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I quite agree.

BUT> where can it be done?

I cannot see people being willing to move for such a reason, when it

provides benefits which are (slowly) appearing in the major cities anyway.

[ii] The police may block us in on demo days so we cannot leave our 'close'

....discuss.

[iii] I want to convert people!

> Hello,

>

>Wouldn't it be better if all vegans will join their efforts to live

>together in houses where all will be vegan/vegetarians? I think it

>will make living more easy.

>

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Re:> Wouldn't it be better if all vegans will join their efforts to live

> together in houses where all will be vegan/vegetarians? I think it

> will make living more easy.

 

Check out: http://www.rootstock.org .uk

 

check out:http://www.radicalroutes.org.uk/housing.html

 

They help set up housing co-ops & sustainable communties & list loads across

'uk'. Tel: 0870-458-1132

 

also, send an SAE to @ Places needing people, c/o Diggers & Dreamers, c/o

Edge of Time, BCM Edge, London, WC1n 3XX

 

 

as they (both rootstock/radical routes & diggers & dreamers) will be able to

put you on to all the vegan co-ops & communities they know about or help you

start one up.

 

I want to start up a 'housing' co-op along the river - so that boaties can

be self sufficient, move about and not get hassled by the authorities.

There are several up & running.

An aquaintance of mine is travelling around the uk at the moment checking

co-ops out. Its a good idea if you can & are serious about it.

 

I put some info below which I found in a co-op in Stratford that has vegan

only houses ~ skim through if interested:

 

http://www.susx.ac.uk/Users/iane/coops/clayslane.html

 

Clays Lane Housing Co-operative Ltd

 

 

 

Status:

Existing community

Address:

The Community Centre,

Clays Lane Housing Co-operative,

Clays Lane,

Stratford,

London,

El5 2UQ.

Telephone Number:

0208-555-9182

Fax:

0208-519-8696

Contact Name:

Membership Secretary

Number of over 18's:

410-450

Number of under 18's.

Children do not live permanently on the co-operative

Year started:

1984

Situation:

Urban

Ideological focus:

Friendship, shelter and community

Legal Structure:

Industrial and Provident Society (Registrar of Freindly Societies reg.

no. 21870R)

Registered with the Housing Corporation (Reg. no. C2426)

Open to new members?

Yes

Describe your group briefly: what it does; whether it exists already or not;

etc:

Clays Lane Housing Co-operative is a thriving community, (we are a

fully mutual

co-operative), situated in London's east end.

We provide accommodation for single people aged 18 - 65, without

prejudice; we have a

strong commitment to equal opportunities. New tenants are not expected

to provide a

deposit, and our rents are among the cheapest in London.

Clays Lane was built in 1984, and consists 107 houses arranged into ten

courtyards. 57

houses are shared and purpose built for four, six or ten people.

Additionally there are 40

self contained flats and ten self contained bungalows, which are

available to members of the

co-operative through a waiting list system.

Our houses are mostly ethnically mixed and some are vegetarian or

vegan. We allow pets,

(lots of houses have cats), but most pets are okay, as long as its with

the agreement of

other house members.

Decisions are made through democratic house and courtyard meetings, as

well as through

elected representatives. We have a committee structure comprising of a

management

committee and four sub-committees: membership, maintenance, equal

opportunities and

finance.

Everyone who lives on the co-operative is expected to take some part in

the day to day

running, though this can range from cooking food for the monthly

courtyard meeting to

interviewing new members to being the chair of the co-operative. The

minimum

committment is to attend six coutyard meetings a year, and to pay your

rent promptly, but

the sucess of the co-operative depends on the willingness of members to

join in.

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