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Living in community involves meetings. For many of us meetings are a necessary evil to be got through.

We are running an experiential learning group, offering a place to practice skills that are proven to increase a more respectful, inclusive way of meeting in a group.

We will start by following the ‘Ten Components of a Thinking Environment’, and touching on other models, such as Sociocracy, and nonviolent communication. The group will be facilitated by Karen Livesey, a trained coach and group facilitator. We will meet once a month, over four 2-hour sessions, initially in person and then online.

The group is open to anyone who is interested in experimenting and learning to create a thinking environment.

The first session was on 4^th April.
The second session is planned for Thursday 23^rd May at 2:00pm online, focusing on non-violent communication.
Get in touch if you’re interested in taking part in this programme, and developing new skills.

 

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Our director, Levent Kerimol, spoke about housing design standards, and community led housing, where communities are looking to meet a range of housing needs and aspirations, both in terms of their physical arrangements and in terms of affordability.

There were a range of sessions at the symposium organised by the Royal College of Art and Architecture Foundation at the Barbican.

 

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Join us on Tuesday 19 March 7-9pm at Three Sixty Work Rooms, Barking, IG11 8NW to help shape opportunities for community led housing in the borough.

Be First and Barking & Dagenham Council have identified four parcels of land that they would like to deliver as community led housing, starting in 2024.

We are inviting community led groups and organisations from across the borough to help shape the kinds of homes that could be delivered.

We’d love to meet you, hear about your experiences of housing and talk about if and how community led housing could help address particular needs in your area. We hope to see you there!

Please contact us to find out more:
Rowan@communityled.homes

 

 

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2We’ll be joining an evening organised by a group of co-ops to learn about how to fund and finance new housing co-ops, with short presentations from:

• Radical Routes
• The Drive Housing Co-op
• Mary Ann Johnson Housing Co-op
• The Rising Sun Housing Co-op
• Rode Housing Co-op
• C.A.S.H. (Community Assets for Society and Housing)

The presentations will be followed by speed-dating Q&As to let everyone ask specific questions to existing housing co-ops.

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Thursday 2 November
6:30 – 8:30
Pelican House, E1 5QJ

 

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The American architect and co-author of what’s been called the “cohousing bible”, Charles (Chuck) Durrett, is visiting London for the UK Cohousing Summit.

We’re going to be catching up with him on Tuesday 26 September for drinks and food, and we wanted to invite anyone interested in cohousing to join us for an informal evening in a central London location, to compare projects and plans with others.

Please let us know if you’d like to join us and catch up with others in community led housing by emailing info@communityled.homes to receive updates.

 

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