November Mini Conference

Do you want to find out more about community-led housing?

Following on from the successful full day conference in June, Dover District Council are hosting a mini conference on:

Friday 15th November 

1pm to 6pm

Dover District Council offices, Whitfield CT16 3PJ. 

The conference will start with a buffet lunch at 1pm for a 1.45pm start.

The mini conference aims to provide help for community groups and individuals to progress ideas for community-led housing.

The agenda for the afternoon will include expert presentations from leading charity organisation Locality and successful community housing group, Bunker Housing Co-op.

Bunker Housing Co-op are from the Brighton & Hove Community Land Trust and have already successfully completed one community housing project and are now in the throes of further developments! They will be sharing information on what has worked for their project and will be available for questions on the day. Do not miss out of this fantastic opportunity for peer to peer support!

All are welcome at an exciting afternoon of mini workshops, it is free to attend but pre-booking is essential.

Don’t miss out, book your ticket today!

To book your place please click here.

Drop-In Sessions

We are committed to providing information and support for anyone who is interested in community-led housing. As part of this commitment we are hosting a number of informal Drop-In Sessions where you can come along and find out about the basics of community-led housing and where you can go to find out more information.

Come and have a chat over a cup of tea with a Community Housing Programme officer and find out how community-led housing could benefit your local community. Our next Drop-In Sessions will be:

Dover

Wednesday 26th September

11am to 1pm

CSP Information Centre, Stembrook Lane Shopping Arcade,

51 Castle Street, Dover, CT16 1PF

Aylesham

Wednesday 2nd October 

10am to 12 noon 

Sunshine Café, Aylesham Community Project, CT3 3AJ

We are working hard to enable Drop-In Sessions to reach as many local communities across the Dover District as possible. If you have a venue or a regular get-together and would like us to come along or host an event, please let us know. You can email us at [email protected]

Training

The first part of the Writing ‘Winning’ Funding Applications course took place on Saturday 7th September at Westmarsh Village Hall. It was a very successful morning with lots of exciting learning taking place. Kathy Roddy from MVA led the session and will be back to complete the second part of the training course on Saturday 21st September. Thank you to all those who attended part 1 and we look forward to meeting everyone again soon for part 2.

If you would like any training for your CLH group in your local community, please get in touch with the Community Housing team on: [email protected] The team will be more than happy to go through various different training options available.

 

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