Release date – 4 December 2018 NATIONAL LOTTERY’S ‘AWARDS FOR ALL’ SCHEME SUPPORTS LONDON COMMUNITY-LED HOUSING TRAINING INITIATIVE RUSS, the Community Land Trust behind an innovative 33 home affordable self-build project in Lewisham, has been awarded a grant of £9,450
Community Hub: Ending the year on a high (and dry) note
Greetings! This is the last blog of the year for the RUSS community hub as we prepare for the Christmas season and take a well-earned break. Our volunteers have been busy over the last few weeks getting the site and
RUSS visit to Older Women’s Co-Housing (OWCH)
Jim Hudson, RUSS member and PhD candidate researching co-housing shares his personal reflections on RUSS’s visit to OWCH (Older Women’s Co-Housing). On 28th October RUSS members visited New Ground in Barnet, the home of the Older Women’s Co-Housing (OWCH for
New RUSS workshop: How do you get a Community-led Housing project ready for planning?
Press Release – 2 October 2018 HOW DO YOU GET A COMMUNITY-LED HOUSING PROJECT READY FOR PLANNING? ONE DAY WORKSHOP EXPLAINS THE PROCESS STEP-BY-STEP RUSS, the Community Land Trust behind an innovative 33 home affordable self-build project in Lewisham, is
RUSS APPOINTS OPERATIONS DIRECTOR
Press release – 23 July 2018: PIONEERING LONDON-BASED COMMUNITY LAND TRUST APPOINTS OPERATIONS DIRECTOR RUSS, the Lewisham-based Community Land Trust behind an innovative 33 home affordable self build project, has appointed Dinah Roake as its first Operations Director. Dinah has
RUSS featured in Evening Standard and South London Press
In June, we announced that the most innovative low cost self-build housing project ever undertaken in London had taken a huge step forward with the formal granting of planning permission. Here’s how the press responded…. Lewisham council has granted planning
Planning permission granted for London’s largest ever affordable self-build housing project
Press release – 8 June: PLANNING PERMISSION GRANTED FOR LONDON’S LARGEST EVER AFFORDABLE SELF-BUILD HOUSING PROJECT The most innovative low cost self-build housing project ever undertaken in London has taken a huge step forward with the formal granting of planning
Plans approved for innovative self-build training facility and community space in Ladywell
Press release – 8 June: PLANS APPROVED FOR INNOVATIVE SELF-BUILD TRAINING FACILITY AND COMMUNITY SPACE IN LADYWELL London’s first training facility for would-be community self-builders was been granted planning permission by Lewisham Council on Thursday 7 June. The innovative facility
7 June planning committee: Church Grove project & Self-Build Hub
RUSS’s planning application for 33 affordable homes at Church Grove will be debated by Lewisham’s planning committee on Thursday 7 June. We are delighted that Lewisham Council’s planning officers have recommended our planning application for 33 affordable homes in Church
Report from the RUSS AGM 2018
The RUSS AGM at the end of April in Ladywell was busy and well-attended. The lead presentation and full minutes are presented below. A key item on the agenda was the announcement of new Co-Chairs for RUSS – Kwame Lowe
