Same Skies
The Regional Democracy Think Tank for West Yorkshire. Same Skies is the citizen-led regional democracy network and think tank for West Yorkshire
They encourage and facilitate the active participation of all residents in West Yorkshire’s regional democracy, no matter where they or their families were born.
Steve Hoey and Claude Hendrickson wrote the chapter on Community Led Housing for the AMPlify West Yorkshire Alternative manifesto for the West Yorkshire Mayor
Tracy Brabin, West Yorkshire Mayor Housing housing pledges for the region.
Community Land Trust Network
CLTN lead a movement working for a community land trust in every community that wants one.
They are mainstreaming the community ownership of affordable housing and land in public policy and market practice. Steve is on the board for the Community Land Trust Network and PPH is a member of the network.
UK Cohousing Network
Cohousing schemes are intentional communities run by their residents. Each household as a self-contained home as well as shared community space and facilities. Cohousing can be a great way to live balancing privacy and highly sociable neighbourhood life. Originating in Denmark in the 1960s the movement has grown across Scandinavia, Germany and the United States. Cohousing is attracting alot of interest across the country and UK Cohousing Network is proud to be at the heart of this growing movement. Visit the UK Cohousing site
Confederation of Cooperative housing (CCH)
CCH promotes the excellent work done by co‑operative housing organisations, fostering communication and serving the sector, and campaigning for quality housing co-operative solutions across the United Kingdom. Visit the CCH Site
Co‑operatives UK
As the voice of the UK’s co-operative movement, they empower and support co-operative enterprise with specialised knowledge and expertise, to grow the co-operative economy and create a fairer society. Visit Co-ops UK
Locality
Locality is the national membership network supporting local community organisations to be strong and successful. They believe in the power of community to transform lives and create a fairer society. Their 1,600 members create the services their community needs most in spaces where everyone belongs.
Locality provides specialist advice, peer-learning, resources and campaigns to help every community thrive. Visit the Website
