Name: Cohousing Cafe Edinburgh 11.00am-1.00pm Sat 5 Oct at Bridgend Farmhouse
Start: 2024-10-05T11:00:00+01:00
End: 2024-10-05T13:00:00+01:00
Location: 41 Old Dalkeith Road,Edinburgh,EH16 4TE,GB

Cohousing Cafe Edinburgh 11.00am-1.00pm Sat 5 Oct at Bridgend Farmhouse

Join our October Meetup exploring Community Led & Cooperative Housing! Come & chat with shared lunch after. Family-friendly / all welcome.
Does living in a friendly supportive community setting appeal to you?
Cohousing group CHOISS Edinburgh welcomes friends to an informal cafe-style catch up. We'll meet in person at Bridgend Farmhouse Cafe, 41 Old Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh EH16 4TE at 11.00am - 1.00pm Saturday 5 October for a chat followed by shared lunch. All welcome!
Book: https://coho5oct.eventbrite.co.uk or just turn up.
NB. Our next Cohousing Cafe will be 11am - 1pm Saturday 30 November.
§ Cohousing is a group of homes created by residents; members manage the community and often share meals
§ Cohousing creates neighbourly support and can resolve the loneliness many people experience today.
Cohousing communities are formed on five principles:
1. Co-designed with the members of the community – who help design new buildings or renovate old ones; with shared social activities, child play areas, gardens and food growing
2. Private homes + ‘ Common House’ – cooking, dining, meeting and play areas, laundry and guest rooms – allowing for smaller homes as there are common areas for social interaction
3. Usually between 10 to 40 households – with a design encouraging interaction, reducing car numbers - kept to the edge - with the ‘Common House’ near the middle or entrance
4. Resident control of all decision making – development and maintenance, finance, gardens etc – often using consensus decision making / active consent, with adults making the decisions and regularly contributing a few hours work / week
5. Inclusive and part of a diverse wider community – with open membership; groups often host neighbourhood activities in the shared space and Common House.
CHOISS Edinburgh is the local chapter of Cohousing Scotland - the network recognised as a charity in Scotland No. SC038745. https://bit.ly/joincohoscotnow Email: [email protected]