Development:Resources
From AshWiki
Useful / interesting organisations, pages etc.
Part of Development
Development
The Social Enterprise People, formerly Cambridge Community Development Agency, can help with business plans etc for social enterprise projects
Waterloo Community Development Group, a community group that does development projects
The Housing Corporation gives grants for social and affordable housing and regulates RSLs
List of housing associations in Cambridge. The largest is Cambridge Housing Society.
The Housing Corporation's Cambridge Challenge, seeking a developer for affordable housing on three sites in Cambridge
The Co-operative Development Society, an RSL with experience of developing co-ops and possible development partner
And another one, Birmingham Co-operative Housing Services
Eco-build
SmartLIFE in Cambridge sometimes have courses in sustainable self-build, etc
An amazing self-build house in Wales, and a project to build some more
Enlinca want to build highly environmentally friendly co-housing in Cambridge
The Hockerton Housing Project, a completely environmentally self-sufficient housing development (and an ownership co-op), though a rural one with only 5 houses
A page about BedZED, the Beddington Zero Energy Development, a mixed-tenure development with affordable housing that aims to produce as much energy as it uses; and another. Charlie Baker says the layout of the place is rubbish from a community point of view, but the green aspects are interesting.
