Then we will do it ourselves - Community Land Trusts

Useful ResourcesGeneralCaledonia Centre for Social Developmentwww.caledonia.org.uk/sociallandCelebrates the social land sector in Scotland and throughout the world.Carnegie UK Trust Rural Community Development Programmehttp://rural.carnegieuktrust.org.uk/homeExamines and promotes ways in which rural communities across theUK and Ireland can be empowered to shape and influence changeand work to ensure that rural priorities are fully recognised bydecision makers.Community Land Trust National Demonstration programmewww.communitylandtrust.org.ukCommunity Finance Solutions maintains an information resourcefor CLTs in England, including many targeted publications.Community Farm Land Trustswww.stroudcommonwealth.org.uk/cfltStroud Common Wealth maintain a website dedicated to CommunityFarm Land Trusts, as part of a project sponsored by the CarnegieUK Trust.Development Trusts Associationwww.dta.org.ukUmbrella organisation for community development trusts.Department for Communities and Local Governmentwww.communities.gov.ukResponsible for UK housing, communities and planning policy.Housing Corporationhttp://www.housingcorp.gov.uk/The Housing Corporation is the government agency that funds newaffordable homes and regulates housing associations in England.Regional supportCornwall Community Land Trustwww.crha.org.uk/cornwall_community_land_trust.htmCornwall CLT is a project run by Cornwall Rural Housing Associationto promote CLTs.Cumbria Rural Housing Trustwww.crht.org.ukCRHT employs a regional CLT project worker and works withcommunities to address affordable rural housing needs.Foundation Eastwww.foundationeast.orgA not-for-profit organisation operating in East Anglia, offeringbusiness and personal loans. Currently working on a CLT project.Land for Peoplewww.landforpeople.co.ukLand for People exists to help communities in Wales, Shropshire andthe Marches become more sustainable, with an emphasis on buildingaffordable homes for local people.Wessex Reinvestment Trustwww.wessexrt.co.ukWRT helps communities in the South West of England become moresustainable through providing business and home improvement loans,and advising communities on setting up community land or propertytrusts.PublicationsAffordable Rural Housing Commission (2006) “Affordable RuralHousing Commission: Final Report”, Affordable Rural HousingCommission, London.CFS (2007) “Community Land Trusts: A Practitioner’s Guide”Community Finance Solutions, Salford.DCLG (2007) “Department for Communities and LocalGovernment Green Paper – Homes for the Future; moreaffordable; more sustainable”. The Stationery Office, London.DCLG (2006) “Planning Policy Statement 3 (PPS3): Housing” and“Planning Obligations: Practice Guide”, Department for Communitiesand Local Government, London.Hart, Lorraine (2005) “To Have and to Hold: The DTA Guide toAsset Development for Community and Social Enterprises”DTA, London.Building and Social Housing Foundationwww.bshf.orgCarries out research into housing innovation.Burlington Associateswww.burlingtonassociates.comResources for CLTs in the US.Federation of Northumberland Development TrustsJ.Gooding@dta.org.ukFONDT principle aim is to work together as Development Trusts withour partners to create vibrant, inclusive and sustainable communitiesin NorthumberlandDCLG (2007) “Making Assets Work: The Quirk Review ofcommunity management and ownership of public assets.”Department for Communities and Local Government, Wetherby.46Community Finance SolutionsCommunity Finance Solutions 47