Category: Caring Together

Calling all Carnivalists! Join Leeds Virtual Carnival   SIGN UP DAY below The time has come people,registration for Leeds West Indian #OnlineCarnival is LIVE! Don’t drag your feet because this online fete is gonna come sweet! Sunday 30th August 2020 A Tribute to a Decade of Princes & Princesses and Kings & Queens Costumes, live performances and dancing  … Continue reading ‘Leeds Virtual Carnival 2020’ – Now open to sign up:)

As part of South Asian Heritage Month,The Leeds Playhouse and BBC Radio Leeds radio drama Partition,is being shared on You Tube. A play specially commissioned for the 70th Anniversary of Partition in 2017. Written by Nick Ahad and featuring Balvinder Sopal (Eastenders). It is available for a limited time https://arts-mail.com/2YIG-127WH-7D3C8E-O56T3-1/c.aspx  

Dear all, Computer glitches are part of modern life, with the emphasis on ‘modern’, so that, however utterly infuriating they, they are not as life-threatening as steam-train accidents, 20th century warfare or the mass-produced narcotics. So my partner Lynne and I should not have been too concerned by the glitch which meant that we could not… Continue reading Shared Moments: ‘Modern Mayhem’ written by Oliver Cross

Doors officially open at 12noon today (Wednesday 19th August).  The Museum has the official ‘We’re Good to Go’ supporting mark to signal  commitment to following government and industry COVID-19 guidelines and to show that they have processes in place to maintain cleanliness and aid social distancing. Opening hours are reduced and there are a number… Continue reading Leeds City Museum re-opens today

‘A Portable Paradise’ written by Roger Robinson   And if I speak of Paradise, then I’m speaking of my grandmother who told me to carry it always on my person, concealed, so no one else would know but me. That way they can’t steal it, she’d say. And if life puts you under pressure, trace… Continue reading Poetry Corner: A Portable Paradise written by Roger Robinson

Researchers in the UK need more volunteers and particularly over 65s and people from BAME backgrounds, as well as frontline workers. Over 100,000 people have volunteered to take part in COVID-19 vaccine trials, helping to speed up efforts to discover a safe and effective vaccine. The government is encouraging more people to join the thousands of volunteers… Continue reading Do you want to help in the search for a Covid19 vaccine?

Dear all, Below are the answers to yesterday’s  ‘Monday Mind Workout’ that was themed around weather, how did you do? 1: What is the name of the scientific instrument used to measure atmospheric pressure? (a) Thermometer (b) Barometer (c) Hygrometer 2: Following on from Question 1, if a weather forecaster predicts ‘high pressure’ what kind of weather… Continue reading ‘Monday Mind Workout’ Answers for yesterday – Monday 17th August 2020

Gateway Church are holding their first ‘free shop’ tomorrow – Tuesday 18th August.  You can go along and pick up anything you need for free: 10am – 4pm, Gateway Church at St Marks, St Marks Road, LS2 9AF. Face coverings should be worn and there are covid safety measures in place – watch the video… Continue reading Free ‘Shop’ at Gateway Church tomorrow

Thought we’d share this video of the deer at Lotherton Hall, just because who wouldn’t want to see some cute deer and foals on a Sunday morning? 😊