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Thursday 13 June, 3pm – 5pm

Renting from private landlords exists today as the least secure and poorest quality housing tenure. This has led to a growing number of Londoners looking to take control of their housing security, and in doing so, challenging the very idea of what it means to own a home. Housing Co-operatives and new models of Collective Ownership are emerging with the aim of enabling people to come together, pool resources, and be their own landlords.

Join us for a talk reviewing how renters have taken control, and workshop on how you can do it too, taking place during the Renters exhibition of artistic practices from UAL students and recent graduates.

The exhibition builds on research carried out in the Arts Students Union’s Private Renters Report, which revealed huge levels of dissatisfaction with the private rental sector, and how it impacts students’ physical, emotional and mental wellbeing. The exhibition includes artworks by students from a variety of courses and colleges across UAL. Through sculpture, painting, photography, video, design and other multidisciplinary practices.

 

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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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