Technical assistance and support
The CLT Fund - Feasibility Fund and Technical Assistance Fund
The CLT Fund has both a Feasibility Fund and the Technical Assistance Fund for fledgling CLTs.
The Feasibility Fund will provide one day of consultancy support and guidance from an expert on CLTs. This initial 'scoping day' will be used primarily to develop a concept note for the community group.
The Technical Assistance Fund (TAF) can provide grants of up to £2,500 to emerging CLTs to employ a consultant or consultants for up to five days in order to develop the initial ideas into a comprehensive business plan that is 'investment ready'.
For more information please visit the CLT Fund website.
Umbrella CLTs in England
There are a number of umbrella CLTs or sub-regional support bodies that can provide technical advice and support to a CLT.
View a short film on the regional support available for CLTs:
The Key to Success- Enabling Support 2011 from WeeFlee Productions on Vimeo.
South-West
Cornwall
Cornwall CLT
Contact Alan Fox, Director Cornwall CLT: alan@crha.org.uk or tel 01208 892005
For more information on Cornwall CLT's work please see the report 'Delivering Assets and Homes with Communities: the Cornwall Community Land Trust Project' (2010) by Tom Moore and Roger Northcott.
Devon, Dorset and Somerset
Somerset, Devon and Dorset CLT Project
Contact: Steve Watson steve.watson.cltproject@googlemail.com or 01761 241291
Wiltshire
Wiltshire Community Land Trust www.wiltshirecommunitylandtrust.org.uk
Contact: Rose Seagrief, CLT Manager, rose@wiltshireclt.org.uk or 01380 850916
Gloucestershire
Gloucestershire Land for People Ltd
Contact: info@gloucestershirelandforpeople.coop or 08453 457 599
East Anglia
Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Essex
Foundation East: www.clteast.org
Contact: Phil Rose, CLT Development Manager, phil.rose@foundationeast.org or 01284 757771
North-West
Cumbria
Cumbria CLT project: www.crht.org.uk
Contact: Andy Lloyd, CLT Project Officer, andy@crht.org.uk or 01768 210265