Drawing on many of the most successful examples of community organising, this workshop offers practical steps to build bridges between entrepreneurship and development.

RUSS Community Housing Meetings are back! This month they’ll be joined by Anna Watkins and Diana Deeks Plummer from Older Woman Co-Housing (OWCH) and Szczepan Orłowski from Sanford Housing Co-operative. Invitees will share their unique stories of setting up and living in community housing, followed by a Q&A at the end. More information here

The London Federation of Housing Co-ops and National Federation of TMOs conference, 100 years since the Addison Act, will be deciding what tenants want as the best future for public housing in London; providing Homes for us and for future generations. A great line-up of inspiring speakers and stimulating workshops will help in this exciting […]

Join Cohousing London at their next event! Community Reimagined: Cohousing, a Sustainable Housing Solution For London What is Cohousing? + Q&A Cohousing Harrow - our journey so far + Q&A Difficult and possible - from vision to reality + Q&A Breakout session: defining our vision Group pitches: lightning talks This event is FREE; Cohousing London […]

Join Commune Club at their next meet up! This month they'll be joined by Helen Iles for a screening of her film, Deep Listening. She will also be reading from her new book "Hiraeth" about her journey through communities on opposite sides of the planet from Wales to Melbourne to Spain. Helen spends time with […]

Community-led housing (CLH) has risen from relative obscurity to a topic of increasing importance to citizens, government and the built environment community. Embraced both as a means of building affordable homes on the capital’s myriad small sites and as a means of rethinking the role of local people in development, there are now active CLH […]

The workshop offers new creative tools for change that can resource you and your projects, groups, communities, and organisations.

The RUSS School of Community-led Housing offers training to individuals, community groups and housing professionals looking to set up a community led housing project. Learn from RUSS’s experience of bringing the Church Grove project in Ladywell, Lewisham. Modules 3A and 3B are suitable for groups who have identified a site or are advanced in considering specific […]

Keeping the costs down – Ten top tips for reducing the cost of constructing homes The cost of building a home can vary enormously – if you’re clever you can build for less that £1,000 per sq m (but you can easily spend three or four times this). So, how do you build on a […]

This event will explore a range of local authority and community-led affordable housing models from London and beyond. Through a combination of presentations and panel discussions we will discuss how the delivery of affordable homes and neighbourhoods is responding to the ever changing UK policy and funding context. This event is hosted at Karakusevic Carson […]

If you are a professional working in the house building sector, community-led housing projects in your area need your expertise.

Community Land Trusts all over the UK are fighting rapid gentrification by putting housing in community ownership, with homes sold or rented at a rate linked to local wages and membership open to anyone with a connection to the area.

Simon Bayly, founder member of Copper Lane Cohousing in North London hosts a session about the development and evolution of the project, focusing on the opportunities and challenges of understanding cohousing projects as places to experiment with culturally ingrained notions of public and private. Followed by Q&A and discussion with participants. Join Zoom Meeting  https://us02web.zoom.us/j/81963801781?pwd=SEJsRzZCOWRLOU9hNENIa1E1Qk05UT09 […]

Members of the National CLT Network can join others for a cuppa every other Tuesday! Meet members, and the the NCLT team for latest updates, ideas and support. More information here

The RUSS School for Community Led Housing is moving online! RUSS Webinars vol 1: Sustainable Energy for Communities How does 'renewable' or 'sustainable' energy work on a global scale; what does it look like in the UK, and how can we get renewable energy as well as energy-efficiency in our homes and communities? Join Lauren […]

Vrijburcht is a trailblazing example of community-led cohousing where a vibrant “village” complex has been created.  Mellis Haward, director of community-housing architects Archio, visited the housing as part of a research trip. She will discuss what makes the scheme so dynamic and cohesive, and how lessons can be learnt from this project for emerging UK co-housing […]

Join Pablo Sendra and Daniel Fitzpatrick for the virtual book launch of 'Community-Led Regeneration: A Toolkit for Residents and Planners' book your place here   UCL are hosting a virtual gathering of activists and academics to present the book Community-Led Regeneration and discuss the experiences of London communities opposing social housing demolition. The book chronicles […]

The RUSS School for Community Led Housing is moving online! RUSS Webinars vol 2: Learning from our Neighbours Join Ted Stevens, OBE, RUSS Trustee Ted spent 2 years travelling Europe, visitng cores of innovative community led housing schemes. His talk will showcase the most interesting projects from Europe, the UK and further afield. What can […]

Members of the National CLT Network can join others for a cuppa every other Tuesday! Meet members, and the the NCLT team for latest updates, ideas and support. More information here