Category: Blog

  • Call for board members – 2026

    Call for board members – 2026

    SCLT is looking for motivated individuals from all backgrounds, identities and ages, who bring a diversity of skills, experience and expertise, to join our board at this exciting time in our organisation’s development. Board members provide oversight and direction to our organisation which is composed of our members, and acts in the benefit of our…

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  • Festival of Debate ’25

    Festival of Debate ’25

    This year we ran two events as part of the Sheffield Festival of Debate. Our Community Ownership walkshop took a circular route around the city centre, with prompt cards read by participants giving building facts about empty buildings, gap sites and new initiatives, alongside tactics for funding and policy that might be employed to enable…

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  • Pilot Project

    Pilot Project

    As part of our ongoing search for a pilot project site, we recently explored a property being sold by the University of Sheffield. Located on Glossop Road in the city centre, the building is currently used as offices, but presented an exciting opportunity to upgrade the building’s performance and transform it into housing and workspace.…

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  • Footwork

    Footwork

    At the end of 2024 Sheffield CLT were accepted onto Footwork’s People and Place Programme set up to bring together a network of community innovators and provide mentorship, as well as funded technical sessions & group visits. SCLT’s Ethan, James and Marie have been representing us in the programme. This March they visited Liverpool, heading…

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  • Community Ownership Workshop

    Community Ownership Workshop

    We recently ran a workshop focusing on community ownership in Sheffield, with a key theme being the unaffordability of land, housing and other spaces, and the challenges this poses for many Sheffield residents and organisations.We invited over 20 representatives from different community-led, housing, co-operative and charitable projects around Sheffield to join us. Alongside group discussions…

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  • AGM

    AGM

    We held our first AGM in February, preceded by films chosen by filmmaker Ian Nesbitt around land and housing, including his own ‘Settlers in England’, and food provided by Open Kitchen Social. We’re excited to announce four new board members, who bring new ideas and expertise to the CLT – Even Allen, Kate McKenzie, Thea…

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