What’s On (Local Events)

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A660 Joint Council Deputation Speech to be considered by the council’s Executive Board tomorrow at 1pm, The Civic Hall

Please see below received today from Trevor Bavage for information.

“Hi Everyone,

The Deputation Speech given to the council in May by the A660 Joint Council, led by Doug Kemp, will be considered by the Executive Board tomorrow (19th June) at 1pm at the Civic Hall.

Here is a link to the speech: http://blog.stopthetrolleybus.com/a660-joint-council-deputation-against-ngt/

Members of the public are welcome to attend tomorrow, so if you’re free, please go along to hear what’s said”!

Please share this news with your friends on Facebook and help keep everyone in the local area informed of what is happening.

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OPAL (Older People’s Action in the Locality) Activities June 2013

OPAL (Older People’s Action in the Locality) is part of the Leeds
Neighbourhood Network scheme.  Membership costs £10 per year. We have over 680 members and 90 volunteers, aged 16 to 85, plus a staff team of four.

Follow us on Twitter @OPALLeeds16

On the recent coach party to Saltaire, we were able to see at Salt’s Mill, and walk alongside, the David Hockney current exhibition of 25 trees in different seasons – a 27ft long panorama, as well as ipad pictures and life-size oil portraits and Yorkshire landscapes.

Leeds University students gave OPAL members a fantastic Tea Party complete with jazz band and a magician. Forthcoming Summer outings include a picnic at Bolton Abbey on 3rd June, a day out in Bowness in Windermere on Wed 19th June; plus a Southport trip on Wed 2nd July and the popular seaside trip to Scarborough on Wed 21st August.  All trips depart and return to the Farrar Lane Car Park behind ASDA.

The Ireland Wood Meeting Point at St Paul’s Church Hall, Raynel Drive LS16 6BS, got off to a good start with the Weetwood Councillors, and Revd Linda Ludkin & Revd Ian White in this partnership with OPAL. In May, music students from Ralph Thoresby entertained us with Daniel on keyboard, Edna on guitar, singing along with Molly and teacher Ms Liles. We meet on Thursdays 2-4pm 13th & 27th June. All welcome, £1 entry-you do not need to be a member of OPAL.

The Creative Writing Group is also open to all and meets next on Mon 19th June 2-3.30pm at Holt Park Library. We are a small friendly group led by Librarian Kit Lardner.

Coffee Afternoons continue at Tinshill Hub, Silk Mill Drive LS16 6DX on Fridays 1.30-3.30pm.

The Men’s Group meet on Mon 3rd June for a day out 11am-4pm. at Lotherton Hall to see the Bird Gardens & enjoy the café & company.

For details of Computer Lessons,  the Handyman Scheme,  Carers’ Group, Dementia Drop-In, Tea Dances, Exercise Classes at the Stables, Tai Chi, Yoga, and Theatre Group

see www.opal-project.org.uk

or  contact OPAL Office 0113 261 9103

Val Crompton
OPAL Management Committee

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A660 Joint Council Meeting – Monday 20th May at 7.15pm

We have been informed that there will be a meeting of the A660 Joint Council at 7.15pm on Monday 20th May in the Monkbridge Room at HEART, Bennett Road Headingley LS6 3HN.

The meeting is to discuss the status of the standing committee, qualifications for membership of the A660 Joint Council and meetings with councillors, and should be over by 8.15pm.

Please come if you can. 

 

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Adel Association Meeting Thursday 16th May 2013

Please find below the Agenda for the Adel Association meeting on Thursday 16th May 2013 at 7.30pm in The Stables, Back Church Lane, Adel.  We have officers from Parks & Countryside coming to talk about identifying sites for a play area.

MEETING OF ADEL ASSOCIATION AGENDA 16th May 2013

I look forward to seeing you on Thursday.

Caroline Anderson
Secretary

Adel Crag added: Please bring this information to the attention of your friends and neighbours who may not have access to the internet.

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Leeds: ‘It’s time to dump this trolleybus white elephant’

TrolleybusFollowing yesterday’s Deputation, below are some excerpts from an article in today’s Yorkshire Evening Post:

“Senior councillors have branded Leeds’s controversial trolleybus scheme a “white elephant” – and are calling for bosses to back off from the project entirely.

Opposition councillors spoke out in force against the project at this week’s full meeting of Leeds City Council. They were commenting after campaigners from across Leeds joined forces to urge the council chamber to reconsider the trolleybus proposals, which they branded “conceptually flawed” and “not fit for purpose”. Leeds has pledged £19.3 million as part of its share in the development costs of the £250m scheme…Conservative Councillor Barry Anderson said: “There’s no experience in this country of this type of trolleybus system. Even Budapest, which is often quoted, is giving up on it. “The time savings [with trolleybus travel] will not be as great as some are saying. It is possible to use electric and hybrid vehicles to get the same performance. It’s going to be a waste of money because it’s not going to be the 21st century transport that we need as a city. We need to think again.” Colleague Coun Clive Fox lashed out at what he said was “propaganda” in favour of the scheme, adding: “There’s no way we should be spending this money. The council should back off.” Construction on the planned £250m NGT (New Generation Transport) trolleybus network – drawn up after Leeds’s Supertram light rail scheme was axed in 2005 – is expected to begin in 2016. However, concerns have also been expressed about the estimated 2020 completion date of the scheme, and the “finite” council and Government funding attached to it.”

For the full text of this article please see link below:

Yorkshire Evening Post

P.S. Don’t forget to come to tomorrow’s Public Meeting at the Civic Hall at 10am- 12noon, room 6/7 if you can!

The two councillors in charge of the scheme will be answering questions from the public and an opportunity like this is unlikely to arise again.