Posts by: FreshHorizons

Stars of Finnish TV

By On April 3, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Deighton based social enterprise Fresh Horizons have won international coverage on Finnish TV for their pioneering community development work.

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Cleaning Up Sheepridge

By On April 3, 2012 · 1 Comment

Fresh Horizons craftsmen and apprentices have been fitting out the former Premier shop in Sheepridge Village Centre as a new laundrette. The new service will be run as a social enterprise by Local Services For You, the enterprise arm of the Deighton and Brackenhall Initiative Ltd.

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Do you have a Passion 4 Fashion?

By On February 22, 2012 · Leave a Comment

Would you like to take part in an exciting new project, get some work experience and find out how a fashion show is put together?

Would you like to design and make your own clothes?  Do you want to be a part of what promises to be the fashion event of the year? [...]

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Dragons’ Den in Deighton

By On February 20, 2012 · 1 Comment

Are you aged 15 to 25 and would like to give back to the community ?

Do you have a project,  activity or business idea you would like to share and also be in with a chance of winning £250?

The project is designed to  encourage individuals or groups of young [...]

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Fresh Horizons Community Research

By On January 30, 2012 · 1 Comment

Since 2002 Fresh Horizons has been successfully engaged in Community Research and has built up an expertise in the development of local people to deliver research projects for the public sector.

The defining features of the Community Research process of inquiry is that community members, persons affected by service delivery or other [...]

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Fresh Horizons Empty Homes Grant

By On January 30, 2012 · Leave a Comment

EMPTY homes in Kirklees are to be renovated and leased as affordable housing under a new scheme.

Deighton-based social enterprise, Fresh Horizons, is working in partnership with Connect Housing on plans to return 100 properties in Kirklees to be ‘ready-to-let’ in the next three years.

Figures show there were 3,505 long-term empty properties in Kirklees [...]

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Low Cost Laptop Repairs

By On January 30, 2012 · Leave a Comment

The Fresh Horizons laptop repair service was first established in 2003. Originally we set out as a drop-in centre at the Ingfield Centre for local people in Deighton who couldn’t afford the then hefty prices that larger computer repair shops charged; we showed them how they could do simple repairs at home i.e. virus [...]

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