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