20th November 2021
Get ready for an online day of celebrating CLTs
Not just your ordinary AGM. As well as the usual business, this year we’re holding the CLT Fête, a Dragons’ Den of Ideas, the national CLT Awards 2021 and more.
Dip in and out during the day. Have your say on our official business. Get ideas. Talk with other CLTs. Celebrate amazing work. Brim with inspiration.

The AGM
Our formal business

CLT fete
CLTs running sessions to share and celebrate

DRAGONS' DEN
People will pitch where we should put our time & energy. You choose
CLT AWARDS 2021
Celebrate the best of the best

LUNCH
Share your lunchtime with other CLTs in a pot luck lunch
09:45-10:15 2 options |
CLT Fête | Getting RP status with Calder Valley CLT | Calder Valley CLT will provide information about the process they went through to gain RP status. |
CLT Fête | An update on how it’s all going with Leeds CLT/Leeds Community Homes | An update from Leeds CLT and Q&A on our diversity work, planning permission on our Mistress Lane site, Climate Innovation District homes being built, our role in the Climate Action Leeds programme, upcoming share issue, and our registration as an RP. |
10:30-11:00 2 options |
CLT Fête | Affordable Passivhaus community housing in a rural setting with Lune Valley CLT | The story of our social housing development in Halton, Lancashire now under construction including the design of the homes and the fact that the homes will be powered entirely by local renewable energy sources; the partnerships with the local council and a local housing association; the challenges posed to the architects and contractors, building to very high Passivhaus standards. The links between Passivhaus requirements and meeting climate change objectives will be highlighted. This will be followed by a Q&A session. |
CLT Fête | Shaldon Road Tour with Bristol CLT | Tour of Shaldon Road site which is currently in development |
11:15-11:45 2 options |
CLT Fête | CLT War Stories with Wrigleys Solicitors |
The Wrigleys team share CLT war stories and invite attendees to share their own stories of woe ideas for how to overcome difficulties. Watch this video ahead of the sessions! |
CLT Fête | Self-build affordable housing with Broadhempston CLT | Overview of our project and key lessons on key stages and aspects, such as getting planning in a rural exception site, budgeting, planning the construction phase and what to expect from your architect/design team and designing for affordable self-build, designing for a community group. |
12:00-12:45 | Dragons’ Den | Dragons’ Den: They pitch – you decide! |
Where should CLTs invest their time and money? And how could the national network invest in your priorities? 3 pitches, then you decide…… – Take over your high street pitch from Vidhya Alakeson from Power to Change – Redress multigenerational racial injustice pitch from Julius Kimbrough New Orleans – Tackle the climate emergency, Rachael Orr of Placeshapers |
12:45-13:30 | AGM | Official AGM | Formal AGM business of the day |
13:30-14:15 | Lunch | Pot Luck Lunch | Grab your food and a beverage of your choice and take pot luck on who else is online to share your lunch with |
14:15-15:00 | Awards | CLT Awards 2021 | Celebrate the stars of the CLT movement – the CLTs, individuals and schemes going above and beyond Nominate by 14 November |
15:15-15:45 | Funding Clinics | Get advice on funding and finance from Triodos | 2x pre-bookable slots for CLTs to get advice on funding and finance. To book a slot, please fill out this form (download) and send to: [email protected] and [email protected]. |
CLT Fête | Engaging Communities Online with CASH | Workshop about the impact of pandemic on outreach and how CLTs can explore new ways of engaging communities as participants. The session focuses on how CLTs can forge online spaces for curious exploration and co-operation. We would like to share our research in progress and structure discussion around creating interactive systems to expand reach, depth and effectively the membership. |
16:00-16:30 | Funding Clinics | Get advice on funding and finance from Triodos | 2x pre-bookable slots for CLTs to get advice on funding and finance. To book a slot, please fill out this form (download) and send to: [email protected] and [email protected]. |
CLT Fête | Working with churches with Keswick Community Housing Trust | Two of our developments involved working with churches. With the Archbishop of Canterbury’s ‘Coming Home’ report we thought this could be a useful session to run to discuss how we succeeded and the benefits that all parties realised – we hope it might provide some inspiration to others. |


