Projects and Clients
Somerset Co-operative Community Land Trust
Somerset
Co-operative Community Land Trust’s (SCCLT) main mission is to provide
sustainable affordable housing and workspace for community enterprises in
Somerset. What makes them different from many other land trusts is that as a
co-op, promoting co-operative principles in all they do.
SCCLT are
ambitious with their projects, which currently include developing:
- eight
brand-new one bed flats for people in housing need in Taunton, in particular
for those who enjoy being part of community, and
- 20
homes and workspaces for community enterprises in Wiveliscombe. Although it is its
early stages, it offers a great amount of opportunity for the area.
Why we like
working with them:
‘SCCLT is
truly independent and not reliant on housing associations to achieve its goals.
It uniquely strives to incorporate workspace for social and community
enterprises alongside its affordable housing, to support employment and the
benefits such enterprises can bring to the people they house, and the wider
community.’ Steve
Shared Earth Learning Co-operative
Shared Earth
Learning (SEL) is a Forest School in Frome, Somerset. SEL do brilliant work enhancing
people’s relationship with the natural world, simultaneously developing their
personal and social skills and awareness of the importance of environmental
sustainability. Additionally, SEL offers a range of challenges, activities
games and tasks to build self-esteem, emotional literacy and social skills
outdoors. Through their services, SEL supports the improvement of community
cohesion by working across generations and integrating people from different
backgrounds in their programmes. Find out more....
GO-OP
Registered
in 2009, GO-OP is the UK’s first co-operatively owned and run Train Operating
Company, with a mission to reduce the social and environmental impacts
of travel by providing mutually owned, high quality and inclusive public
transport services that encourage people to choose more sustainable options.
Not only that, they
hope to go beyond just being an operator of timetabled train services on the
National Rail Network. GO-OP will also support the development of car clubs,
bus links and travel hubs to enable communities to access sustainable transport
options.
Why we like
working with GO-OP
‘Every time
I open-up the project plan for GO-OP I gasp a little at the complexity of the
project, but I quickly remember the ambition and how innovative the project is.
GO-OP is going to be something really special and I cannot wait for the first
train to arrive at Taunton to pick up its first passengers’. Alice
