Ecological Communities in the UK

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Published: June 6, 2022 (10 months ago)

Fruit Corner (BS6 6BU)

If you are interested in joining one of our communities, please send a short email, ideally with a bit about you and your current situation.

There are currently three family sized units plus individual rooms empty and we are actively looking for potential members. Get in touch and come and check the place out… We try to maintain a balance of age and gender. As such at the moment, priority would be given to younger women and couples with kids.Redley Housing Cooperative is a fully mutual housing coop, meaning tenants are members and members are tenants. We share the responsibility for the day to day running, upkeep and management of this large house and gardens and agree to take this on as part of living here.Rents are cheaper than market rates, but adult residents are expected to commit about 2 days their time each week into engaging with the communal decision-making and working on the various day-to-day tasks and activities that are required to keep the house, gardens and community ticking along.It normally takes 3-4 weekend visits by potential members, and then a two week stay, before membership is agreed. This is to give both potential members and existing members plenty of opportunity to explore what it would be like to live together.If you think you might be interested drop us an email at info@redfieldcommunity.org.uk to introduce yourself and arrange to come on an initial visitor day or wwoofing weekend where we can start to get to know each other.

Postlip Community (GL54 5AQ)

We are currently looking for new members to join our community and have a large unit coming on the market soon. We are just starting to meet new applicants and will have an open day on June 25th.
We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds and a wide range of ages. For more information about Postlip and the unit for sale, have a look at our website: http://www.postliphall.org.uk/units-for-sale.html
We are a small community of eight families and individuals living in separate homes within a large Cotswold manor house. Our bit of the Postlip Valley holds a mainly Jacobean house, a medieval Tithe Barn, and the 12C Chapel of St James, in Gloucestershire.
We do lots of things together, from growing organically and maintaining the house and grounds to running public events but we also have private lives.

Birchwood Hall Community (WR13 5EZ)

We are currently looking for new members!

Birchwood Hall Community is a group of individuals, couples and families living cooperatively which means we eat together, cook for each other, help to maintain our home, grow food, and socialise together. But we have plenty of space to be individuals too.

As we continue to grow, our intention at Birchwood is to be a more diverse group. We would particularly welcome people of colour, people from different cultural backgrounds, and new members who have, or who are planning to have, a family.

So if you’re interested in living well, living lighter, and living together, please get in touch!

Pendragon House (BA6 8AQ)

We are currently looking for individuals and families, ideally a single parent with 4 – 12 year old children, but also individuals, who are motivated for communal living. We would need you to come and visit us once or twice prior to joining.

Canon Frome Court (HR8 2TD)

We’re always open to interesting people to come and visit and have rolling programme to welcome people interested to join us as communards. We hold regular Member Open Weekends in Spring and Autumn for those interested in joining our community, are open to volunteers who want to work alongside us and share the joy and have short term rentable spaces for those who just want to check us out – please see our website for details.

Keveral Farm Community (PL13 1PA)

Keveral Farm occasionally (but not often) has vacancies for new members (but probably no suitable spaces for families/children).
Members must be easy to live with, responsible, self-reliant, eco-minded, and willing and able to get involved and take on responsibilities.
Co-ops are about everyone participating – we are not just a place to live !
You should read the relevant pages at www.keveral.org
We have enquiries from a lot of people, and we are only able to invite a small number.
You must tell us about yourselves and what attracts you to living as part of a community. If you don’t, we most likely will not invite you, or even reply!

Wellhouse Community (LN7 6TX)

Looking to find upto 3 more persons to live with us temporarily or longer term. Ideally we are after people that are looking to find a communal home and will love the space we have as much as we do. Our set up may suit a couple with a younger child as we have a great space to grow up in and there the obvious synergy of us having a small child. We follow ‘gentle parenting’ and do part time home school as the local primary have been very helpful. We have 2 single and double room available. If you are interested please contact us with info about you and why you are interested in our set up.

The Berry Park Project (EX39 6HH)

We are a small, newly established, co-housing community located near the North Devon/Cornwall border, 1/2 mile from the coast. We are looking for new members to complete our community. We have two 2-bedroom, first floor apartments available for purchase, which would ideally suit small families, couples or single people who are happy to share. Applicants will need to have some capital.
There are currently 16 members ranging in age from 3 to 66. We live in separate apartments and share communal spaces including a games room and 6 acres of grounds. We are developing a productive fruit and veg garden and a forest garden to increase bio-diversity. We are a climate-change aware group, wishing to adapt to the challenges of our changing climate and ecology.
For more information visit our website: www.theberryparkproject.com

Old Hall Community (CO7 6TG)

February 2022: Stop Press. We have a number of units available. Three of which would suit single people comprising one or two private rooms and two slightly larger units that would suit a couple or a small family. We sometimes combine spaces to make larger ones and sometimes split spaces to make smaller ones depending on need and their proximity within the building. From January 2022 Potential members who have contacted us via the email address applicantsoldhall@gmail.com will recieve an information package and later an invitation to visit. We are always interested in meeting Potential Members and we would love enquires from energetic, enthusiastic, sociable people and young families. We live in an area of outstanding natural beauty in East Bergholt, famous for its links with John Constable. East Bergholt has good transport links and excellent primary and secondary schools within walking distance. Living spaces of all sizes become available at times. Potential members make several visits here over a period of time which is how we get to know each other. You have to buy into our community which means you must have capital. Mortgages are not available. Send us a letter/email telling us all about yourselves to applicantsoldhall@gmail.com and we will send you more information.

Bowden House Community (TQ9 7PW)

Bowden House Community currently has a 2 bed ground floor flat for sale at £270,000. Please see our website for photos or contact us by email to visit at one of our community action days and to view the flat.

Ploughshare Housing Co-op (EH10 4JQ)

New Housing Cooperative member – Looking for a lovely place to live in a communal fashion?

This could be the place for you!

Who we are:

A group of 7 people living in a housing Cooperative called Ploughshare Housing Cooperative.

We are looking for an 8th member. Ploughshare Housing Cooperative was established in the early 1980s and has been going strong since- located just behind Bruntsfield high street, in a spacious Georgian house Ploughshare has seen over 120 members over the years.

Who we are looking for and what they would be responsible for:

We are looking for a person who is preferably male identifying, ideally has had some experience living in a group and has enjoyed this.

Be prepared to undertake 2 to 3 hours of house chores per week – as we are autonomous (no landlord) we all need to keep on top of the day to day running of the house; accounts, repairs, purchases, health & safety and other matters. Plus we have a cat (Stella) and a front and back garden.

We each cook meals for the other house members twice a month.

Rent and bills are paid by each member on the first of each month, which goes towards running costs and in preparation for rainy day scenarios.

What to do if you are interested

Please contact us (Leila) via Email at:

ploughsharehousingcoop@gmail.com

We will then send you a brief questionnaire for you to fill out and return to us along with the agreement you would enter into.

Deadline for submission of filled in questionnaires is the 1st of June 2022. We will then short list and send out requests for a meet up (an opportunity for both parties to ask questions and get an idea of the other).

Move in date would be a flexible date starting from June 2022

Threshold Centre (SP8 5JQ)

We are a co-housing community of 14 properties in rural north Dorset, aiming to be sustainable and self-sufficient. Some properties are owned, and some rooms and houses are rented. Vacancies do come up intermittently and you are welcome to visit in order to have a look around, meet some of the residents and learn more about our whole setup first hand. Since the membership process can take weeks or months, it is advantageous to have visited at least once before a vacancy comes up. We currently have a 2/3-bedroomed house for sale at £240,000. Please see the Vacancies page on our website, http://www.thresholdcentre.org.uk/page2-1, or email Ella at ellalegris@hotmail.com for more details.

Sheldon (EX6 7YT)

We are looking for new members to join our lay christian community for the ‘next stretch’ of your life. A vocation to community includes both the way of life and a working role contributing to the core work of running the Sheldon retreat centre. We are currently seeking a Deputy Cellarer (capable cook), a Housekeeper, an Administrator and a capable Outdoor All-rounder. For married couples, both partners will have a working role at Sheldon. We are open to exploring a number of different roles and to sharing with colleagues who bring an attitude of service and flexibility to the role in the service of our guests. https://www.sheldonretreat.com/join

Oakleigh (S4 7AG)

If you are interested in contributing to our lovely household, please get in touch and tell us about yourself! Then come see the house, have some conversations, and come for dinner. Or in the current context, we could do virtual tours and zoom conversations. Looking forwards to meeting you; let’s see if we are compatible! We have possible two rooms, which are both £370 pcm because each one is really large (approx 18 m2). All bills included. See more photos at: https://bit.ly/OakleighPhotos.