Diggers and Dreamers

The Camphill Rudolf Steiner Schools, which are situated on three estates in Royal Deeside, provide curative education for children with special needs ranging in age from 3 to 19 years. A total of 150 co-workers live together with 80 pupils in 11 residential units: co-workers/volunteers share the... read more

We are farming cooperative and intentional community in rural Herefordshire. We are made up of a main house, stable block and garden cottage that provide 19 self-contained leasehold living spaces of varying sizes. Together we number about 29 adults and 21 children ranging from babes in arms to... read more

We here at The Catholic Worker Farm are working to support and accommodate destitute women (whom we call 'Guests'). These are vulnerable homeless women and children disentitled to benefits or work permits, literally "street homeless". The house is located near London, England... read more

Cherry Orchards is a small therapeutic community in north Bristol set on a 20 acre estate. We are a Camphill Community, an intentional community based on the philosophy and principles of Rudolf Steiner and as further developed by Dr. Karl König which recognises the unique identity of the... read more

Chickenshack is home to an extended 'family' of people, with usually 6 or so permanent residents at any one time, but with many more family and friends visiting. As a group we are applying a slowly unfolding permaculture design at our home, Brynllwyn, where there are 3 adjoining houses... read more

Pronounced ‘coyd’, a Welsh word meaning “woods”, Coed Hills Rural Artspace is one of Wales’ leading centres for sustainable living and the creative arts. We aim to become a centre of education focused on nature, sustainability and traditional woodland skills and crafts, contributing to local... read more

The Cohousing Company received planning permission in June 2005 for the first CoFlats community. CoFlats is similar to Cohousing but it's just flats. Stroud Coflats has a shared car, an on-site 2KW wind turbine, super-insulation and re-uses an old chapel in the Town Centre.

There... read more

The Cohousing Company received planning permission in June 2005 for the first Co-Flats community. CoFlats is similar to Cohousing but it's just flats.

The related Cohousing Company built the first new-build cohousing community in the UK in Stroud (see Springhill Cohousing entry).... read more

CoHousing Bristol  is a small cohousing project in South Bristol within easy reach of the city centre. In 2010 we bought a property consisting of a stone-built farmhouse and just under an acre of land. It was in need of extensive renovation, and we moved in in 2011 after working on it for a year... read more

Corani is a small housing and land cooperative established in 1978 and based in Devon and Leicester. On the edge of the town of Crediton in Devon 6 residents live in a semi-detached Georgian house bought by Corani in 2013. In Leicester two residents live in a terraced Victorian house bought by... read more

Cordata Co-operative is the first of several new co-operative house projects that enable groups of people to live in a more sustainable way in large urban houses.

Cordata co-operative is in Withington in south Manchester. The house is is owned by a secondary co-operative and run by... read more

Cornerstone is not so much a community as a collective of people who share the running of a housing co-op, but who have different political perspectives and focuses for their daily lives. Cornerstone has two large Victorian houses in Chapeltown, a culturally diverse part of inner-city Leeds.... read more

Are you interested in living in an established co-housing community and building your own home? The Courtyards Community has 2 building plots with planning permission for 2 semi-detached 3 or 4 bedroom houses for sale at a price of £125,000 or more each. We are currently 6 households consisting... read more

Coventry Peace House is in a multi-cultural area, 15 minutes walk from the city centre. The original six terraced houses have now been turned into two buildings which encompass living space and a cycle workshop (which is open to others) and a large community space. This is used by us and by the... read more

Crabapple Community was founded in 1975 and moved here to Berrington Hall (a rambling, slightly eccentric, Georgian rectory built in 1805) two years later. We are situated 5 miles south-east of Shrewsbury and surrounded on all sides by farmland. The house is set in approx 20 acres of woodland,... read more

Crescent Road Community was founded in 1978.

May 2015, We are on the process of being evicted by our social housing landlord after living in the properties for 36 years. We are preparing to fight this and welcome your support. We are planning a campaign to save the community including a... read more

We are a residential community on the Centre for Alternative Technology's estate (Europe's leading Eco-Centre), but not a part of the visitor circuit. Our members consist of staff, their families or volunteers at CAT. We live sustainably, according to CAT's principles of... read more