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Booking your place at the April 2010 events
Please read all the instructions on this page carefully
From here, you can book places on either one or both of:
- Sat 24th April conference event 'creating cohousing together'
- Sun 25th April training day 'getting it built'
Below, there's a section for each event and a Paypal button for booking online. Please note:
Make sure you enter a valid email correctly in Paypal.
You will be emailed a receipt: please print this out and bring it with you. We will have a full name list, but in the event of a problem, we will need proof of purchase. We will also need your email to contact you if there are any important changes.
Places are limited and will not be reserved until full payment has been made. We regret that there is a no-cancellation policy.
Using paypal to book
Paypal is straightforward - once you click 'add to cart' just follow the on-screen instructions carefully. Some things to note:
- From the paypal cart screen, you can choose the number of tickets you want. Be sure to click 'update cart' if you change the number.
- From the cart, you can also choose to 'continue shopping' - this will bring you back to this page, where you can add the second day. This way, if you're coming to both, it can all be done in one payment.
- You can pay with a credit or debit card - look out for the link next to 'use your credit card or bank account', after you've confirmed your cart choices.
Saturday 24th April:
Conference: creating cohousing together
£25 per person
Sunday 25th April
Training day: getting it built
£100 per person
In case of difficulty with Paypal please send cheque made out to UK Cohousing Network, 15 Laughton Lodge,Laughton, Lewes, East Sussex BN8 6BY . Please include your name & address, whether member of a cohousing group and email address for confirmation of registration. Receipts will be issued at the conference. Queries about registration should be emailed to Monica at events@cohousing.org.uk
Getting it built: Sunday 25th April
Sunday 25th April
Getting it built
A unique training day for forming and developing groups
Led by Charles Durrett and Kathryn McCamant
Award-winning Californian architects who pioneered cohousing in the USA and are authors of the cohousing 'bible'.
Charles and Kathryn will be running this intensive one day workshop. It will explore in-depth the themes from Saturday's conference 'Creating Cohousing Together'.
Katie and Chuck have been involved in over 50 cohousing projects and this is a chance to come and learn from their experiences in a once-in-a-lifetime UK appearance.
Development issues that this workshop will explore include:
- Finding a building site
- Designing a community
- Financial realities (costs)
- Financing options
- Ownership structures
- Hiring and managing construction professionals and
- Keeping your project on track and on budget
Programme
- 9 - 9.30: Registration
- 9.30 - 1.00: Session 1
- 1.00-2.00: 1 hour lunch break
- 2.00 -5.00: Session 2
- 5.00: End
There's a printable PDF with all this information in at the bottom of this page.
Creating cohousing together 24th April: conference programme 2010
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subject to change
Pre-conference
- 8.45 - 9.15: Workshop registration
- 9.15 - 10.45: Pre-conference workshop
- Marketing your own cohousing scheme - finding and keeping members, led by Katie McCamant, US architect and developer and co- author of 'Cohousing'. (This workshop is free to participants of the main conference)
Main Conference
- 9.00 - 5.30: Market place stalls
- 10.30- 11.00: Registration, coffee
- 11.00: Start of main conference
- Welcome & introduction
- Recent developments in cohousing in UK: Sarah Berger, Project Manager, UK Cohousing Network
- Lessons from the USA: Chuck Durrett , Architect & co-author of 'Cohousing'
- Questions & discussion
- 12.30: Voices from the cohousing field
- We made it - Springhill, Stroud; Threshold Centre, Dorset; Community Project, Sussex.
- We're on the way - Lifetime Community, Bradford; Older Womens Cohousing (OWCH), London; Berkshire Cohousing
- 1.00: Lunch & market place
- 2.15: Getting it Built - perspectives as a developer and architect
- Katie McCamant, Architect and co-author of 'Cohousing'
- Questions & discussion
- 3.00: Workshops Including -
- marketing your project - Katie McCamant
- overcoming barriers & site acquisition - Chuck Durrett
- how to do it - in 4 steps - David Michael, Springhill
- partners: working with housing associations and/or private developers - Alan Heeks
- finding and Joining Cohousing - Elizabeth Mills, Lancaster Cohousing
- finance/legal structures
- group structure
- planning permission strategies
- 4.00: Tea
- 4.15: Panel of speakers Q & A
- 4.45: Forge Bank Community - Secrets of Success: Mark Westcombe, Lancaster Cohousing
- 5.00 End - 5.30: Market place
Conference and training day venue 2010
Friends House - click here for larger map
- 173-177 Euston Road
- London
- NW1 2BJ
Getting there
By rail: From its position opposite Euston's rail and tube stations, it is a ten minute walk from King's Cross
Station and St Pancras International Terminus. All major rail terminals are easily reached by tube.
By tube: The nearest tube stations are Euston and Euston Square, which are on the Northern, Victoria, Metropolitan, Circle and Hammersmith & City lines
Catering
Tea & coffee will be available to be purchased. Lunch is not included but may be purchased from Friends House cafe or delegates may go out to eating places nearby.
Creating cohousing together: Saturday 24th April
Saturday 24th April:
Creating cohousing together
A national conference exploring
how to get cohousing done
Key Note Speakers: Charles Durrett and Kathryn McCamant
Award-winning Californian architects who pioneered cohousing in the USA and are authors of the cohousing 'bible'.
Speakers from established cohousing communities:
- Sarah Berger, Project Manager, UK Cohousing Network
- Melanie Nock, Community Project, Laughton Lodge
- Alan Heeks, Threshold Centre
- David Michael and Max Comfort, Springhill
Speakers from developing cohousing communities:
- Mark Westcombe, Forge Bank Community
- Berkshire Cohousing
- Older Womens Cohousing (OWCH), London
A once-in-a-lifetime UK opportunity to learn from the experiences of keynote speakers Chuck Durrett and Katie McCamant, award-winning Californian architects who pioneered cohousing in the USA and wrote the book `Cohousing'. Chuck and Katie have been involved in over 50 cohousing projects and the conference provides an opportunity to discuss with them the factors for ensuring success.
Chuck's keynote address will discuss: site feasibility, design priorities, overcoming obstacles and planning for project completion. Katie McCamant will examine the process of getting it built from the perspectives as a developer and architect in addition to running a workshop on marketing . Other workshops will include: finance/legal structures, getting going, group structure, overcoming barriers & more still to be determined. Speakers will include representatives from pioneering UK groups talking about developing cohousing as well as building and living in community.
Now is the time. Cohousing is attracting increasing interest from government and housing professionals as a model for building a sustainable communities. The Government's HAPPI report (Housing for an Ageing Population - Panel of Innovation) advised the government to adopt and promote cohousing as one of their key recommendations last December. The Homes and Communities Agency has welcomed bids for eligible costs within cohousing projects within its 2008 – 11 prospectus. Synergy Housing and Hanover Housing are pioneering partnerships with several cohousing groups and a number of other housing associations are showing interest.
There's a printable PDF with all this information in at the bottom of this page.
For more information or if you have any questions, email events@cohousing.org.uk
Do you want a stall at the conference?
Free to cohousing groups. All other organisations - £50.
Stall holders need to set up by 8.45 am. A limited number of stalls & display spaces are available.
Please register your interest in having a stall by emailing the following information to:
events@cohousing.org.uk
- by 15th April 2010. Confirmation if space has been allocated will be sent on the 19th April.
Delegate information:
- Organisation/Cohousing group, if any.
- Title, Full Name
- Organisation
- Address
- Tel No
- Would you like stall &/or display boards if available? - If yes, please specify which.
