Presentations from Experts at the 2019 Conference

After a very successful 2019 Community-Led Housing and Self-Build Conference we have received many requests to review the presentations from our experts who hosted the workshop sessions. We are keen to support anyone who is interested in Community-Led Housing and Self-Build and have uploaded as many of the workshop sessions as possible. We hope that these can be reviewed as a tool to assist with any Community-Led Housing and Self-Build projects.

Please click on the following session titles to access the experts presentation:

• Introduction to Planning Policy by Lindsay Frost 

• Becoming a Community Group, Grants and Raising the Profile of your Group by Dover District Council’s Community Development Team 
• Self and Custom Build Case Studies and Opportunities by Julia Wallace from Folkestone & Hythe District Council
• Financial Viability and Business Planning by Roger Taylor from Popplett Taylor Consulting 
• Where do we get the money from? by Jon Lee from Ecology Building Society 
• Neighbourhood Planning – An Introduction by Chris Paterson from South Downs National Park Consultancy Service

As part of our ongoing support and commitment to both the Community-Led Housing and Self-Build programmes we hope to resume monthly training sessions next year. We have postponed our training courses and events until further notice, due to the coronavirus pandemic. We have a dedicated webpage with our current training programme but we would like to hear from you if you have any ideas for further training sessions which you would like to receive; please do not hesitate to contact us with your suggestions.

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