Wyre Forest Community Land Trust

Community Land Trusts are a form of community-led housing, set up and run by ordinary people to develop and manage homes as well as other assets important to that community such as Green Spaces, Public Houses, Shops, Gardens, Allotments. CLTs act as long-term stewards of these community assets, ensuring that homes remain genuinely affordable, based on what people actually earn in their area, not just for now but for every future occupier. All other assets are protected and held in Trust by the CLT thus protecting them for the future.

We meet once per month and are continuously seeking other skilled residents to join our ever evolving team. If you would like to volunteer we are seeking:

• Board members with the relevant skills.
• Legal professional
• Business professional
• Planning
• Book Keeper/ Accountant

We are also seeking individuals for:

• Planning community engagement days
• Marketing
• Campaign
• Secretary
• Leaflet droppers

Action at present – our team are:

• Working with the National Community Land trust . We have successfully got funding for a consultant who is taking us through the process of legal set up.
• Chasing the Housing Needs Survey
• Working alongside Wyre Forest community led housing coordinator for a right to potentially design, build eco affordable homes both to buy & rent and self build using a variety of materials and building initiatives for our identified community members in housing need and for those wanting to get onto the property ladder.
• We meet once a month to plan the way forward

We have a team at present consisting of

• Architect
• Structural Engineer
• Transport Planning Consultant
• Designer for a micro starter home
• Researcher for self build