Welcome to the Autumn 2014 CLT newsletter

[Tony Gosling]

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>From: "National Community Land Trust Network"
>  <info at communitylandtrusts.org.uk>
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>National Community Land Trust Network
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>Dear All
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>This newsletter, we are celebrating some major 
>advances for the CLT movement as a whole. Read 
>on, too, for thought-provoking pieces on why 
>CLTs are needed now, and funding and events info 
>to whet your appetite. Unfortunately, you may 
>find there are one or two formatting issues, but 
>if you bear with us and keep scrolling down, you 
>will be rewarded with some great updates, from the useful to the inspirational.
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><http://www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/news-list/urbancltproject_grant_2014>Meet 
>the people taking back the city...
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>This week, eleven Community Land Trusts 
>representing eight cities have received a grant 
>of £10,000 to help them shape the future for 
>the common good through land and housing. 
><http://www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/news-list/urbancltproject_grant_2014>Meet 
>the Urban CLT Project's first eleven pilots.
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>Operating across the hot and cold extremes of 
>the UK housing market, these CLTs are 
>demonstrating what the true value of a house is 
>wherever it may be: as a home. They are showing 
>that where the housing market fails to deliver 
>what people need, ordinary citizens will take 
>matters into their own hands - and will set down 
>their own plan of action within city politics.
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>The 
><http://www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/urban-clt-project>Urban 
>CLT Project is a two year campaign to change the 
>state of play for urban Community Land Trusts, 
>seeking to persuade local authorities, 
>government and others to unlock the support that 
>will see CLTs flourish in our cities. Through 
>the Project, twenty urban Community Land Trusts 
>will receive grants of up to £10,000 and will 
>join a programme of training, resources and peer 
>networking to help their projects succeed.
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> From democracy to civil rights, some of the 
> boldest ideas to sweep humanity have found 
> their voice in the city. Read on to discover 
> the ideas, achievements and opportunities that 
> are already making an impact, from the village 
> to the city, and gradually shifting the status 
> quo for the way we own, manage and develop land and housing.
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>In the North of England
>Granby 4 Streets CLT
>Homebaked CLT
>Middlesborough CLT
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>In North Wales:
>West Rhyl CLT
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>In East Anglia:
>Thrift CLT for Soham
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>In the South East and West:
>Bristol CLT
>Oxfordshire CLT
>Brighton & Hove CLT
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>In London:
>East London CLT
>Naked House Community Builders
>West Kensington & Gibbs Green Community Homes
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><https://sites.google.com/a/communitylandtrusts.org.uk/urban-project/about-the-urban-clt-project>Click 
>here to find out how your CLT could get involved.
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>Landmark CLT Achievements
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><http://www.dsni30.org/>'Generations of Change': 
>CLT across the pond celebrates its 30th birthday!
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>Embodying the success and long term social 
>impact that all CLTs are capable of, Dudley 
>Street Neighbourhood Initiative, a CLT based in 
>Boston, Massachusetts, celebrated its 30th birthday at the end of October.
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>This fantastic achievement says loud and clear 
>that Community Land Trusts are here to stay; 
>that when we say 'in perpetuity', we really mean 
>it. 
><https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spW0RLpMeHk>Watch 
>their video, and share their joy. From all of us 
>across the pond, Happy Birthday Dudley Street!
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><http://www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/Granby4Streetslaunch>Granby 
>4 Streets CLT launch their 'First 10 Homes' Project
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>Following four years of resistance to proposals 
>for clearance and demolition, the residents of 
>Granby are beginning to see the green shoots of 
>locally rooted regeneration bring hope back to 
>the neighbourhood. This autumn, Granby 4 Streets 
>CLT secured the transfer of their first ten 
>homes from Liverpool City Council and started onsite at Cairns Street.
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>Echoing Dudley Street, 
><http://vimeo.com/24322214>this video created by 
>Ronnie Hughes of asenseofplace.com is another 
>inspiring glimpse of a neighbourhood taking on its own destiny.
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><http://www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/NortonSubHamdonShop>Norton 
>sub Hamdon CLT welcome customers to their community shop
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>Faced with the possible closure of the village 
>shop and post office, 
><http://nortonclt.btck.co.uk/>Norton sub Hamdon 
>CLT stepped into gear and set up a new, 
>volunteer-run, community enterprise to take it 
>on... That alongside overseeing the completion 
>of their first housing development of ten homes 
>for shared ownership and affordable rent in September this year.
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>The shop opened its doors officially on 29th 
>October; CLTs can pay it a visit in the new year 
>as part of our 
><http://www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/SeeItandBelieveIt>See 
>it and Believe it Peer Learning Events series.
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><http://www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/PinchbeckWilsfordOnsite>Work 
>is underway on 24 CLT homes in Lincolnshire
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>Having formed just two years ago, both Pinchbeck 
>CLT and Wilsford CLT are both already onsite 
>with their developments at Flaxmill Lane and 
>School Lane, working with Lincolnshire Rural 
>Housing Association to boost the provision of 
>affordable housing in these two historic villages.
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>It's awards season, and CLTs are the Meryl 
>Streep of the housing world (ie. we're smart, versatile and we always win)
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><http://www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/EastLondonCLT_NationalHousingAwards>East 
>London CLT are the big winners at the National Housing Awards
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>At the National Housing Awards in September, the 
>East London CLT won not one, but two awards, 
>includng the top gong for 'Provider of the Year' 
>and the award for 'Best Scheme in Planning', 
>both for the St Clement's Hospital CLT 
>development in Bow. They've since also been 
>shortlisted for a London Planning Award.
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><http://www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/NakedHouseSelfBuildAward>Naked 
>House Community Builders take home award for 'Self Build on a Shoestring'
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>Yet another of our Urban CLT Pilots has been met 
>with high accolades, this time from the National 
>Custom and Self Build Association (NaCSBA). 
>Naked House won the top prize for SHELL, their 
>innovation for keeping down the cost of buying a home.
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><http://www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/DevonRuralHousingAwards>CLTs 
>win across the board at Devon's Rural Housing Awards
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>Much deserved recognition went to Corry Valley 
>CLT, Beer CLT, Bradworthy Community Trust and 
>Upper Culm CLT at Devon's Rural Housing Awards, 
>with the award for 'Outstanding Community 
>Contribution' going to Corry Valley CLT and that 
>for 'Best Rural Development' to Upper Culm CLT 
>for their Griffin Close development.
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>National CLT Network Lobbying Update
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><http://www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/NationalCLTNetLobbying>Getting 
>CLTs on the Agenda: How we're preparing for May 2015
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>The National CLT Network campaigns restlessly to 
>secure the right funding and policy environment 
>for Community Land Trusts. From a Community Led 
>Housing Manifesto to our work with the Local 
>Government Association, 
><http://www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/NationalCLTNetLobbying>click 
>here to find out about some of the actions we've 
>been taking and how you can get involved.
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>The Latest Funding Opportunities
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><http://www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/CLTSocialInvestmentFund>The 
>CLT Social Investment Fund is back and launches this month!
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><http://www.cltfund.org.uk/how-to-apply/getting-to-planning>Express 
>your interest
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><https://www.cafonline.org/>CAF Venturesome, our 
>partner organisation running the 
><http://www.cltfund.org.uk/>CLT Fund, are now 
>taking expressions of interest from CLTs seeking 
>pre-development and development loan finance, 
>ahead of the launch of the 
><http://www.cltfund.org.uk/how-to-apply/getting-to-planning>CLT 
>Social Investment Fund this November.
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>CLTs can apply for an average loan of £350,000 
>towards the costs of construction or £40,000 to 
>conduct the work needed to submit a scheme for planning permission.
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><http://www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/ConstantineCLTBlog>Fly 
>on the wall at a CLT Start Up Fund Scoping Day: How your CLT could benefit
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><http://www.cltfund.org.uk/how-to-apply/starting-out>Apply now
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>In his guest blog, Russ Johnston at 
><http://constantinecommunitylandtrust.co.uk/>Constantine 
>CLT tells how how a scoping day with the experts 
>at Cornwall CLT, funded by 
>the<http://www.cltfund.org.uk/how-to-apply/starting-out> 
>CLT Start Up Fund, inspired their steering group to go forth with confidence.
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><http://www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/EshCommunitiesGrant>Up 
>to £1,000 up for grabs for CLTs in the north of England
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><http://www.eshaddedvalue.co.uk/programmes/esh-communities/application/>Apply 
>before 14th November!
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><http://www.eshaddedvalue.co.uk/>ESH Communities 
>have re-launched their award-winning Communities 
>programme, funding organisations making a 
>difference in their local area. They are seeking 
>applications from community projects and 
>charities for grants of between £50 and £1,000 
>to support work making a positive impact in 
>Yorkshire, the North East or the North West.
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>Upcoming Events...
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><http://www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/SeeItandBelieveIt>Coming 
>to a CLT near you... The See it and Believe it Peer Learning Events!
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>Look out soon for our first series of six 
>peer-to-peer events for CLTs taking place from 
>January 2015, hosted by Community Land Trusts, 
>for Community Land Trusts. We'll be sending 
>round the full calendar with dates and booking 
>details before Christmas. In the meantime, below 
>are a few of the hosts who have already signed up:
>    * <http://www.wooler.org.uk/glendale-gateway-trust>Glendale Gateway Trust
>    * <http://nortonclt.btck.co.uk/>Norton 
> sub-Hamdon CLT 
> <http://www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/NortonSubHamdonShop>(read 
> about the opening of their new community shop in this newsletter)
>    * <http://www.qcclt.co.uk/>Queen Camel CLT
>    * <http://www.cherwellclt.org.uk/>Cherwell CLT
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><http://www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/CreatingPowerfulCommunities>Creating 
>Powerful Communities
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>Wednesday 19th November
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>Find out how renewable energy could benefit your 
>CLT at this exciting event being held by 
><http://www.wiltshirecommunitylandtrust.org.uk/>Wiltshire 
>CLT on Wednesday 19th November. 
><http://www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/upload/public/Creating%20Powerful%20Communities.pdf>Sign 
>up today to attend!
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><http://www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/ESRCSeminar>Seminar 
>Series: Collaborative Housing and Community Resilieince
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>Upcoming dates: Thursday 11th-Friday 12th 
>December 2014, Friday 17th April 2015
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>This fascinating series of events being held by 
>the UK Cohousing Network in partnership with six 
>great British universities will bring together 
>academics and practitioners from across England 
>to make possible new constellations of 
>collaboration and enquiry on such topics as 
>housing access and affordability, green technology and ecological citizenship.
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>For more information on the series and to book, 
>contact Jo Gooding at <mailto:jo at cohousing.org.uk>Jo at cohousing.org.uk.
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><http://locality.org.uk/events/locality-annual-convention-2014/>Locality 
>Convention 2014: Meet the experts, funders and 
>fellow volunteers shaping the places we live
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>Monday 17th - Tuesday 18th November
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>Locality's 2014 Convention is packed with 
>masterclasses, workshops and speakers on topics 
>from community-led housing, (including a talk by 
>NCLTN Director Catherine Harrington), to asset based community development.
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>Be sure to make the most of the opportunity to 
>introduce your project to funders including Big 
>Lottery Fund, BIG Potential, Power to Change, 
>Community Investment Fund and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.
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>Big Ideas
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>Alongside a flurry of activity, there has been a 
>growing chatter of thought and debate 
>surrounding the Community Land Trust movement 
>and the possibility of a more stable and 
>people-friendly housing market. Inspired by the 
>events of today, but also the big thinkers of 
>the past and present, here's the best of what has been said:
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><http://www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/StephenHillBlogNov2014>How 
>shall we live? Community Land Trusts and the 
>opportunity for a different kind of politics
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>To mark the start of the Urban CLT Project, we 
>asked Stephen Hill, NCLTN Board Member and 
>Churchill Fellow 2014, to share his ideas about 
>how CLTs can make a unique contribution to 
>current political thinking about the 
>relationship between the citizen and the state.
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><http://www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/ResearchCLTsEngland>Latest 
>CLT Reseach: How rural and urban CLTs can 
>provide secure, stable and affordable homes
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>The most recent study by Dr Tom Moore pulls 
>together research on both rural and urban case 
>studies, providing useful comparisons of some of 
>the different routes into CLT development. 
>Reiterating work the National CLT Network is 
>undertaking as part of our manifesto and our 
>work with the Local Government Association 
>(LGA), the report emphasis the crucial 
>importance of local authority support as an enabler of CLT development.
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><http://www.theguardian.com/housing-network/2014/sep/12/private-housebuilders-uk-housing-crisis>CLT 
>Fund adviser, Tom Archer, argues for a more diverse housing sector
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>Click the headline to read Tom Archer's recent 
>Guardian article, which makes the case for 
>government support for community-led 
>development. By diversifying the housing sector, 
>he argues, we can begin to tackle a housing 
>supply problem which is being fuelled by an 
>over-reliance on private housebuilders. Those 
>keen to read more can check out the full 
>academic article on which this is based by 
><http://extra.shu.ac.uk/ppp-online/still-not-plannable-housing-supply-and-the-changing-structure-of-the-housebuilding-industry-in-the-uk-in-austere-times/>clicking 
>here.
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><http://houseofthecommons.org/getinvolved/>The 
>Housing Crisis and the Fightback: Sights and 
>sounds of Oxfordshire CLT's House of the Commons event
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>Citizens, campaigners, professionals and 
>academics congregated in Oxfordshire over a four 
>day event in October to discuss creative 
>solutions to the housing crisis and how citizens 
>can fight back. 
><https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAhg_9FrGNI>Click 
>here to see a great video capturing some of the discussion.
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>Thanks for reading!
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>With best wishes,
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>The National CLT Network team
>National Community Land Trust Network
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>Email: 
><mailto:info at communitylandtrusts.org.uk>info at communitylandtrusts.org.uk 
>Telephone: 020 3764 1841
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