Category: Blog

  • March Update!

    March Update!

    There’s been a lot going on behind the scenes recently. We’ve submitted the second stage of a bid to the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority’s Brownfield Housing Fund, and are hoping to start site shortlisting and feasibility work on city centre sites should this be successful, alongside getting support from the Confederation of Co-operative Housing…

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  • Options Workshop

    Options Workshop

    Members of the CLT, along with invited guests from Sheffield City Council and South Yorkshire Housing Association met, on the 31st January to work through their strategic business case bid to the SYMCA’s Brownfield Housing Fund. With input from SQW economic and social development consultants we worked through scenarios that would allow us to meet…

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  • Strategic Priorities Workshop

    Strategic Priorities Workshop

    Members of the Sheffield CLT met on the 10th of Jan for the first of two facilitated workshops to discuss priorities and structures. The session was facilitated by Blase Lambert of the Confederation of Co-operative Housing using their Wayshaper toolkit, a card-based decision making tool that allows groups “to explore the needs and preferences of…

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  • (Re)Launch Event

    (Re)Launch Event

    SCLT held a public launch event on Saturday the 12th November 2022, as part of the Festival of Social Science. The day kicked off with a panel discussion between three invited speakers: Dr Tom Archer of CRESA and Sheffield Hallam University; Sarah Ernst of Architype and Darren French, Chair of Heart of Hastings CLT and…

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  • Sheffield CLT in The Star

    Sheffield CLT in The Star

    Sheffield Community Land Trust Sheffield CLT was recently featured in local newspaper The Star, with founding members Cristina and Rupert speaking about the importance of including local citizens in the development process rather than leaving it to profit-seeking companies to shape the city. “Are we going to be creating real neighbourhoods or just boxes, with…

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  • Housing Stock Mapping

    Housing Stock Mapping

    Based on the data from Sheffield City Council, we produced the following map showing the existing housing stock owned by the council. Sheffield City Council Housing Stock The base map uses are the housing market areas identified by the Sheffield City Council, with the city centre area highlighted in green. In the Housing and Land…

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