Monthly Archives: July 2022

Little London Community Fun Day

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An absolutely fantastic day at the Community Day In Little London on Saturday. Given that there was a gap of 2 years when the day was unable to go ahead due to the pandemic we were all unsure what the turnout would be like. We needn’t have worried! The crowd in fact was bigger than ever. There was a great number of stalls present catering for people of all ages and the talent show, as always, was a highlight of the afternoon.

A big thanks to all who were instrumental in the organising of the day, who volunteered, who ran a stall, and no lesser thanks to all who attended, making the day the success that it was.

RED Warning Extreme Heat / Level 4 RED Heat Health Alert !!Leeds Impacted!!

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Update received from Leeds Older People Commissioning Team

! Update. Previously issued warning for EXTREME HEAT has now escalated to RED status. Parts of the Leeds District area are included in the warning area.

Additionally, the Heat Health alert has also escalated to Level 4 RED = national emergency status. The first time ever issued in the UK.

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Warning type:

Extreme heat RED warning – valid from 00:00 Mon 18 Jul to 23:59 Tues 19 Jul.

Heat Health Level 4 RED warning – valid from 00:00 Mon 18 Jul to 00:00 Weds 20 Jul.

Extreme Heat AMBER warning (locations outside the RED area) – valid from 00:00 Sun 17 Jul to 23:59 Tues 19 Jul. 

Weather summary: An exceptional hot spell on Monday and Tuesday leading to widespread impacts on people and infrastructure.

Potential impacts: 

  • Population-wide adverse health effects experienced, not limited to those most vulnerable to extreme heat, leading to serious illness or danger to life. Government advice is that 999 services should be used in emergencies only; seek advice from 111 if you need non-emergency health advice.
  • Substantial changes in working practices and daily routines will be required
  • High risk of failure of heat-sensitive systems and equipment, potentially leading to localised loss of power and other essential services, such as water or mobile phone services
  • Significantly more people visiting coastal areas, lakes and rivers, leading to an increased risk of water safety incidents
  • Delays on roads and road closures, along with delays and cancellations to rail and air travel, with significant welfare issues for those who experience even moderate delays.

Keep updated at: UK weather warnings – Met Office.

Be Scam Savvy….

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Thanks to support from Age UK Leeds. We have two informal discussions about ‘Scam Prevention and Awareness’ coming up to help us all stay ahead of the scams and thus less likely to be caught out.

Venue: Caring Together Offices, 127 Woodhouse Street, Leeds LS6 2PY

Date: Monday 11th July 2022

Time: 11am to 12.30pm

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Venue: Little London Community Centre, Main Hall, Oatland Lane, Little London. Leeds LS7 1HF

Date: Thursday 29th September 2022

Time: 2.30pm to 4pm

Open to all, no need to book just pop in and grab a cuppa

Standing and Seated Yoga

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We have some seated and standing yoga happening on the below dates. The sessions are adapted for us so no need to get down on the floor. Just come, relax and feel the benefits of Vera’s many years as a Yoga instructor. Each session is standalone so no matter if you join this week.

Venue: Main Hall, Little London Community Centre, Oatland Lane, Little London LS7 1SR

Dates: Thursday 23rd & 30th June and Thursday 7th, 14th, 21st & 28th July 2022

Time: 2.30pm to 3.30pm

Leeds 10k this Sunday

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Route and Road Closures

The Run For All 10k in Leeds is Sunday 3rd July

The race starts on the Parkinson Steps at 9am and the route winds round Woodhouse Moor and through Headingley before making its way back to the city centre along Meanwood Road.

The Leeds 10K was Jane Tomlinson’s vision. Having raised £1.8 million for charity while she was battling terminal cancer, in 2006 Jane knew her time left to fundraise was limited. As a result, she decided to set up the Leeds 10K to continue the fundraising vehicle for charities that she had started.

Whether you want to find a good spot to watch the runners go by, or you just want to know about the road closures in the area all the information is below:

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Message from our councillors re Student Changeover

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An update on Student Changeover, the period when many students in the area all move house.
We have had 6 enforcement Officers patrolling the whole area from 8am until 4pm since 20th June. They have been advising residents on what to do with waste, handing out warnings for presenting waste in the street and issuing fines where necessary.
This is planned to be continuing until 6th July by which time the vast majority of people moving house in this period will have done so.
We have been working on educating students, landlords and letting agents since the beginning of this year in preparation for this student changeover period.
In regards to waste clearance we have put in as much extra resource in Headingley, Hyde park and Woodhouse as possible – obviously yesterday and today are the days when most people move so we should be reaching a peak with everything improving over the next few days.
Our Cleaner Neighbourhoods Team operatives are working up until 7pm every day in this period, doing extra hours to alleviate as much pressure as possible.
As local Councillors we too are supplementing this with ward walks and reporting in flytipping and waste – we are also reporting in all that is sent to us over email or text.
If you are moving, please do not leave items out on your wall or in the street in the hope that people will want to take your things. 95% of these sort of items will not get taken and then the rest becomes illegal flytipping.
Please dispose of your waste properly, either through acknowledged donation channels or thrown away properly.
There is a huge amount to get through, so please bear with us over the next few days, and do contact us if you think there’s a street or area being missed. And thank you to all those residents for their patience in this annual difficult period!
Cllrs Walshaw, Pryor & Garthwaite

al.garthwaite@leeds.gov.uk

jonathan.pryor@leeds.gov.uk

neil.walshaw@leeds.gov.uk