Dreams Can Become Reality

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from safe harbour, catch the trade winds in your sales.  Explore, dream, discover."

Mark Twain

It started out as conversations of like minded individuals, wanting to live in a more meaningful way, of families and parents wanting to create better environments for our children to grow up in. Over shared meals, around camp-fires, copious cups of tea, cakes and biscuits, we discussed many issues......environmental concerns, healthy living, growing our own organic food, car pooling, intentional communities, eco friendly building, solar energy, skill sharing, apprenticeships, social centres and food co-ops, lifelong learning and education in family and community settings.

What has seemed an impossibility, has evolved organically over the years. Last year we took a deep breath and leaped!!! We began meeting on a regular basis, researching, exploring,  networking, and taking the necessary steps to making this dream happen.

The London Community Housing Co-operative, has emerged,  a seedling nurtured by the mutual intentions of a small group,  to become a registered Industrial Provident Society(IPS) with the Financial Services Authority(FSA) in January 2011.

On a cold , dark winter evening as fireworks lit up the sky over the Southbank,  where we sat in the Blue Bar we took it as an omen to reach for the stars. So follow our journey as we create a modern day village, a concept of community living based on the sustainable well being of people and surroundings, valuing diversity and mutual responsibility.

Dee