 8 – 9.45pm (term time) at HEART, Bennett Rd, Headingley. Grade 5+ standard. New players welcome. Details: Deborah
Pennington 07910 414586, mpenn.dpenn@ntlworld. com
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Leeds Folk Fiddle Group
members welcome. 2-course hot meal £5. Please book.
seeks more violinists! They rehearse Thurs, 7pm at 1 St Mark’s Ave. Details: Iveta
Details: 275 5615, 275 1592
SENIORS
in the Parochial Hall, Holy Trinity Church, Meanwood. Cost £5. Details: Anne
07547 112171, leeds.violin@ gmail.com
Cookridge Luncheon Club meets Wed, 12 – 1.30pm Cookridge Methodist Church, Tinshill Rd. Good food, good company. £4.50. Details: 267
5510
Lively Singing Group for
people with dementia & their carers. 2nd Wed of month 10 – 11.30am at Horsforth Live at Home Scheme, Town St. £1 incl refreshments.
Details: Alzheimer’s Soc 231 1727, Horsforth Live at Home 259 1511
Headingley Methodist Church Luncheon Club (over 60s) meets Tues, 12 noon Church Hall (side entrance) Chapel St. New
Meanwood Luncheon Club meets Thurs, 12.15pm
Matthews 268 1131
RVS MENA Community Café Fri am Meanwood
Community Centre. Activities include Tai Chi, tea & dance, knit & sew, & walking & poetry clubs. Currently seeking volunteer walkers to support group. Details: Gina
or Sarah 887 3596
OPAL (Older People’s Action in the Locality) supports over 60s in Cookridge, Ireland Wood, Tinshill, Holt Park, Adel & Bramhope. Activities include exercise classes, coffee afternoons, luncheon club, shopping trips & dropin. Details: 261 9103
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OWLS (Older Wiser Local Seniors) provides activities for seniors in Headingley, Burley, Little Woodhouse & parts of Kirkstall. Membership free to 60+.
Details: 369 7077, infoowls@ gmail.com
Sequence Tea Dancing
Mon 2 - 4pm at Bramhope Methodist Church. You don’t need a partner, just enthusiasm! Refreshments & raffle prizes. Details:
Marjorie 267 9802.
St Chad’s Lunch Club
Weds 12 - 1.30pm St Chad’s Parish Centre. Tasty 2-course meal & good company £4.50. Open to all of retirement age close to St Chad’s. Transport provided. Details: Anne 274
9917, Claire 275 2917
St Giles Bramhope Luncheon Club Delicious home-cooked meal just £4.
Details: Mary Burnell 267 1742
STEP (Supporting The Elderly People) New base at 244 Queenswood Drive. Over 60 & live in West Park & Far Headingley? Go along Mon – Thurs 10am – 4pm & Fri 10am – 2pm. Drop-in café til 1.30pm. Meet friends for coffee & chat, have breakfast or lunch. Lots of groups, activities & outings. Details: 275 7988, www.stepleeds. org.uk
Willows Tuesday Club
Fink Hill, Horsforth. 1.45 – 3.45pm. Friendly group for over 60s. Various activities, & outings. Mini bus available in Horsforth. Don’t feel lonely, join them! Details: Jean 258
3449
Gardening Dog Walking Gutter Cleaning Window Cleaning
Fence Painting Small DIY Jobs Light Bulb Changing Drive Cleaning
Community Notices
80 SPIRITUAL
Catholic Churches
Adel Primary School, Tile lane, LS16. Informal with mixture of contemporary & traditional songs. Variety of daytime & evening groups.
Holy Name, Otley Old Rd (267 8257); Saint Mary’s, Broadgate Lane, Horsforth (258 2607); The Assumption, Spen Lane. Parish Priest: Fr PA Smythe, Assistant Priest: Fr. Marc Homsey. www. ourladyofkirkstall.org.uk
Adel Methodist Church
Cookridge Methodist Church Sun 10am Morning
Adel Baptist Congregation Sunday services 10.30am
Details: 275 4989
(corner Holt Lane/ Gainsborough Ave). Sunday Services 10am, incl Junior Church.
Bramhope Methodist Church Sunday: 10am
Morning Worship. Prayer Breakfast 2nd Sun 8.30am. Alive@9 4th Sunday, informal worship for young families. Evening Communion 4th Thurs 8pm. Morning Communion 2nd Tues.
Worship. Crèche facilities & refreshments. 1st Sun of month: Family Parade Service - informal, friendly worship for all ages.
Drop-in Buddhist Meditation Classes 7.30
- 9.30pm Ratnasambhava Centre, 22 Back Wetherby Rd, Oakwood (Tues); HEART, Headingley (Thurs). £5. Details: 265
2118, meditationinleeds@ gmail.com, www. meditationinleeds.org
Drop in Group Meditation (free) Sun 7- 8pm (except 3rd Sun: 6.30 – 7.30pm) Experience peace & calm with periods of silence & guided meditations. Brahma Kumaris, West Park.
Sung Eucharist; 11.30am Gather (relaxed cafe style). 2nd Weds 10am Holy Communion. All Welcome.
Details: 275 7885, www. holytrinitymeanwood.org.uk
Details: 275 7727, leeds@ uk.brahmakumaris.org, www. brahmakumaris.org/uk/ leeds
7.30pm in St Mary’s School, Broadgate Lane. Open to all.
Headingley Methodist Church Sunday Service
Learn to meditate FWBO Leeds Buddhist Centre.
9.30am. Short Mid-Week Service Thurs 10.30am. Entrance in Chapel St. All welcome.
Headingley St. Columba United Reformed Church 70 Headingley Lane. Sunday service 10.45am. Details:
www.headingleystcolumba. org.uk/
Holy Trinity Meanwood Sun 8.30am Said Holy Communion (call or see website for venue); 10am
Horsforth Churches Together Meets Wed 1 July,
Contemporary approach to meditation, mindfulness & the Buddhist tradition. Classes in yoga, chronic pain & stress management.
Details: 244 5256, www. leedsbuddhistcentre.org
Leeds Reformed Baptist Church Sunday services
10:30am & 6pm. Activities through week at 20 Cottage Rd, incl. pre-school, children’s clubs, toddlers & various other groups. Details:
275 8996, www.leedsrbc.org
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Leeds Theosophical Society Two lectures by Tim
Wyatt, 2.30pm at 12 Queen Sq. LS2 8AJ. 5 July: Alchemy: The Eternal Art-Science of Transformation. 19 July: Life on the Razor’s Edge: An Esotericist Adventurer’s Guide. Details: www.ts-
leeds.org.uk
Leeds Vineyard meets
Sundays at Headingley Methodist Church, 10.45am for coffee, 11am start – all welcome. Details: 245 9111,
www.leedsvineyard.org
Lister Hill Baptist Church
Horsforth has a new website. Log on to see what they’re up to, including new children’s group ‘Friday Fishers’, allage services & holiday club.
Our Lady of Lourdes Church 130 Cardigan Rd,
LS6 Sunday Mass 8.45am; Fri Holy Hour with Mass 7pm. Details: 225 9751 www.
dioceseofleeds.org.uk
Parish Church of St John the Baptist (Church Lane,
Adel) Sunday Services 8am, 10am & 6.30pm. Also Wed 11am. Junior Church every Sunday except 3rd Sunday- All-age Service. All welcome. Church open Sun 2 – 4.30pm, Thurs 1 – 5pm
Quaker Meeting for Worship & Children’s Meeting Sun 10.45am
Quaker Meeting House, 188 Woodhouse Lane, LS2 & Friends’ Meeting House, New Adel Lane LS16 6AN Details:
Details: lhbc.org.uk
www.leedsquakers.org.uk
Meanwood Methodists
South Parade Baptist Church, North Lane,
now meet Sunday, 11.30am at Holy Trinity Church, Meanwood. (1st Sun of month in parish hall). Details: 268
1131
Meanwood Valley Baptist Church Meanwood
Community Centre, Stainbeck Ave. Sunday service 11am, coffee 10.30am. Details: 275
7215, www.mvbc.org.uk
Mill Hill Unitarian Chapel (City Sq Leeds)
Sunday Services 10.45am; Contemplative service 6pm; Mid-week Recharge Wed 1.15pm - half-hour reflection. A space of spiritual enquiry sanctuary for the soul
Headingley. Lively services Sunday 10.30am (+ Junior Church) & 6.30pm.
St. Augustine’s Church
(Wrangthorn), Hyde Park Corner. Sun Service 10.30am - Holy Communion 2nd, 4th & 5th Sun. Family Service 3rd Sun; Service of the Word 1st Sun; Quiet reflection, Sun 6.30pm. Details: www.
wrangthorn.org.com
St Chad’s Far Headingley Sunday Services 8am (1st, 3rd, 5th Sun), 9.30am & 6.30pm. Parish Praise (worship for all ages) 2nd Sun, 9.30am. All welcome.
Mid week services too.
Details: Parish Office 274 4322, www.stchads.co.uk
St Luke’s Lutheran Church Alma Rd, Headingley. Worship Sun 10.30am, followed by refreshments. All welcome.
St Michael & All Angels Headingley Parish Church
Services: Wed 10.30am Communion Service; Thurs 8am Communion Service; 2nd & 4th Sun 8am Communion Service; Sun Parish Communion 10am; Communion Service 12.30pm; Evensong 6.30pm. All welcome. Details: www.st-
michaels-headingley.org.uk
St Urban’s Catholic Church Grove Lane, LS6.
Mass times: Sun 10.30am; Mon – Fri 9.15am; Tues Mass Rosary Benediction 7pm; Sat 11am Exposition of Blessed Sacrament, 12noon Mass, 6pm (Sun Vigil). Details: 225
9751 www.dioceseofleeds. org.uk
Tinshill Free Church
(corner Holly Ave & Tinshill Lane, Cookridge) Sunday services: 10:30am & 6:30pm. Activities for toddlers right up to seniors during the week.
Details: 267 2680, www. tinshillfreechurch.org.uk
Transmission Meditation
Free group meditation providing both a dynamic spiritual service & profound spiritual development. Leeds group meets Fri 8pm in Headingley area. Details: 270
1173/ 01924 252728, www. share-international.org
Vedic Astrology Sat 4 July, 10am – 5pm at Theosophical Society, 12 Queen Sq. LS2 8AJ. Introductory workshop on spiritual astrology of India. Gain an insight into your personal development & your life lessons. £45. Details: paul@lunarastrology.co.uk
West Park United Reformed Church, Spen
Lane LS16 5AH. All welcome.
Details: 278 5373
SUPPORT Arthritis Care meets 3rd Tues, 7.30 – 9pm, St Chad’s Parish Centre, Far Headingley. New members welcome. Details: Pat 275 7694
Dementia Café 2nd Mon,
1.30 - 3pm at St Chad’s Parish Centre. Chance to talk to people who are living with dementia. £1. Details: The
Alzheimer’s Society 231 1727
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Community Notices
Headingley Mindfulness Group Meet 2nd Mon,
7 – 9pm. Support group welcomes people interested in mindfulness meditation practice for stress reduction (MBSR). Details: Geraldine
01943 873843/ 07740 649082
IBS Leeds Friendly,
informal monthly meetings for fellow sufferers of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). Details: matt@
letscureibs.com, www. letscureibs.com
Leeds Coeliac Group
Support & advice to those diagnosed with Coeliac disease. Join them at one of their events. Details: 277
6401, leeds@coeliac.org.uk
Leeds LAS (Living After
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Details: Sue Watts, Leeds Bereavement Forum 225
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Leeds Multiple Sclerosis Society uses Armley Leisure
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Leeds Samaritans
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Details: 245 6789, 08457 909090
Leeds Weekend Care Association (LWCA) Respite care for families with children with complex care needs via weekend playgroups, trips for teens & one-to-one homebased care. Details: 216 5133,
Little Hiccups Outreach
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people with dementia & their carers. Last Mon of month (ex bank hols), 2-4pm, New Headingley Club, St Michael’s Rd. Details: 231 1727
Panpals - Yorkshire Pancreatic Cancer Support Group meet
quarterly in Headingley. Supportive, friendly & informative self-help group of people copIng with this devastating illness. Also offers expert speakers & signposting to other agencies.
Wed, 2pm St Chad ‘s Parish Centre, Headingley. Exercise classes in Otley, Horsforth, Moortown. Details: Linda
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From Duck Houses to Eco Housing: Sustainable
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Leeds Astronomical Society meets 2nd Wed of
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info@leedsastronomy.org. uk, www.leedsastronomy. org.uk
Royal Meteorological Society (Yorkshire) Monthly
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The Fiction Makes Us Real: An Introduction to
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TAIL - Talking Allowed in Leeds meets Mon 13
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WOMEN’S GROUPS Adel Ladies Luncheon Club meets 1st Wed at Castle
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Bramhope Rolling Scones
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Cookridge WI Lively, mixed age group meets 1st Tues, 7.30pm Holy Trinity C of E School, Green Lane. Various activities, talks & outings. Everyone welcome. Details:
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Horsforth WI meets monthly, 7.30pm in St. James’ Parish Centre, Low Lane, Horsforth. Visitors welcome. Details: Pat 258 7062
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Details: Joan McShane 225 1166
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Soroptimist International
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White Rose Ladies Speakers Club meets
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1.30pm Robert Craven Memorial Hall, Bramhope. New members welcome.
MISC/ Events Adel Grange Open Day Sat
11 July, from 2pm at the care home on Adel Grange Close LS16 8HX. Attended by Lord Mayor. Table top sale & cake stalls. Proceeds toward taking residents on trip to Blackpool Zoo.
Community Notices Far Headingley Village Society Annual Wine Walk Sun 5 July, 2 - 6pm.
Host gardens: 5 Back Glebe Terrace; 59 Weetwood Lane; 6 Hollin View (off Weetwood Ave). Tickets: £9 (incl 3 glasses of wine) from Bare Cafe, Sebby’s & at host gardens on the day. All proceeds to: Paediatric High Dependency Unit, Leeds Children’s Hospital
Headingley Open Gardens 2015 hosted by
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Kath’s Bingo! Fri, 8pm at
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Details: Kath 294 6510
Monday Night Youth Group (ages 9-16) 7-9pm
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Pony Days at Hope Pastures (corner Weetwood
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www.hopepastures.org
Robert Craven Memorial Hall Old Lane, Bramhope,
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Paul 284 3361, www. robertcraven.org.uk
Sue 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.
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Walk Around Lawnswood Cemetery with all its
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York Gate Garden (Back
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