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June 2021
Community Ownership: How to get started
Stir to Action
From pubs and farms to launderettes and lidos, communities are creating democratically controlled, viable, and sustainable businesses. According to Power To Change, there are 7,800 community enterprises in England alone, and the Community Shares Unit reports over 500 businesses established using community shares in the last 10 years. As public funding recedes and the charity sector shrinks, community enterprises provide a creative way to address local needs, with democratic control by the community at the heart of what they do.…
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Invest in the Rising Sun Co-op
Rising Sun Housing Co-operative was formed by a group of artists who need investment to finalise the purchase of the former pub they live and work in from the landlord who recently put it on the market. The building is used as both a home and workspace. It contains facilities such as a recording studio, rehearsal space, intimate venue and design studio which members of the community are allowed to use free of charge. On top of this, it provides…
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Housing and the Care Crisis: Redefining care practices through community led housing
For many community housing groups active today, the development of alternative models of care is a common motivator. In different ways, these groups are responding to the ineffectiveness of financialised models of care and unwaged, gendered social reproductive roles to meet the most basic of care needs throughout life. Increasingly referred to as the “crisis of care” in today’s society, these problems have been thrown into sharp focus by the Covid19 pandemic and events like the sanctioning of ‘support bubbles’,…
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