Headingley Investment Fund

As you may have seen in previous newsletters. Our Headingley Investment Fund (2018) is now fully invested. Over the years this fund has allowed HDT to:

– re-finance HEART in 2018, putting it on a firmer footing with the support of local capital

– purchase the greengrocer business on North Lane when the Harris family sold it in 2019

– purchase and renovate a derelict house on Headingley Mount in 2019 which we have let out to families looking to put down roots in the area

– acquire the freehold of 50 North Lane in 2024 so that The Headingley Greengrocer and Headingley Farm Butchers now have HDT as their landlord

Since our original Community Share Offer in 2008 over 300 members of the local community and further afield have generously invested in the future of Headingley. Without your support none of this would have happened. But there is so much more to do if we want to support Headingley’s ambitions as an attractive place to live, work and visit and with that in mind we are gearing up for a new Community Share Offer later this year. A working group has been developing the ideas that emerged from the results of our survey of members and residents last winter and we look forward to telling you more about in the coming weeks and months as we build up to a launch before the year end.

In the meantime if you want to read more about the Headingley Investment Fund, check out our webpage