From RUSS School of Community-led Housing & New Economics Foundation -LAST FEW PLACES! – Book now on Eventbrite – “A highly informative and inspiring community-led housing workshop… I recommend it to everyone!”– Rowan Riley, previous participant. How to organise a community housing
Crowdfunding success for innovative Community and Training Space
A crowdfunding initiative has successfully raised £52,598 from more than 300 backers to build London’s first training facility for would-be community self-builders. The innovative building will be constructed in Ladywell, Lewisham on part of the land set aside for a
Plans unveiled for London’s largest ever Self-Build Project
The most innovative low cost self-build housing project ever undertaken in London has taken a huge step forward with the formal submission of a planning application. The 33 home project will cost £8.6m and will be built on a one
We’re recruiting an Operations Director – deadline extended
We’re recruiting an Operations Director to join our team of Trustees, 700+ members, consultants and advisors. You’ll help to deliver our first housing development – at the same time keeping an eye on the future and day-to-day operations of the
How to organise a community housing project – January 2018
RUSS School of Community-led Housing, in partnership with the New Economics Foundation presents: How to organise a community housing project The course takes place across three evenings: Tuesday 9 January, Tuesday 16 January, and Tuesday 23 January 2018 Time: 6.30-9pm
Ladywell Self-Build Community Space – get involved in 2018
Following our successful crowd-funding campaign, we at RUSS have started working on delivering the project and we need your help! As a volunteer project we want people to get involved and help us design, plan and build the building. There
Enabling Communities to Build their Own Homes
The votes are now in for our Aviva Community Fund application. Thank you to everyone who gave us your support – he more votes our project gets, the better our chances of securing funding. The top 30 projects in each
Ladywell Self-Build Community Space
RUSS has launched a Spacehive crowdfunding campaign to self-build a community space on our site in Ladywell with local people and volunteers to create a knowledge hub for self-building, community-led housing and sustainable living. This is the first stage of
Workshop – How to Organise a Community Housing Project
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
