A Village on the Blackdown Hills
Welcome to Hemyock Tuesday, March 02 2021 @ 08:35 am UTC
Upper Culm Community Land Trust
The Parishes of Hemyock and Clayhidon have come together to form a Community Land Trust (CLT) under the chairmanship of Heather Stallard. The CLT was officially set up on 31st March 2012 as a Community Benefit Society, registered with the Financial Services Authority. CLTs are not-for-profit organisations set up by local people to help improve or protect their village or neighbourhood. Run by volunteers, the CLT can develop housing or other assets at permanently affordable levels for long-term community benefit. A CLT does this in three ways:
· by owning, managing and developing things such as land, homes, shops, pubs, allotments and even schools, all at cost price with no profit margin on top;
· by holding these things in trust so that they are affordable and available for future generations;
· by being accountable to local people.
The Upper Culm CLT’s assets are kept for the benefit of the community in perpetuity.
CLTs are democratic; their membership being open to all members of the village or neighbourhood. Benefits of membership include invitations to CLT meetings, the chance once a year to vote on a Board of Directors, access to newsletters and other communications and the opportunity to participate in more specialist working groups to use your skills to support the future of our community.
Summaries of the CLT meetings:
This is the Lettings Allocation Policy for UCCLT Housing, the housing management company of the Upper Culm Community Land Trust. UCCLT Housing is purchasing eight homes on the Lower Greenfield estate south of Griffin Close in summer 2019. Four will be available for affordable rent, two for shared equity ownership and two for sale at a discounted price (leasehold). Dry with sunny spells before rain arriving overnight.
A chilly start with fog patches in places. Sunny spells for most throughout the day with cloud building from the south later. Breezy in the far southwest with the odd shower too. Maximum Temperature 15 °C.
Largely cloudy with clear spells west of the region during the evening. Rain showers, heavy at times, will pass over the region from the southwest overnight. Potential fog for some. Minimum Temperature 3 °C.
Cloudy with outbreaks of rain, heavy and times, and perhaps the odd rumble of thunder too. Fog likely forming overnight and, generally, feeling mild with light winds. Maximum Temperature 13 °C.
Remaining cloudy into Thursday with some light rain at times. Turning dry and bright on Friday and Saturday. Feeling colder from Friday with a risk of frosts forming overnight.
Updated at: 0156 on Tue 2 Mar 2021
Sourced from the Met Office