As part of SOA’s participation in the North-West Europe SHICC project, SOA are holding an online participative webinar on Wednesday 28th October, from 7-8:30pm. The event will be specifically focused on Community Land Trusts (CLTs) and their potential role in the Irish landscape.

ASSEMBLE: GRANBY FOUR STREETS CLT, LIVERPOOL, UK

Assemble are a collective based in London who work across the fields of art, architecture and design. Their work at Granby Four Streets was the result of a 20-year battle by local residents to save a series of terrace housing from demolition. The project presented a vision for the area that built on the hard work already done by local residents: refurbishing housing and public space, and providing new opportunities for the area’s residents.

LIZ MAUDER: NORTON SUB HAMDON CLT, WESSEX, UK

Liz is a director of Community Assets, and the secretary of Norton sub Hamdon CLT. As well as building 10 affordable homes with Yarlington Housing Group for the local community, this Community Land Trust owns and runs the village shop and post office. In recent months they have been able to draw on their networks of volunteers to keep the shop open and deliver to self-isolating households in the village and neighbouring villages throughout the pandemic.

THOM STEWART & RÓISÍN NIC CÓIL : IRISH REGENERATIVE LAND TRUST

IRLT were formed in response to the climate breakdown and housing crisis in Ireland. They are a citizenled nonprofit that believes a flawed relationship to land is the common root to multiple systemic crises, and best answered through ecological stewardship that places land in a ‘New Commons’. Their mission is to take a community-led approach to Ecological Regeneration, addressing the climate crisis by increasing access to land for regenerative activities, including farming, land restoration, and green building activities.

https://soa.ie/soa-shicc-cafe-1-october-2020/