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Roast Baby Potatoes and Lentils with Pickled Chilli and Coriander Sauce

Roast-baby-potatoes

Ingredients 750g Baby potatoes, cut in half, or waxy potatoes in bite size chunks 150g Dried beluga lentils 2 Tbsp olive oil Salt + pepper For the coriander and pickled chilli sauce Large bunch coriander 1-2 Garlic cloves, to taste, roughly chopped 2 Pickled green chillies 2 Tsp freshly grated ginger 2 Tbsp tamarind paste […]

Banana Cocoa Bread

Ingredients 4 Overripe medium bananas 145G Buckwheat flour (or wholewheat flour) 50G Ground hazelnuts (or ground almonds) 60G Cocoa powder 1 TSP Bicarbonate of soda 1 TSP Baking powder 1 TSP Cinnamon Pinch sea salt 2 Flax eggs (2 tbsp ground flax + 4 tbsp water) 60ML Melted coconut oil 2 TSP cider vinegar 65G […]

Volunteer of the Month - Ellie Chessman

Ellie Chessman (3 from the left)

Our volunteer of the month for June is Ellie Chessman. Psychology final year Ellie has been volunteering on our sports project with the NHS this academic year. She has been delivering sports such as football, tennis, basketball and badminton for service users at the Newsam Centre  since September 2021. This is a really unique and […]

AJ Bell 2022 World Triathlon Championship Series Leeds

Triathletes running into the water

The University has signed a three-year deal with the Series that will provide many benefits to its students. Already integral to triathlon in the UK as the home of the Brownlee Centre and Cycle Circuit – the country’s first purpose-built triathlon training centre – the University’s partnership brings with it a student placement programme to […]

The Edge Refurbishment is Coming Soon

The Edge free weights

The Edge are excited to announce that this summer, we shall be refurbishing our health and fitness offer by completing a major refurbishment of both our fitness suite and spin studio!  What will the refurbishment include? Complete cardiovascular and resistance equipment replacement to brand new equipment featuring the latest technology  New layout of the fitness suite […]

SWIMTAG is back!

SWIMTAG wristband

SWIMTAG is a wristband that Edge customers can use from reception for FREE! The wrist band tracks all sorts of statistics that are much more in-depth compared to other smart watches. How does it work? SWIMTAG is a fantastic way to see your swim. The system tracks the number of lengths you complete, split times, […]

Exam Period - Good luck!

Sales assistants talking to customers at the exam event

Good luck to all our students taking their exams this month! We know how stressful this time of year can be so to wish you good luck we have been handing out some free chocolate – sometimes you just have to treat yourself! We had a brilliant day chatting to everyone on campus as well […]

Volunteer of the Month - Kirti Peeyoosh

Volunteer of the month Kirti Peeyoosh

Our Volunteer of the Month for May is Kirti Peeyoosh. Kirti has been involved in three of our volunteering programmes this year so was a natural choice. He regularly volunteers with Get Out, Get Active on their walking trips but has also been involved in our new Coach Parker programme. He is a regular volunteer […]

Gryphon Colours Awards - Shortlists

Gryphons Colour Awards

The Gryphon Colours Awards shortlists are now in! We hope you are looking forward to the Gryphon Colours Awards as much as we are! The event is taking place on the 11 May 2022 in The Refectory at Leeds University Union. Tickets are now available so get booked in for an amazing evening. The tickets […]

The Edge: Therapy Dogs

The Edge: Therapy dogs, golden retriever

We can’t wait to have everyone back for the start of a new term! Why not come down to The Edge and say hi to one of our special guests from Pets As Therapy on your way in to your workout. We will have Therapy Dogs in The Edge reception foyer on the 27 April 2022 from 11am-1pm so […]