FACLT
Intergenerational Housing – a solution for Frome?
One of the issues that Covid, or rather, the lockdowns brought into sharp relief was loneliness. If you lived alone during that period, or knew
March 17, 2023
One of the issues that Covid, or rather, the lockdowns brought into sharp relief was loneliness. If you lived alone during that period, or knew
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation, a leading social organisation campaigning against poverty, released its 2023 UK Poverty Report which found that one in 5 people (20%)
Frome Area Community Land Trust (FACLT) held an information session in the council chamber for local councillors this month to deepen understanding of community land
Priorities have changed and we have come a very long way indeed from the planning white paper set out by Robert Jenrick in August 2020, writes Joey Gardiner
The local elections are done and Frome continues to have a fully independent Town Council with all 17 seats being taken by the Independents for Frome group. There will be little or no time for the newly elected councillors to relax and celebrate their win as the issues facing the town are significant as they are for the country as a whole. Locally at a town level there are obvious limits to what a small town or parish council can do but past experience shows us that our own town council often punch above their weight and get some extraordinary things done. FACLT spoke with some of the new councillors, two of whom were re-elected and two elected for the first time. The housing crisis was high on their agendas.
The Fair Homes Project, Frome Following a public consultation exercise regarding the development of social housing on land in Frome, it has been decided
The public image of Frome tends to be one of trendy shops and markets, quirky cobbled streets and independent cafes. That’s how the national press
How the press are reporting FACLT – our progress and the search for suitable land
FACLT has received initial funding enabling the trust to begin looking for suitable building land in Frome. This is a signifiant step towards our plans to provide affordable local housing…
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