Who is behind shine
The vision for shine in Harehills began in 2005 when the founding partners of Camberwell visited the derelict Harehills Middle School and decided that the School would be an ideal base for a community supportive Enterprise Centre. Over the next two years, Camberwell successfully gathered support and raised £4.5m from public and private sources.
At the end of October 2007 the 999 year lease was sold to the Harehills Community Interest Company (CIC) and the construction work began with a view to completion in the summer of 2008. The Council through the ‘Sharing the Success’ enterprise initiative, European funders and the Alliance and Leicester and Venturesome need to be especially thanked for backing the shine project.
Camberwell established the CIC to ensure that the building could not be sold off at a profit and would remain in social use. Meanwhile, at least 90% of all profits generated through the operations of the building are to be reinvested in social entrepreneurship in and around Leeds.
