Having delivered our first ambitious community-led housing project at Church Grove in Lewisham, RUSS is looking for a Company Secretary to support our next steps. Key responsibilities include:– Liaising with our lenders regarding our long-term loan– Leading the process of
Making a new play area
RUSS is delighted to announce that Unit 38 will be delivering the new public play area at 12 Church Grove. Unit 38’s approach to the design and delivery of the play space will be guided by a series of playful
Community Statement – Discovery in Playground Area
A situation has arisen at 12 Church Grove as the result of our residents finding a bone fragment during a community build, and we would very much like to keep you updated as things progress. As you may know we
We are recruiting a new Chair of our board!
Over the coming years, the Chair will play a central role in engaging RUSS’s network and membership, giving direction to our future strategy and working with our Future Projects working group to secure new sites. With the successful completion of
Church Grove in the news
Press release: London’s biggest community-led self-build housing project Families in southeast London are moving into homes they designed and built themselves with a local community housing group. The capital’s biggest community-led self-build housing project was coordinated by the Lewisham-based organisation,
Work with us: RUSS are seeking a freelance landscape designer & coordinator
The Rural Urban Synthesis Society (RUSS) is seeking to deliver on our landscape project, now that capital funding has been secured. We are seeking a freelance landscape designer and coordinator person(s), acting as lead to complete the landscape design and
RUSS AGM June 2024
The RUSS AGM will be held online on Thursday 27 June at 6.30pm. Members will receive details of how to register by email. Draft minutes of the 2023 AGM can be found below.
Residents move into 12 Church Grove!
Following practical completion of the 12 Church Grove site in early 2024, we are very pleased to say that we’ve had our first group of residents moving in, and we are expecting many more to collect their keys over the
Invitation to design a new play area
Thanks to the generous support of individual donors and the Veolia Environmental Trust, RUSS is creating a new public play area next to the Ravensbourne river. We are inviting creative practitioners to submit ideas to be developed with RUSS residents
Help us make a public garden for Ladywell
Help us create a new public garden for Ladywell, plant new trees and hedges, and open up a stretch of the Ravensbourne river that has been closed off for decades. https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/riversidecommunitygarden
