TSRC briefing paper on self help housing

The Third Sector Research Centre at Birmingham University, which is funded by the Cabinet Office, is researching various aspects of housing as part of its work.  Following discussions with Self-Help-Housing.Org, one of these areas of research is into the role of self-help housing  as a  driver of innovative community driven housing  initiatives and a Briefing Paper outlines the approach they’re taking.

“It’s good  to see the hard work of self-help housing organisations being recognised in a major piece of research such as this” said Jon Fitzmaurice Director of Self-Help-Housing.Org  “Later this year, TSRC plan to hold a symposium aimed at key policy makers as part of the research, which together with their findings, will be used to make the case for additional resources being made available  to support community driven housing initiatives. “

Outline project proposal

It’s always difficult making a pitch to owners to borrow and make use of their properties or approaching funders for money. For this reason the latest addition to the “How It’s Done” section is an outline project proposal into which you can insert your own text and create a proposal for your project. Click here to download the document as a word doc.

Canopy Housing Project film

Canopy Housing Project in Leeds have produced an excellent short film featuring volunteers, tenants and staff, in which they talk about the work they do for Canopy and what it means to them. If you want to hear about the value of self-help housing from the people actually involved, then you can view the film on the Canopy Housing website by clicking here.

Latch launch innovation training project

. Latch housing project in Leeds are running an innovative Lottery funded project which provides training for young people in construction skills. The Hands On Project now has its own website:  www.handson.latch.org.uk which describes the way in which the project works and their achievements to date. You can also visit the Latch case study to find out more about the whole organisation.