In July 2021 we launched our Community Share Offer via the ethical investment platform Ethex and, now that all the paperwork has been done, we are pleased to let you know that we finally raised £350,000 from 123 investors! Thanks to everyone who contributed. This money will be used to pay back loans from family and friends which were made in …
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People involved in Community Led Housing (CLH) are significantly less likely to feel lonely than people living in more conventional homes and neighbourhoods, according to a new report by researchers from the universities of Bristol, Lancaster, Northumbria and the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), released Tuesday 30 …
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Press Release 26 September 2021 Bridport Cohousing was proud to host 32 mayors from all around Dorset last Wednesday 22nd September. Bridport’s own mayor Ian Bark took them on a tour of the town, which included St Mary’s Primary and the West Bay Discovery Centre, to showcase community projects that he is particularly proud of. The Civic day …
We have just passed our minimum target on the Community Share Offer!! This opens up £30,000 of match funding for us through the People's Postcode Lottery. Postcode Innovation Trust, a grant-giving trust funded by players of People’s Postcode Lottery are allocating £60,000 of match funding into two social impact organisations as part of their …
On 9th July 2021 Bridport Cohousing launched a Community Share offer on the ethical investment platform Ethex. We now have 3 months to attract enough investors to raise up to our maximum target of £732,000 and the clock is ticking!! When we realised that we would have to bear the full cost of construction and fitting out the Common House, as …
Work started in earnest on 27th July for Bridport Cohousing!! Bridport Cohousing members are jumping for joy because, following early preparatory work in February, their construction company CG Fry moved on to site on Monday 27th July. Since then there is daily delight at seeing earth movers creating such a difference to what was a field in such …
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