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Welcome to our new RISE intern

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May 6, 2022

A big welcome to our new RISE intern Isabel, currently studying at ManMet. She’s going to help us revamp our website over the next few months and help us make better use of Facebook and Twitter! Continue reading »
Looking back and looking forwards

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January 22, 2022

The last year has been busy trying to move forwards with sites, sorting our finances out & clarifying our prospectus and business plans. Continue reading »
Transport Diaries and Active Travel

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August 31, 2021

I’ll start off with a little disclaimer. This is a personal story of one MUCH member’s journey towards reducing their carbon footprint through ‘Active Travel’. It might help us shape a future MUCH transport policy, but more importantly it might act as a bit of encouragement to any readers considering making the same lifestyle choices.… Continue reading »
MUCH Open Meetings over Zoom

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March 13, 2021

In December 2020 and January 2021 MUCH held two online open meetings for people who had contacted us to get more information about membership of our cohousing project. Continue reading »
CoHousing v CoLiving

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November 3, 2020

This graphic shared by Ted Stevens of Horizon Cohousing neatly highlights the main differences between Community Led Housing and CoLiving. Several profit-led high rise CoLiving developments are being planned in Manchester City Centre. Continue reading »
Design Council: A public vision for the home of 2030

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July 31, 2020

Two members of MUCH took part in a half day workshop, in Manchester, as part of the Design Council’s project ‘A public vision for the home of 2030’. A report on the project has recently been published. The participants at the Manchester workshop came from a variety of backgrounds, including architects, planners, academics, other housing professionals… Continue reading »