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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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