Community Land Trusts 2010

Conference Programme

Now confirmed: Grant Shapps MP, Minister for Housing and Local Government, will join the packed programme at CLT 2010 to present a Keynote about the new Government's agenda for Community Land Trusts.

Other highlight include Rob Hopkins, founder of the Transition Towns movement and author of The Transition Handbook. His Keynote presentation will be "beyond bricks and mortar: CLTs as an economic catalyst".

CLT 2010 will include a dissection of the new Government's agenda for CLTs, policy-related plenary sessions, live interviews, films, and an opportunity to question a panel representing organisations involved in mutual housing and local economic development on 'where next' for CLTs.

There is also an extensive range of workshops covering practical aspects relating to CLTs in all settings.

CLT 2010 programme:

08:45 - 09:30: Registration, refreshments and the CLT Cafe

09:30: Welcome and Introduction - Julian Dobson, editorial director, New Start and Conference Chair

09:35: Celebrating success 1: Lyvenet Community Trust, Cumbria

09:40: Keynote 1 - beyond bricks and mortar: CLTs as an economic catalyst. Rob Hopkins, founder, The Transition Network

10:00: Keynote 2 - the new Government's Agenda. Grant Shapps MP, Minister for Housing and Local Government

10:20: Our story - ‘a book in eight minutes’ - delegates – Brian Lewis

10:40: Keynote 3 - A message to government. Stephen Hill, RICS

11:00: Keynote 4 - Breathing new life into rural communities. Cameron Watt, policy lead, National Housing Federation

11:15 - 11:40 tea break

11:40 - 12:25: Workshops: the Big Picture

WORKSHOP CHOICES

1) Introduction to community land trusts
Bob Paterson, CFS
2) Building a community asset portfolio
Tom Johnston, director, Glendale Gateway Trust
3) City farms, community gardens and CLTs
Jeremy Iles, Federation of City Farms and Community Gardens
4) Case study: Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter
Paul Mountain, Martineau
5) Self-organised housing co-ops – what can we learn?
David Rodgers, CDS Co-ops
6) CLTs and economic development
Tony Rich, Rich Regeneration

12:25 - 13:00: Sharing our stories
Celebrating success 2: St Clements CLT, London
Interview: making it happen – what we’ve learned
Celebrating success 3: High Bickington CPT

13:00 - 13:45: Lunch, 'Speed networking – what’s your story?' and Fringe events

13:45 - 14:15: CLT Question Time: A panel of practitioners responds to delegates’ questions

14:15 - 14:20: Celebrating success 4: Holy Island Development Trust

14:20 - 15:05: Workshops: The nuts and bolts
1) Bringing urban CLTs to life
Stephen Hill
2) Community share issues and new sources of funding
Ian Moran, Bob Paterson and Cliff Mills
3) A community land bank
Pat Conaty
4) Financial appraisal for housing
Jon Watson
5) Finding commercial finance
Mark Ogden, Triodos/David Brown, High Bickington CPT
6) The Social Investment Business – what can it offer?
Speaker TBC

15:05 - 15:20: tea break

15:20 - 15:25: Celebrating success 5: Cornwall CLTs.

15:25 - 15:55: Where next? Options for policy and practice. Panel discussion with Stephen Hill, Steve Wyler (chief executive, Development Trusts Association), and Kate Braithwaite.

15:55 - 16:00: Celebrating success 6: CLT umbrella organisations

16:00 - 16:15: Celebrating success: Official launch of National Facilitation Body for CLTs – David Orr, chief executive, National Housing Federation

16:15: Inspiration. Highlights of the Book in 8 minutes. Key points from the day: Bob Paterson.

16:30: conference ends.

16:30 - 17:30: The CLT cafe - networking and post-conference discussions. CLT trade body – inaugural meeting.

Whether you are new to the CLT movement or are already working in or with a community land trust the programme will contain much that will help you.