Cohousing Cafe Edinburgh 11.00am-1.00pm Sat 5 Oct at Bridgend Farmhouse
Schedule
Sat Oct 05 2024 at 11:00 am to 01:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Bridgend Farmhouse Cafe | Edinburgh, SC
About this Event
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 - another community led initiative - at 11.00am - 1.00pm Saturday 5 October for a chat followed by shared lunch. All welcome!
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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 - the network recognised as a charity in Scotland No. SC038745.
Email: [email protected]
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Where is it happening?
Bridgend Farmhouse Cafe, 41 Old Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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