Community-led & Cooperative Housing Roadshow Wed 22 June Lenzie

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Community-led & Cooperative Housing Roadshow Wed 22 June Lenzie

Interested in different ways of creating a friendly neighbourhood? Possible inter-generational mutual support? All very low energy?

By Cohousing Scotland

Date and time

Wed, 22 Jun 2022 15:30 - 20:30 GMT+1

Location

Lenzie Golf Club

19 Crosshill Road Lenzie G66 5DA United Kingdom

About this event

Visit the Drop-in Exhibition and Chat 3.30pm - 5.30pm - then refreshments followed by a Panel discussion from 7.00pm - 8.30pm at Lenzie Golf Club 19 Crosshill Rd, Lenzie G66 5DA.

A Community-led and Cooperative Housing Roadshow by Cohousing Scotland - from Kirkwall, Orkney Isles to Inverkeithing, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Lenzie.

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Cohousing is an ‘intentional group of neighbours’, who live in their own homes but share some facilities. Residents come together to design, fund and manage their community, usually in groups of 10 to 40 households. The key principles are:

  • Creating a balance between privacy and community - individual homes and a common house with shared facilities
  • Designed to encourage social interaction - developments are kept relatively small and cars etc shared
  • Co-designed with the members - who design everything, from buildings to children’s parties and the food they grow
  • Residents are the decision-makers - these are often based on consensus, helping ensure everyone is on board
  • Cohousing communities are inclusive and part of the wider community - often hosting local activities in the Common House.

We shall consider different forms of Community-led and Cooperative Housing and explore how these options might be established as a middle way between social housing and housing built for profit.

Outline programme

  • 3.30pm Doors open / Exhibition with Cohousing game
  • 7.00pm Panel discussion* + Q&A
  • 8.30pm Close

*Timings and Panel participants to be confirmed

NB. Other roadshow events planned: Inverkeithing on Tuesday 7 June, Glasgow on Thursday 9 June and Edinburgh on Wednesday 15 June.

A free event thanks to National Lottery Community Fund and IKEA.

Cohousing Scotland registered charity SC038745 https://www.cohousing.scot/roadshow info@cohousing.scot

Organised by

Cohousing Scotland is a charity representing Scottish, community-led housing that is run by the residents themselves.

We act as a support forum for local Cohousing groups, fostering best practice, promoting opportunities and providing guidance to stakeholders.

Our ambition is to help create the choice of inclusive, sustainable housing, that responds to the needs of local communities and puts decision making back into their hands.

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