North West (Inner) Area Committee Wellbeing Fund Commissioning 2013/14 The North West (Inner) Area Committee is please to announce that it is now seeking applications for funding from its Wellbeing Fund. Attached is the Large Grant Application Form, as well as the Large Grant Guidance Notes outlining priorities that the Area Committee would like to focus …
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Author Archives: Jenny.Budd
Looking for funding for a community wellbeing project?
January 23rd, 2013 | Posted by in Our Community - (Comments Off on Looking for funding for a community wellbeing project?)Happy 2013!
January 16th, 2013 | Posted by in Kirkstall Matters | Our Community - (Comments Off on Happy 2013!)Hello all, I just wanted to say a belated happy and healthy New Year to all readers and let you know what we are hoping to achieve in 2013. Our main aims are as follows: Increase the number and quality of our communications Increase our member numbers Find new and innovative ways to reach out …
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Fancy winning a six month premier Bodyline fitness card worth over £200? Leeds City Council are researching what factors affect people being active. By physical activity for this survey, they mean active recreation or sport which you do in leisure time outside of active living such as housework, gardening or active travel. Leeds City Council …
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Headingley LitFest
January 15th, 2013 | Posted by in Events | History - (Comments Off on Headingley LitFest)LIVES AND LOVES Headingley’s Literature Festival is back again for all those book lovers out there and this year’s looks like it will be another great event. The theme for this year is Lives and Loves and will run from 8th March until 1st of April and the various events will be held at venues …
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Love Leeds Charity Shop Opening Event
November 24th, 2012 | Posted by in Charity | Events | Our Community - (2 Comments)Dear Readers, The Love Leeds Charity Shop is having an opening event which they are inviting all residents of Kirkstall to attend. Kirkstall, as we all know, is a popular residential location for students and so we are happy to be able to support this cause as well as increase ties between Kirkstall residents, Kirkstall …
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First Reaction to Tesco Article in Kirkstall Matters 111
November 6th, 2012 | Posted by in Kirkstall Matters | Local Issues - (3 Comments)Below is an extract from an email I received from Mike Harwood of De Lacy Mount in reaction to the recent article in Kirkstall Matters issue 111. I am interested to hear other comments and reactions from local residents about the Tesco issue and whether they share the belief that the article has been written …
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PCC Elections – analysis by Tom Martin
November 6th, 2012 | Posted by in Local Issues | Our Community | Policing - (Comments Off on PCC Elections – analysis by Tom Martin)consider myself a politically aware person. I’ve studied the subject in some form at both college and university, I spend a lot of time at work dealing with local politics, I’m oddly enthusiastic about local elections, I’ve been a member of a political party – hell, I’ve even stood for election as a local councillor …
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Kirkstall Matters Issue 111 Now Uploaded
October 31st, 2012 | Posted by in Events | History | Kirkstall Abbey | Kirkstall Community First | Kirkstall Festival | Kirkstall In Bloom | Kirkstall Matters | Local Issues | Our Community | Policing | Sport - (2 Comments)As some of you will already know, after the introduction of a new team we decided to carry on with the Kirkstall Matters Magazine in its recent format for the last issue of the year. Those of you who are members will be receiving your copies posted through your doors over the next week but …
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The Shoe Box Appeal
October 29th, 2012 | Posted by in Charity - (Comments Off on The Shoe Box Appeal)Giving only £2.50 will give a child in Belarus their first ever Christmas present and some much needed basic items. For most of us it is difficult to imagine a Christmas without presents, yet for many children around the world living in destitute conditions or war-torn countries, this is reality. Many of them do …
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