This workshop aims to share the lessons RUSS have learned over the past five years with other aspiring community groups, students and housing practitioners, drawing on our experience with the upcoming Church Grove Project in Lewisham, South London. Saturday 15 July 2017,
RUSS presents Segal Self-Build: Past, Present and Future at London Festival of Architecture
Sunday 4 June, 1pm to 5pm No booking needed, just show up 8 Walters Way, SE23 3LH A chance to join a walking tour around one of Walter Segal’s self-build community housing projects in Lewisham, south London. The small estate
RUSS offers Introduction to Community-led Housing
RUSS is running a special introductory workshop on community-led housing at Raven Row art centre, E1, as part of their 56 Artillery Lane exhibition, reimagining the space of the home in society. The event is funded so we are able
Next School of Community-led Housing dates announced
RUSS is running a one-day workshop on How to organise a community housing project on Sunday 23 April. RUSS is a Community Land Trust at the forefront of a community-led housing revolution in the UK. This workshop aims to share the
Please spread the word with RUSS’s new flyers!
RUSS has a new leaflet, and we’d be delighted if our members and supporters used it to spread the word about our good work tackling London’s housing crisis. Please download the RUSS flyer here.
RUSS gets coverage in Lewisham Life and Positive News
This month, RUSS’s Church Grove project has been featured in Lewisham Life and Positive News. As ever, we’re delighted at the interest in our work. Lewisham Life:
Internal layouts of Church Grove homes get the co-design treatment
Church Grove Residents Group consider the insides of their self-build houses and flats Church Grove Diary – June 2016 – by Kim Sparks, RUSS Volunteer The third evening of the Church Grove series of workshops was a session dedicated to
Church Grove Residents Group get architectural
Co-design process moves forward to consider architectural character Church Grove Diary – June 2016 – by Kim Sparks, RUSS Volunteer On the first evening of June (and a frigid evening it was), RUSS Church Grove residents and the RUSS volunteers
Residents Group explore the Church Grove site
RUSS’s co-design process continues apace, with our Residents Group visiting the Church Grove project site Church Grove Diary – June 2016 by Amanda Gettrup, Residents Group Photos by Martin O’Royan, RUSS Volunteer On Saturday 30th April On Saturday 30th April a 60
Russ at Hilly Fields Fayre
Russ volunteers set up and ran our interactive stall at this year’s Hilly Fields Fayre, in order to raise awareness of our charity, enable people to be more involved and to sign up new members to our Community Land Trust.
