Author Archives: Friends of The Hollies

Thanks to everyone who came to the January working session. We had a good turnout despite the wet weather and managed to get a lot of clearing done on the path going down to the nursery. We will meet up … Continue reading →

Best wishes for 2022 to all our hard working volunteers! Your efforts are very much appreciated and the work you do really does makes a difference. Thanks to everyone who came to the December working session – we had a … Continue reading →

Thanks to everyone who came to the November working session – we had a good turnout and managed to get an amazing amount done.  A special mention to the scouts and their leaders from Meanwood who did a great job … Continue reading →

…we had a good turnout and managed to get an amazing amount done. We will meet up again on Saturday 13th November at 10am in the main car park. We’ll be doing a variety of general clearing work and hopefully … Continue reading →

Dear all We hope this finds you all safe and well and the good news is that at last we have a date for our return to work!! We will meet up on Saturday 11th September at 10am in the … Continue reading →

The Friends of The Hollies have placed a plaque in the Collections Garden commemorating the gift of The Hollies to the City of Leeds in 1921.

Did you know that 1 June 2021 is the 100th anniversary of the gift of The Hollies to Leeds City Council? It would be great to commemorate this in some way and the current proposal is to create a centenary … Continue reading →

Once again the decision to return to work has been taken out of our hands due to another lockdown.We will continue to keep you updated and hope to meet up when the weather and the situation improve!!In the meantime stay … Continue reading →

Good news at last – we are able to meet up on Saturday 12th December to re-start work in The Hollies. HOWEVER, this is only open to the volunteers who have completed a risk assessment with Frank and is limited … Continue reading →

Hope you’re keeping well and enjoying the early autumn sunshine. We have some new guidelines from Leeds City Council regarding volunteers which means we should be able to start helping out again soon. We won’t be able to get together … Continue reading →