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Action to bring empty homes back into use

On 20 March 2014 By leeds11

It’s Empty Homes Week so we asked Rob Greenland, co Director of Leeds Empties to tell us what it’s all about: Leeds Empties was born in south Leeds. Our social enterprise, Social Business Brokers, shared an office on Dewsbury Road with Angels Housekeeping – and it was a walk

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South Leeds Roundup: Beetroot, Barns and Bees

On 10 July 2013 By leeds11

Here’s your regular roundup of what’s making South Leeds tick on other websites, blogs and across Facebook. We start this week down at Skelton Grange Environment Centre which has planted a Red Bed – a whole vegetable bed that is dedicated to growing red fruit and vegetables. They’ve kept

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Beeston empty homes conference looks to social ventures

On 28 May 2012 By leeds11

More than 100 people came together at the Greenhouse, Beeston for a Leeds Empties ‘call to action’ event to explore how to bring back into use some of the 5,000 long-term empty homes across the city. Organised by Leeds-based social enterprise Social Business Brokers, the event saw TV architect and Government