March 9th: How to set up a community-led housing project (RUSS School Module 1) Community-led housing is a way for local communities to address their housing needs by producing their own decent and affordable homes. It is increasingly seen as
Blog post: How do you experience the Housing Crisis?
“If there were more organisations like RUSS we could address a lot of society’s problems; as we are finding solutions. A place where ideas and resources that can be shared.” – quote from discussion participant As part of RUSS’s
Community Housing Meeting: Walters Way, the inspiration behind RUSS
On 16th January we relaunched the RUSS Community Housing Meetings at the Cafe of Good Hope with an evening looking at the inspiration behind the project. There was a great, and diverse turn out of around 40 people – some
Press release: LONDON’S LEADING SELF-BUILD GROUP UNVEILS PROGRAMME OF EVENING TALKS
LONDON’S LEADING SELF-BUILD GROUP UNVEILS PROGRAMME OF EVENING TALKS Release date, 4 January 2019 – RUSS, the Community Land Trust behind an innovative 33 home affordable self-build project in Church Grove, Lewisham, has released details of the first four open
New look Members Meetings for 2019
We are very excited to announce our Members Meetings are being revamped for the new year! We have a new home at Good Hope PLACE/Ladywell and with the incredible year that we have had, we will reflect on our achievements
We’re looking for a Secretary to sit on the board of Trustees
The Rural Urban Synthesis Society (RUSS) is seeking a volunteer Secretary to sit on the board of Trustees and support the organisation through an exciting time of growth and development. RUSS is a Community Land Trust based in south-east London.
National Lottery’s Awards For All Scheme Supports London Community-Led Housing Training Initiative
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
Manual Labour Fun Day!
It been all action this week. After our Contractor cleared the site for us and installed vehicle access, we’ve been able to start picking up reclaimed materials we’ve been storing at various locations in order to bring them to site.