Diggers and Dreamers

The community at Gaunts House is informal and more inevitable rather than intentional. We are dedicated to profound learning and to providing a peaceful, inspiring environment for others.
Our structure includes guests, students, trustees, volunteers and employed staff. Our purpose is to... read more

Giroscope set up in 1985 when a group of like minded people inspired by the writings of Colin Ward and Ivan Illich decided to take action to house themselves. The following year we set up as a workers co-operative and launched ourselves into house buying, house renovating and communal living.... read more

We live in an old country estate of 10 acres. There are nine shares. We have 9 separate households with 9 distinctish dwellings, some still in the process of being 'reclaimed'. There are mainly compost toilets, spring water, separate organic gardens, mainly shared electricity, some... read more

We are a group of 7 big people and one small one who have set up a housing co-operative in Swansea. We started getting together to talk about the idea in March 2010, and have been working on it ever since. We finally got the keys to our Very Own House on 30th May 2012. Now we're looking at... read more

We are currently only welcoming female, transport people, non binary and other gender queer people as new volunteers.

Q. Does this mean we aren't accepting men?

A. Yes. But cis men are welcome to come to visit for a day, take part in our work days and come to our events.

We are a community of the radical Christian “Catholic Worker” movement. The Catholic Worker is an ecumenical, pacifist, and anarchist movement founded by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin in New York in 1933. As a community we are dedicated to living simply, in solidarity with those who are... read more