Older Womens Cohousing (OWCH), London
The Older Women’s Cohousing (OWCH) Group in London intends to build a mutually supportive community for women over fifty in High Barnet, North London. They have a site there and this will be developed by the Hanover housing association as part of its senior cohousing initiative. The project is being designed by PTE architects and planning permission is currently being sought. OWCH combines prospective purchasers, shared owners and affordable renters and will work with Housing for Women, a housing association, to manage the rental units. The group meets each month in north London and women interested in the project are encouraged to get in touch via the OWCH website.
Older Women’s Cohousing Project, London - Press release July 2009
Older Women’s Cohousing Project, London and the UK Cohousing Network
14 July 2009.
Amid all the discussion on today’s Green Paper on Adult Social Care, it needs to be recognised that government – and all those public and private sector bodies agonising about society’s ageing and the future of health and social care services –continue to neglect a much overlooked resource for limiting future costs – the energies, drives and preferences of older people themselves.
