Today is the 250th anniversary of the birth of Welsh community housing pioneer Robert Owen. Check out my new blog about Owen for the Wales Co-operative Centre and come along to our special Robert Owen themed community led housing event with author and co-housing pioneer Chris Coates on Robert Owen and Maureen Jones and Simin … More Happy birthday Robert Owen!
Come along to our local community led housing meet-up on April 7th. This is for anyone living in Mid-Wales who want to get together with other people who want to create more affordable community led housing for people in their area. The event is free and you can book here.
Come and join us for the Wales Co-operative Centre’s empty homes event on Thursday 18th February. We’ve teamed up with experts to see how groups in Wales can turn empty homes and other buildings into viable community led housing schemes. We’ll have three speakers, Q and A’s and break out rooms as usual. Our speakers … More Empty Homes network event Thursday 18th February 12pm
Join us on Thursday 17th December for our final network event of the year (12-1.30pm). We’ll have live music, talks on African permaculture projects and German Christmas traditions, a Cooperative Christmas quiz and digital gifts from across Wales. The network events have been a highlight in what has obviously been a very difficult year. So … More Communities Creating Christmas
Really enjoying re-watching our woodland community led housing network event. We had five inspiring speakers and so much good conversation. It really feels in Wales that woodland is an integral part of our culture and the connection between home and woodland is so strong, where ever you live. Was excited to learn about skills building … More Five reasons why community led housing and woodland go together so well
Very excited to say that we have six great speakers and forty participants already booked on for our first ever woodland and community housing event. With over fifty people in the same zoom room ready to share their experience of community woodlands and housing we’re sure for some lively listening, talking and thinking. Can’t wait … More Join us for our first ever woodland and community housing event on Thursday 29th October
This week as part of our Learning Together series we’ve brought in Wrigley’s Solicitors, specialists in Community Led Housing to talk through legal structures. They will be looking at the differences between structures and the key things you need to think about when picking one. If you’re not use to legal language and the idea … More Join us for some top legal advice from community housing specialists Wrigley’s Solicitors
If you’re interested in community led housing come along to this zoom webinar tomorrow to find out more. We’re specifically looking at different types of projects and the different legal models available to groups. Legal models help groups get things done, so its good to know what exists and how you can use them to … More Join us tomorrow for our free Learning Together webinar on community led housing
Every month at the Wales Co-operative Centre we bring people together to talk about community led housing. It’s a chance to chat to others about your project, find out what everyone else is doing, offer mutual support and hear interesting speakers. This week we have a guest speaker talking about One Planet Development and another … More Join us for our monthly community housing meet-up Thursday July 30th
Still time to book here. I recommend this quick three minute video from the Affordable Homes Commission and the UK Collaborative Centre for Housing Evidence.
Allan Shepherd 