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solidarity economy

Families of the community led housing project in Saddleworth who set up a not-for-profit company to build beautiful bespoke affordable homes

‘It’s like Grand Designs comes to Oldham’ — inside Oldham’s first community led housing project

By Alex King | 24 December, 2020Friends of The Meteor

Locked out of the housing market, locals in Saddleworth set up a not-for-profit company to build beautiful bespoke affordable homes. The project shows the huge potential of community led projects to build better homes and strengthen local communities.

Eighth Day

The Eighth Day say worker co-ops are about ‘sharing the fruits of their labour’

By Guest Writer | 19 December, 2019Culture

Pairo Forooshani speaks to Eighth Day Co-operative member Kevin Taylor about what its like to work at one of Manchester’s oldest worker co-operatives. Part of the Co-operative Manchester series. The Eighth Day Co-operative, which runs a café and shop in Manchester City Centre, is one of the longest running worker co-operatives in the North West […]

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