The Middlemarch Podcast: In Conversation With.......

Colin McDonald
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In conversation with .... people who have suceeded in creating a community led housing project. Accredited advisor Colin McDonald discovers why and how they did it in a series of podcasts based on actual experience rather than just the theory.

  1. 21/04/2023

    Episode Thirteen .... Peter Reveley from Appledore Community Land Trust and Karl Hine from the Aster Housing Group.

    In this episode Colin hears about the housing scheme in Appledore, both from the perspective of Peter Reveley, secretary of the Appledore Community Land Trust, and from Karl Hine, Head of Community Housing at Aster who built the homes. A small village nestled on the side of a double estuary in north Devon, Appledore is typical of coastal communities in the South West with high levels of second homes and few opportunities for the younger generation to find somehwere to live locally.

    35 min

  2. 15/08/2022

    Episode Twelve ... Jeremy Holton from Parracombe Community Trust

    In this episode Colin is in conversation with Jeremy Holton from the Parracombe Community Trust in North Devon and within the boundaries of Exmoor National Park. As well as proposing a small housing scheme, the Trust has provided a village shop & cafe and has taken over running the village hall.

    23 min

  3. 07/07/2022

    Episode Eleven ... various people involved in rural housing.

    In this specially extended espisode released during Rural Housing Week, Colin is in conversation with several people involved in rural housing. Together they examine how to go about creating affordable housing in a rural community, the role of the rural housing enabler, working with Housing Associations and what the advantages might be of creating a Community Land Trust.

    1 hr

  4. 28/05/2022

    Episode Ten ... Jacqui Wilding, Chair of Bronllys Well Being Park CLT

    In this episode Colin is in conversation with Jacqui Wilding who is the chair of Bronllys Well Being Park Community Land Trust, based in Powys, Wales. Jacqui talks about her CLT's ambitious plans for a site currently wihtin the NHS, which include housing as part of a holistic approach to well being. They also mention some of the differences in systems to navigate between England and Wales.

    29 min

  5. 28/04/2022

    Episode Nine ... Claude Hendrickson, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Leeds Community Homes.

    In this episode Colin is in conversation with Claude Hendrickson, an Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Officer at Leeds Community Homes. As well as his experiences project managing the Frontline Community Self Build Project in Chapeltown, in north east Leeds, Claude also talks about being part of the Bacon Review (of self and custom build) and diversity within the community led housing sector

    35 min

  6. 09/03/2022

    Episode Eight ... Pamela Woods, Chair of the Dartmoor National Park Authority

    In this episode Colin is in conversation with Pamela Woods, the Chair of the Dartmoor National Park Authority. Pamela talks about her experience as part of the Christow Community Land Trust working with teign Housing to build homes to Passivhaus standards within the National Park boundary. They also discuss how local people living or working within a National Park might find it difficult to afford housing.

    37 min

  7. 08/12/2021

    Episode seven ... Laura Moss, a partner with Wrigleys (solicitors)

    In this episode Colin is in conversation with Laura Moss, a partner at Wrigleys where she specialises in providing legal advice to community led housing groups. However we mostly look at her own personal experiences as a member of a newly formed CoHousing scheme in Cumbria which aims to repurpose an old farm complex to create something more than just a roof over their heads for members of the group.

    34 min

  8. 08/11/2021

    Episode Six ... Andrew Bibby from Calder Valley Community Land Trust

    In this episode Colin is in conversation with Andrew Bibby, Secretary of the Calder Valley Community Land Trust. His CLT has become a 'Registered Provider', taken over a Community Centre, raised Community Shares, built bungalows jointly with an Almshouse Trust and is aiming to save a signal box.

    33 min
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